CONTENTSAbbreviations xxxvi

Introduction xxxvii

Acknowledgements xlv

ELIZABETH, LADY TANFIELD (/7. 1565-1628)1. [Epitaph for Sir Lawrence Tanfield] 1

FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE (1554-1628)from Caelica 1

2. Sonnet LVI: 'All my senses, like beacon's flame,'3. Sonnet LXXXVII: 'Whenas man's life, the light

of human lust,' 34. Sonnet LXXXVUI: 'Man, dream no more of curious

mysteries,' 45. Sonnet XCIX: 'Down in the depth of mine iniquity,' 46. Sonnet CV: 'Three things there be in man's

opinion dear:' 57. from A Treaty of Human Learning 68. from Mustapha: Chorus primus 7

from A Treatise of Monarchy9. from Of Nobility 8

10. from Of Peace 9

ANNE HOWARD? (1557-1630)11. from The Good Shepherd's Sorrow for

the Death of His Beloved Son:Elegy. 'In sad and ashy weeds I sigh,' 10

GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634)from Euthymiae Raptus

12. [Peace Discovers the Poet] 1113. [Justice] 1214. [foaming] 1315. [The Peace of Death] 14

from Homer's Iliads16. [Homer's Gifi of Fame] 1417. [Proposition and Invocation] 1518. [Hector's Defiance] 1619. [Sarpedon's Speech] 1720. [Neptune Goes to the Greek] 1821. [HectorArms] »9

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22. [The Shield of Achilles] 1923. [Priam and Achilles] 2124. from Eugenia: [Death Described by His

True Effects] 23from Homer's Odyssey

25. [Homer and the Brazen Head of Rumour] 2526. [Ulysses Insults over the Cyclops] 2627. [Ulysses Invokes the Dead] 2628. [Ulysses Reunited with Penelope] 2829. from The Georgia qfHesiod: [Winter] 29

SIR JOHN HARINGTON ( 1 5 6 1 - 1 6 1 2 )30. Epigram IV. v: Of Treason 3 1

SAMUEL DANIEL 5 331. To the Lady Margaret, Countess of 'Cumberland 3132. 'Are they shadows that we see?' 34

SIR JOHN STRADLING ( 1 5 6 3 - 1 6 3 7 )33. from Divine Poems in Seven Several Classes:

[Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac] 35

MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-163 i)from Idea

34. To the Reader of These Sonnets35. Sonnet I: 'Like an adventurous seafarer am I,'36. Sonnet VI: 'How many paltry, foolish, painted

things,'37. Sonnet VIII: 'There's nothing grieves me but

that age should haste,'38. Sonnet DC: 'As other men, so I myself do muse'39. Sonnet XXXI: To the Critic40. Sonnet LIII: Another to the River Ankor41. Sonnet LXI: 'Since there's no help, come let us kiss

and part—'from Odes

42. To the New Year43. The Heart44. The Sacrifice to Apollo45. To the Virginian Voyage46. An Ode Written in the Peak47. His Defence Against the Idle Critic48. The Crier49. To His Coy Love: A Canzonet

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from Poly-Olbion50. from Song I: 'Thou Foy, before us all,' 5251. from Song II: 'March strongly forth, my Muse,' 5352. from Song II: 'Then Frome (a nobler flood) the

Muses doth implore' 5453. from Song III: 'Where she, of all the plains of Britain' 5454. from Song XIII: 'With solitude what sorts, that here's

not wondrous rife?' 5655. from Noah's Flood 57

JOSHUA SYLVESTER (1563-1618)56. from The Divine Weeks of du Bartas: [The Zodiac] 6057. Aestas 6258. Of a Husbandman 6259. Variable 62

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)60. Song: 'Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings,' 6361. Song: 'Fear no more the heat o' th' sun,' 6362. 'Come unto these yellow sands,' 6463. Ariel's Song: 'Full fathom five thy father lies;' 6464. [Bridal Song]: 'Roses, their sharp spines being gone,' 65

KING JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND AND I OF ENGLAND(1566-1625)

65. [Lady Cicely Wemyss] 'Not oriental Indus' crystal streams;' 66

JOHN HOSKYNS (1566-1638)66. An Epitaph: On a Man for Doing Nothing 6667. To His Son Benedict Hoskyns 66

SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING

54from Aurora

68. Sonnet LI: 'I dreamed the nymph that o'er myfancy reigns' 67

69. An Echo 67

T H O M A S C A M P I A N ( 5 7 9 )70. 'Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow.' 6871. 'Follow your saint, follow with accents sweet;' 6872. 'Rose-cheeked Laura, come,' 6973. [Winter Nights]: 'Now winter nights enlarge' 6974· 'There is a garden in her face,' 7°

SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568-1639)75. A Hymn to My God in a Night of My Late Sickness 71

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7b. On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia 7177. Upon the Sudden Restraint of the Earl of Somerset 7278. The Character of a Happy Life 7279. On a Bank as I Sat a Fishing T$80. De Morte 7481. ToJlohn] Dfonnejfrom Mr Hfenry] W[otton] 74

SIR FRANCIS HUBERT (1568 ΟΓ 1569-1629)82. from The Life and Death of Edward II 75

SIR ROBERT ΑΥΤΟΝ ( 1 5 6 9 - 1 6 3 8 )83. [Sonnet: On Loss] 7684. [Sonnet: On the River Tweed] 77

85. To His Coy Mistress 7786. 'There is none, no none but I,' 7887. [Valediction] 7988. Upon Love 7989. [A Song: On His Mistress] 8190. [Song]: 'What means this strangeness now of late' 8191. [The Rejection] 8292. [Upon His Unconstant Mistress] 8293. The Answer 8394. On the Prince's Death, to the King 8495. Upon Phtonic Love 8596. [A Posy] 86

EMILIA LANIER 597. To the Lady Arabella 8698. from To the Lady Anne, Countess of Dorset 8799. from Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum 89

SAMUEL ROWLANDS (l57O?-lÓ3O?)100. Prologue 91101. Epigram XXLX: 'A gentlewoman of the dealing trade' 92

THOMAS DEKKER 57from The Sun's Darling

102. Song: 'Haymakers, rakers, reapers and mowers,' 92103. [Folly's Song] 93

JOHN DONNE (1572-1631)104. Elegy DC; The Autumnal 94105. Antiquary 96106. The Bait 9 6107. The Canonization 97

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108. The Damp q8109. The Good Morrow 99n o . The Indifferent 99i n . Lovers'Infiniteness 100112. Love's Growth 101113. A Nocturnal upon S. Lucy's Day 102114. The Paradox 103115. The Prohibition 104116. The Relic 105117. Song: 'Go, and catch a falling star,' 106118. The Sun Rising 106119. The Triple Fool 107120. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 108121. A Valediction: Of Weeping 109122. Woman's Constancy no123. 7b the Countess of Bedford: 'Reason is our

soul's left hand, faith her right:' n o124. An Hymn to the Saints, and to Marquis Hamilton 112125. from The First Anniversary: An Anatomy of the World 113

from The Second Anniversary: Of the Progressof the Soul

126. 'We now lament not, but congratulate.' 114127. 'We see in authors, too stiff to recant,' 115

from Divine Meditations128. Sonnet I: 'Thou hast made me, and shall thy

work decay?' 116129. Sonnet VII: 'At the round Earth's imagined

corners, blow' 117130. Sonnet X: 'Death be not proud, though some

have called thee' 117131. Sonnet XIII: 'What if this present were the

world's last night?' 118132. Sonnet XIV: 'Batter my heart, three-personed God;

for you' 118133. Sonnet XVII: 'Since she whom I loved hath paid her last

debt* 119134. Sonnet XVIII: 'Show me, dear Christ, thy spouse so

bright and clear.' 119135. Sonnet XLX: 'Oh, to vex me, contraries meet in one:' 120136. Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward 120137. A Hymn to Christ, at the Author's Last Going

into Germany 121138. Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness 122139. A Hymn to God the Father 124

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BEN JONSON (I572?-IÓ37)from Epigrams

140. Epigram XIV: To William Camden 124141. Epigram XXII: On My First Daughter 125142. Epigram XLV: On My First Son 125143. Epigram LU: To Censorious Counting 126144. Epigram LXII: To Fine Lady Would-Be 126145. Epigram LXIV: To the Same [Robert, Earl of Salisbury] 126146. Epigram LXVI: To Sir Henry Cary 127147. Epigram LXX: To William Roe 127148. Epigram LXXVI: On Lucy, Countess of Bedford 128149. Epigram LXXXV: To Sir Henry Goodyere 128150. Epigram LXXXIX: To Edward Alleyn 129151. Epigram CI: Inviting a Friend to Supper 129152. Epigram CV: To Mary, Lady Wroth 13°153. Epigram CX: To Clement Edmonds I3 1

154. Epigram CXV: On the Town's Honest Man i 3 2

155. Epigram CXVII: On Groin 133156. Epigram CXX: Epitaph on S[alomon] P[avy] 133157. Epigram CXXIV: Epitaph on Elizabeth, L. H. 134158. from Epigram CXXXIII: On the Famous Voyage 134

from The Forest159. ƒƒ: To Penshurst 135160. VI: To the Same [Celia]: 'Kiss me, sweet:

the wary lover' 138161. LX: Song: To Celia: 'Drink to me only with thine eyes,' 138162. XV: To Heaven 139

from The Underwood163. from I: Poems of Devotion: it. A Hymn to God

the Father 140from II: A Celebration ofCharis

164. ». His Excuse fir Loving 141165. iv. Her Triumph 141166. XI: The Dream 142167. XXIII: An Ode: To Himself 143168. XXXIV: An Epigram: To the Small-Pox 144169. LXX: To the Immortal Memory and Friendship of That

Noble Pair, Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison 144170. from LXXXIV: Eupheme: Hi. The Picture of the Body 148171. To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author Mr

William Shakespeare 149from Plays and Masquesfrom Cynthia's ReveL·

172. [Echo's Song] 1ζ1

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173. [Hymn to Cynthia] 152174. from The Masque of Queens 152175. from Epicoenr. [Clerimont's Song] 153176. from Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue. [Hymn to Comus] 153177. from The New Inn: [Vision of 'Beauty] 154178. from The Gypsies Metamorphosed: [Dinner for the Devil] 154

ANONYMOUS (fi. 1603)179. 'Weep you no more, sad fountains:' 157

THOMAS HEYWOOD ( l 5 7 4 ? - l 6 4 l )180. The Author to His Book 157

J O H N W E B S T E R (c.i575?-i634 or 1638)

181. from The White Devil: 'Call for the robin redbreastand the wren,' 158

182. from The Devil's Law Case: 'All the flowers

of the spring" 159

A N O N Y M O U S <fl. before 1605)

183. [Epitaph]: 'My friend, judge not me;' 159

ROBERT BURTON (1577-1640)184. The Author's Abstract of'Melancholy ΔιαΙογικως ΐ6ο

THOMAS FORDE (fl. 1607-1648)185. 'There is a lady sweet and kind,' 162

GEORGE SANDYS (1578-1644)186. from/4 Paraphrase upon Job: 'Again when all

the radiant sons of light' 163

JOHN TAYLOR 5187. Epigram II. vi: 'Fair Beatrice tucks her coats

up somewhat high,' 164188. Epigram II. xxxv. 'There chanced to meet together

in an inn' 164189. Epigram II. xxxii: 'Look how yon lecher's legs are

worn away" 165190. Epigram III. xii: 'A lusty wench as nimble as an eel' 166191. Virgo.-August 166192. Libra: September 166193. Epigram XXIV: A Supposed Construction 167194. from Sir Gregory Nonsense's News from No Place 167

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JOHN FLETCHER ( 1 5 7 9 - 1 6 2 5 )from The Faithful Shepherdess

195. [The River-God's Song] 169196. [The Satyr's Song] 169197. from Henry VIII 17°198. from The Elder Brother 17°199. from Love's Cure 17J

200. from Women Pleased: [To his Sleeping Mistress] 171

from The Tragedy ofValentinian201. [Love's Emblems] Π1

202. [Sleep Song] 172203. {torn Beggar's Bush: The Beggars'Holiday 172

ROBERT HAYMAN ( l 5 7 9 ? - l 6 3 I ? )from Owen's Epigrams

204. Owen's Bracelet r73205. Saturn's Three Sons '73

THOMAS MIDDLETON? ( 1 5 8 0 - 1 6 2 7 )206. Melancholy *74

JOHN DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL ( 1 5 8 0 - 1 6 5 4 )207. 'Grieve not, dear love, although we often part;' '74

THOMAS MORTON ( 1 5 8 0 - 1 6 4 6 )208. Epitaph: 'Time that brings all things to light' J75

LORD NORTH ( 1 5 8 1 - 1 6 6 6 )209. Phtonic 175

RICHARD CORBETT ( 1 5 8 2 - 1 6 3 5 )210. The Fairies'Farewell !7°211. An Elegy upon the Death of His Own Father l7%212. On Mr. Rice theManríple of Christ Church in Oxford 180213. To His Son, Vincent Corbett 180214. Upon Fairford Windows 181215. On the Lady Arabella 181

LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY (1582-1648)216. To One Black, and Not Very Handsome 182217. Another [Madrigal] 183218. Kissing 183219. Ditty. 'If you refuse me once, and think again,' 184220. Sonnet: Made upon the Groves nearMerlow Castle 185221. Ditty. 'Why dost thou hate return instead of love,' 185222. La Gialletta Gallante 186

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223. Platonic Love 187224. Sonnet of Black Beauty 188

PHINEAS FLETCHER (1582-1650)225. from The Locusts 188226. To Thomalin 189227. Against a Rich Man Despising Poverty 190228. An Hymn 191229. from The Purple Island 192230. [Ocean of Light] 194

SIR JOHN BEAUMONT (c.1583-1627)231. A Description of Love 195232. Upon a Funeral 197

AURELIAN TOWNSHEND (f. 1583-f. 1651)233. 'Let not thy beauty make thee proud,' 197234. Upon Kind and True Love 198235. 'Though regions far divided' 198

WILLIAM BASSE (1583-1653)236. The Angler's Song 200

FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584 ΟΓ 1585-1616)237. The Fourth Song: 'Ye should stay longer if we durst;' 201238. Song in the Wood: 'This way, this way: come and hear,' 202

WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN (1585-1649)239. Sonnet I. ir. 'Sleep, silence' child, sweet father

of soft rest,' 202240. Madrigal I. i: 'A Daedal of my death,' 203241. Madrigal I. Hi: 'Like the Idalian queen,' 203242. Sonnet I. xxxix: 'Slide soft, fair Forth, and make

a crystal plain;' 203243. Sextain I. it: 'Sith gone is my delight and only pleasure,' 204244. Sonnet I. xhi: 'Alexis, here she stayed; among these pines,' 205245. Madrigal I. vii: 'Unhappy light,' 206246. Madrigal II. i: 'This Ufe which seems so fair' 206247. Sonnet II. viii: 'My lute, be as thou wast when thou

didst grow" 206248. Sonnet II. xii: 'As, in a dusky and tempestuous night,' 207249. Madrigal II. v. 'My thoughts hold mortal strife;' 207

from Urania, or Spiritual Poems250. Sonnet I: 'Triumphing chariots, statues, crowns of bays,' 208251. Madrigal III: 'Astrea in this time' 208

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252. from Forth Feasting 208from Flowers ofSion

253. [Sonnet VI]: 'Óf this fair volume which we world do name,' 213254. [Sonnet VIII]: 'Run, shepherds, run where Bethlem

blest appears:' 213255. [Sonnet XI: For the Baptist] 214256. [Madrigal IV]: 'This world a hunting is,' 214257. [Sonnet XXII]: 'Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,' 215258. [Sonnet XXIV]: 'As when it happeneth that some lovely

town' 215259. [Sonnet XXV]: 'More oft than once death whispered in

mine ear,' 215260. from An Hymn of 'the Fairest Fair 216261. [Against the King] 220262. OnPym 221263. Sextain: 'With elegies, sad songs, and mourning lays,' 221264. For a Lady's Summons of Non-Entry 2 2 1

265. [No Epitaph] 223

GILES FLETCHER (c. I 5 8 6 - 1 6 2 3 )266. from Christ's Victory and Triumph: [The

Enchantress'Song] 223267. from Christ's Triumph after Death 225

JOHN FORD (1586-1639?)268. 'Oh, no more, no more. Too late' 227

LADY MARY WROTH (c. 1586-r. 1652)from The Countess ofMontgomerie's 'Urania'

269. Sonnet VI: 'Oh strive not still to heap disdain on me,' 228270. Sonnet IX: 'Be you all pleased? Your pleasures

grieve not me.' 228271. Song II: 'All night I weep, all day I cry, ay me;' 229272. Sonnet XIV: 'Am I thus conquered? Have I lost the powers' 230273. Sonnet XIX: 'Come, darkest night, becoming sorrow best;' 230274. Sonnet XXII: 'Like to the Indians, scorched with the sun,' 231275. Sonnet XXVII: 'Fie, tedious hope, why do you still rebel?' 231276. Sonnet XXXII: 'How fast thou fliest, O time, on love's

swift wings' 231277. SonnetXLV1II: 'How like a fire doth love increase in me:' 232278. Song: 'Oh me, the time is come to part,' 232279. Sonnet VI: 'My pain, still smothered in my grieved breast,' 233280. Song: 'Love, a child, is ever crying:' 233

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WILLIAM AUSTIN (1587-1634)281. 'Sepulchrum Domus Mea Est' 2 3 4

SIR FRANCIS KYNASTON (1587-1642)282. To Cynthia 237

RICHARD BRATHWAIT (l588?-l673)283. Vandunk's Four Humours, in Quality and Quantity 238

LUKE WADDING (1588-1657)284. [Christmas Day] 238

GEORGE WITHER ( 1 5 8 8 - 1 6 6 7 )285. Epigram VII: 'Women, as some men say, unconstant be;' 239286. from The Shepherd's Hunting: Sonnet. 'I that erstwhile the

world's sweet air did draw,' 239287. from A Description of Love: A Love Sonnet 240288. from Fair Virtue: Sonnet V: 'I wandered out a while agone,' 243

from A Collection of Emblems289. Emblem I. xxxv: [Planting] 244290. Emblem II. xxx: [The Spade and the Wreath] 245291. Emblem II. xlhr. [The Husbandman] 246292. Emblem IV. i: [The Marigold] 247293. Emblem IV. xxxi: [The Spade] 248

WILLIAM BROWNE OF TAVISTOCK (l59O?-l645?)from Britannia's Pastorak

294. 'Shall I tell you whom I love?' 249295. [Morning] 250296. [The Golden Age] 251297. [Epitaph fir Marie, Countess of Pembroke] 252298. Vision V: 'A rose, as fair as ever saw the north,' 253299. 'Love who will, for I'll love none,' 253300. Sonnet. 'For her gait if she be walking,' 254

HENRY FARLEY (fl. 1621)301. The Bounty of Our Age 254

ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674)from Hespérida

302. The Argument of His Book 255303. Another [to His Book] 255304. When He Would Have His Verses Read 256305. To Perilla 256306. Upon the Loss of His Mistresses 257

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307. His Request to Julia 257308. Delight in Disorder 257309. To Dianeme 2S°310. Corinna's Going a Maying 258311. To His Dying Brother, Master William Herrick 260312. The Lily in a Crystal 260313. To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses 262314. To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time 264315. His Poetry His Pillar 264316. A Meditation for His Mistress 265317. The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home 266318. To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything 267319. To Meadows 2"°320. Oberon's Feast 2 Ó9321. ToDaffadih 2 7°322. Her Legs 27τ

323. To the Most Fair and Lovely Mistress Anne Soame 271324. To Dianeme 2 7 2

325. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast 2 7 2

326. To His Peculiar Friend Master Thomas Shapcott, Lawyer 272327. To Blossoms 2 73328. To Julia 273329. Art above Nature: To Julia 2 73330. A Hymn to the Graces 274331. His Prayer to Ben Jonson 2 74332. The Nightpiece, to Julia 275333. The Funeral Rites of the Rose 27S334. Upon Julia's Clothes 2 7 6

335. To His Book 2 76336. An Ode for Him [Ben Jonson] 277337. A Request to the Graces 2 77338. An Hymn to Love 2 78339. To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend

Master Charles Cotton 27%340. On Himself 279341. The Vision 279342. His Tears to Thamesis 280

from Noble Numbers343· What God Is 280344. His Litany, to the Holy Spirit 281345. A Thanksgiving to God, for His House 282346. Another Grace for a Child 283347· The White Island 284348. Good Friday: Rex Tragicus 284

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WILLIAM CAVENDISH, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE(I592-I676)

349. Love's Matrimony350. Love's Sun

HENRY KING (1592-1669)351. An Elegy upon S[ir] W[alter] R[alegh]352. An Exequy to His Matchless Never to Be Forgotten Friend353. The Surrender354. Sic Vita355. Silence: A Sonnet356. Sonnet: The Double Rock357. The Change358. The Forfeiture

286286

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FRANCIS QUARLES (1592-1644)359. from Argalus and Parthenia: Hos Ego Versículos 295

from Divine Fancies360. I. xxxiii: On Those that Deserve It 296361. I. Ixvii: On Zacheus 296362. /. hocvii: On the Ploughman 297

from Emblems363. Emblem III. vit: 'Why dost thou shade thy lovely

face? Oh why* 297364. Emblem IV. Hi: 'Whene'er the old exchange of profit

rings' 299from Hosanna, or, Divine Poems on the Passion of Christ

365. Upon the Day of Our Saviour's Nativity 301366. Bom in Winter 301367. Of St Stephen 302368. They Gave Him Vinegar and Gall 302369. Crucified 303

GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633)from Walton's Lives

370. 'My God, where is that ancient heat towards thee,' 303371. 'Sure, Lord, there is enough in thee to dry" 304

from The Temple372. Superliminare 304373. The Altar 305374. Redemption 3°5375. Easter 306376. Easter Wings 3°7377. Affliction (I) 307378. Prayer (I) 3°9

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379. Jordan (I) 3 "380. Affliction (II) 3l°381. Church Monuments 3 1 1

382. The Church Floor 3 1 2

383. The Quiddity 3 1 2

384. Humility 3*3385. Affliction (III) 314386. Christmas 3*4387. 7&· World 3r5388. Fawiy rø 3 l 6

389. Kirt«e 3 r7390. The Pearl. Matt. 13: 45 3*7391. Affliction (IV) 318392. Unkindness 3*9393. Z# 32°394. Mortification 3 2 r

395. > t f » (II) 322

396. The Quip 3 2 2

397. The Dawning 323398. Dialogue 324399. Sin's Round 325400. A » * 32S401. The Bunch of Grapes 3*6

402. Paradise 327403. Divinity 3 2 8

404. The Pilgrimage 329405. The Collar 33°406. The Pulley 33 !407. ñafien 332

408. ne Posy 332

409. The Elixir 333410. Λ WrøwA 334411. Love (III) 334

JAMES HOWELL (1593-1666)412. i//wm rte Port o/Hw Timi, Ben Jonson 335

THOMAS JAMES ( l593? - l635? )413- ¿>ne w» ffis Companions Who Died in the Northern Seas

THOMAS CAREW (ΐ594?-ΐ64θ)414. Song: Persuasions to Enjoy 336415· To My Mistress in Absence 337416. Song: Eternity of Love Protested 338417· Upon a Ribband 8

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418. [On the Duke of Buckingham] 339419. To Ben Jonson 340420. A Song: 'Ask me no more where Jove bestows,' 341421. A Fancy. 'Mark how this polished eastern sheet' 342

JOHN CHALKHILL (c. 1 5 9 4 - 1 6 4 2 )422. Coridon's Song 342

ROBERT DAVENPORT (fl. 1624-1640)423. A Sacrifice 344

JAMES SHIRLEY (1596-1666)424. Cupids Call 345425. Goodnight 346426. A Lover that Durst Not Speak to His M[istress] 346427. The Garden 347

CHRISTOPHER HARVEY (1597-1663)428. Church Festivals 348

LAURENCE PRICE? ifl. 1628-1680?)429. The Maidens of London's Brave Adventures 349

HENRY REYNOLDS (fl. 1628)430. The Black Maid to the Fair Boy 350

WILLIAM STRODE (16OO-1643)431. Opposite to Melancholy432. On Westwell Downs433. On Fairford Windows434. On a Gentlewoman that Sung and Played upon a Lute435. On a Gentlewoman Walking in the Snow

from Posies436. Bracelets437. An Ear-String438. A Girdle439. Sonnet. 'My love and I for kisses played:'440. A Riddle: On a Küs441. Justification442. On the Death of Mistress Maty Prideaux443. On a Good Leg and Foot444. Epitaph on the Monument of Sir William Strode

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SIR R. HATTON? (fl. 163I?)445. [Epithahmium] 35 8

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RALPH KNEVET (160I-167I ΟΓ 1672)

446. The Habitation 358

447. The Navigation 359

448. The Vote 359

MILDMAY FANE, EARL OF WESTMORLAND ( 1 6 0 2 - 1 6 6 6 )

449. My Country Audit 360

450. A Reveille Matin 361

451. Shamed by the Creature 362

452. Occasioned by Seeing a Walk of Bay Trees 363

453. In Praise of Fidelia 363

454. How to Ride out a Storm 3^4

455. A Happy Life 365

456. In Obitum Ben Johnson Poetae Eximii 366

457. To Retiredness 366

OWEN FELTHAM ( ΐ 6 θ 2 ? - ΐ 6 6 8 )

458. On the Duke of Buckingham Slain by Felton 368

459. The Ensuing Copy 37°

460. On a Hopeful Youth 37°

461. ToPhryne 371

462. Upon a Rare Voice 37 '

THOMAS NABBES (fl. 1 6 3 2 - 1 6 4 0 )

463. Song: "What a dainty life the milkmaid leads!' 372

464. Song: 'Beauty no more the subject be' 372

MARTIN PARKER (fl. 1 6 3 2 - 1 6 5 6 )

465. Upon Defacing of Whitehall 373

JOHN TATHAM {fl. 1 6 3 2 - 1 6 6 4 )

466. Ostella firth of 'Town: To My Heart 374

ROGER WILLIAMS (c. 1 6 0 3 - 1 6 8 3 )467. [The Courteous Indian] 375

EDWARD BENLOWES ( ΐ 6 θ 3 ? - ΐ 6 7 0 )

4 68. from Theophila: [The Pleasures of Retirement] 375

JOSEPH RUTTER ijl. 1635)

469. [Epithahmium]: 'Hymen, god of marriage bed,' 377

SIR THOMAS BROWNE? ( 1 6 0 5 - 1 6 8 2 )470. [Signs of Spring] g

WILLIAM HABINGTON ( 1 6 0 5 - 1 6 5 4 )471. To Roses in the Bosom of Costara

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472. To a Wanton 379473. Upon Castara's Departure 380474. To Costara, Being to Take a Journey 380475. Solum Mihi Superest Sepulchrum 381

THOMAS RANDOLPH (1605-1635)476. An Ode to Mr Anthony Stafford to Hasten Him

into the Country 382477. Upon the Loss of His Little Finger 384478. An Elegy 384479. On Sir Robert Cotton the Antiquary 386480. In Praise of Women in General 386

SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT (1606-1668)from Madagascar

481. To the Queen, Entertained at Night by theCountess of Anglesey 388

482. For the Lady Olivia Porter 388from Poems on Several Occasions

483. The Winter Storms 389484. Song: 'The lark now leaves his watery nest,' 389485. Song: Endymion Porter and Olivia 390

from Plays and Masques486. Ό thou that sleepst like pig in straw,' 391487. "Tis, in good truth, a most wonderful thing' 391488. [Viola's Song] 392489. from Gondibert. [The City Morning] 393

EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)490. Song: 'Go, lovely rose!' 394491. To a Fair Lady Phying with a Snake 394492. The Story of Phoebus and Daphne, Applied 395493. On a Girdle 395494. Of English Verse 396495. On St James's Park 397496. Of Loving at First Sight 400497. Upon Ben Jonson 401498. The Fall 402499. Of the Last Verses in the Book 402

WILLIAM WOOD (l6o6-pOSt 1637)500. [The Sea's Abundant Progeny] 403

SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE (1608-1666)501. The Fall 404502. [The Golden Age] 404

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JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)503. On Shakespeare

from Poems (1645)504. On the University Carrier505. L'Allegro506. II Penseroso507. Sonnet VII: 'How soon hath time the subtle thief of

youth,'from A Masque presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 [Comus]

508. [Comus'Summons]509. [Chastity]510. [Sabrina's Song]511. [ The Spirit's Epilogue]512. Lycidas513. Sonnet XIII. To Mr H. Lawes, on His Airs514. On the New Forcers of Conscience515. On the Lord General Fairfax516. To the Lord General Cromwell517. [Sonnet XVI]: 'When I consider how my light is spent,'518. [Sonnet XVII]: 'Lawrence, of virtuous father

virtuous son,'519. [Sonnet XVIII]: 'Cyriack, whose grandsire on

the royal bench'520. To Mr Cyriack Skinner upon His Blindness521. [Sonnet XIX]: 'Methought I saw my late espoused saint'

from Paradise Lost522. [Invocation]523. [Satan's Summons]524. [Mulciber]525. [Occupations of Hell]526. [Satan'sJourney]527. [Invocation to Light]528. [Paradise]529. [Unfallen Love]530. [Raphael's Descent]531. [Ascent of Species]532. [Invocation to Urania]533· [Creation]534. [Higher Argument]

535- [Undoistered Virtue]536. [The Tempter Disarmed]5 3 7 . [The Flood]538. lExik]

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from Paradise Regained539. [In the Wilderness] 457540. [The Banquet] 458541. [Parthian Powers] 459542. [Rome] 460543· [Athens] 463

from Samson Agonistes544. [Samson's Comphint] 466545. 'All is best, though we oft doubt' 467

SIR JOHN SUCKLING ( 1 6 0 9 - 1 6 4 2 )546. Song: 'Why so pale and wan, fond lover?' 468547. Sonnet I: 'Dost see how unregarded now' 468548. Sonnet II: 'Of thee, kind boy, I ask no red and white' 469549. [The Constant Lover] 470550. Against Fruition (I) 470551. [Love's Clock] 47!552. [Love's Offence] 472553. [A Summons to Town] 472

ANONYMOUS φ. C. 1 6 3 9 - 1 6 4 1 )554. The Zealous Puritan 473555. On Francis Drake 475556. On Sir Walter Rawleigh at His Execution 475557. On His Mistress Going from Home: Song 475558. 'If all the world were paper,' 476559. The Character of a Roundhead 477

GERRARD WINSTANLEY ( ΐ 6 θ 9 ? - ΐ 6 3 9 )560. The Diggers'Song 478

THOMAS BEEDOME (d.1640?)561. The Question and Answer 480562. The Petition 481

RICHARD FLECKNOE {/?. 164O-1678?)563. The Ant 481564. [Invocation of Silence] 482

SIDNEY GODOLPHIN (161O-1643)565. [Meditation on the Nativity] 483566. Song: 'Or love me less, or love me more' 484567. Constancy 4 85568. 'Fair friend, 'tis true your beauties move' 485

SAMUEL HARDING (/?. 1640)569. 'Noblest bodies are but gilded day.' 486

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WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT (161I-1643)570. To Chloe, Who Wished Herself Young Enough for Me 487571. On the Great Frost (1634) 488572. A Dream Broke 49°573. No Platonique Love 49°574. A Song of Dalliance 49 x

ANNE BRADSTREET ( 1 6 1 2 - 1 6 7 2 )575. To My Dear and Loving Husband 492

576. Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666 493577. from Contemplations 494

SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)from Hudibras

578. [The Presbyterian Knight] 495579. [Arms and the Man] ' 500

RICHARD CRASHAW ( l 6 l 2 ? - l 6 4 9 )580. Upon Bishop Andrewes's Picture before HL·

'Sermons' 502581. Wishes: To His (Supposed) Mistress 5° 2

582. Upon the Body of Our Blessed Lord, Nakedand Bloody 5 0 0

583. A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the AdmirableSaint Teresa 5 o 6

584. Mr Crashaw's Answer fir Hope 511

585. A Letter from Mr Crashaw to the Countess of Denbigh 5 1 2

586. Blessed Be the Paps which Thou Hast Sucked 5 *4587. She Began to Wash His Feet with Tears and Wipe

Them with the Hairs of Her Head 514588. 71» Our Blessed Lord: Upon the Choice of His Sepulchre 5 '5589. Caritas Nimia, Or, The Dear Bargain 5*5

LORD FAIRFAX (1612-1671)590. On the Fatal Day January 30,1648 517591. Shortness of Life 517592. Upon the New Building at Appleton 517

JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE (1612-1650)593. On Himself, upon Hearing What Was HL· Sentence 518

THOMAS KILLIGREW? (1612-1683)594. Epilogue to The Parson's Wedding' 518

JOHN CLEVELAND (1613-1658)595. from The Rebel Scot , t0

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596. Epitaph on the Earl of Strafford 522597. TheAntiplatonic 522

HENRY MORE (1614-1687)598. from Psychozoia: [Contrition] 524

RICHARD BAXTER (1615-1691)599. from The Covenant and Confidence of Faith 526

SIR JOHN DENHAM (1615-1669)600. from The Progress of Learning 528601. A Song: 'Morpheus, the humble god, that dwells' 528602. from Cooper's Hill: [The Thames] 529

JOSEPH BEAUMONT (1616-1699)603. The Hourglass 531604. Love's Mystery 531605. The Cheat 537.606. Whiteness, or Chastity 533607. The Gentle Check 533608. The Garden 534609. The Gnat 535

GEORGE DANIEL (1616-1657)610. from After a Storm, Going a Hawking 536611. The Landscape 538

SIR ROGER L ' E S T R A N G E (1616-1704)612. Mr L 'Estrange's Verses in the Prison at Lynn 538

MARTIN LLUELYN (1616-1682)613. Epithalamium: To Mistress M. A. 540

ANONYMOUS ifl. 1646)614. The World is Turned Upside Down 541

ANONYMOUS615. Loving Mad Tom 542

ROWLAND WATKYNS ( l 6 l 6 ? - l 6 6 4 )616. A Periwig 543617. The Gardener 544

HUMPHREY WILLIS (/?. 1647)618. from Time's Whirligig 544

NICHOLAS MURFORD ifl. 1647-1652)619. The Storm and Calm 546

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ABRAHAM COWLEY ( 1 6 1 8 - 1 6 6 7 )from Miscellanies

620. The Motto621. The Grasshopper622. Ode: Of Wit

from The Mistress623. The Wish624. The Thief625. Against Fruition626. Against Hope627. from Essays: Solitude628. from 5>/w: 7b /ƒ« Mutress

from Davideis629. [Number, Weight and Measure]630. [Gabriel's Appearance]

from 7fo Crw/ fffcr631. [Powers of Darkness]632. [London Subverted by the Furies]

RICHARD LOVELACE ( 1 6 1 8 - 1 6 5 6 ΟΓ 1657)from Lucasta (1649)

633. To Lucasta, Going beyond the Seas634. To Lucasta, Going to the Wars635. ToAmarantha, That She Would Dishevel Her Hair636. The Scrutiny637. The Grasshopper638. To My Worthy Friend Mr Peter Lely639. Elinda's Glove640. To Althea, from Prison641. La Bella Bona Roba

from Lucasta (1659-60)642. To Lucasta643. To a Lady with Child that Asked an Old Shirt

SIR EDWARD SHERBURNE ( 1 6 1 8 - I 7 0 2 )644. And She Washed HL· Feet with Her Tears645. Weeping and Kissing

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SIMON FORD (l6l9?-IÓ99)646. from London's Resurrection 572

RICHARD LEIGH ifl. 1649-1675)647. On a Fair Lady, Looking in the Glass 575648. Greatness in Little ,_g

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WILLIAM CHAMBERLAYNE (1619-1689)649. from Pharonnida: [The Bad Landlord] 578

ALEXANDER BROME (162O-1666)650. Plain Dealing 579651. The Resolve 581652. Epithalamy 581653. The Pastoral: On the King's Death 582654. The Riddle 583

ROBERT HEATH (fl. 1650)655. Seeing Her Dancing 584656. On Chrastella Walking in Her Garden 585657. On the Unusual Cold and Rainy Weather in

the Summer, 1648 586

LUCY HUTCHINSON (lÓ2O-pOSt 1675)658. During Her Husband's Retirement 587

THOMAS PHILIPOTT (c. 162O-1682)659. Re-edifying the Church ofCharleton 588

ANDREW MARVELL ( 1 6 2 I - 1 6 7 8 )660. The Definition of Love 589661. To HL· Coy Mistress 590662. The Coronet 592663. An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland 593664. from Upon Appleton House: To My Lord Fairfax 596665. The Garden 602666. On a Drop of Dew 604667. The Mower against Gardens 605668. Damon the Mower 607669. The Mower's Song 609670. Bermudas 610671. On Mr Milton's 'Paradise Lost ' 611

EDMUND PRESTWICH (fl. 1651)672. How to Choose a Mtoress 612

HENRY VAUGHAN (1622-1695)673. from Olor Iscanus: Translation ofBoethius,

Consolation of Philosophy II. ν 614from Silex Scinttlhns: Silex I

674. The Pursuit 615675. Vanity of Spirit 615676. The Retreat 6 * 6

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677. The Morning Watch 6 l 7678. Corruption 6 l 8

679. Unprofitableness 6 l 9680. Son-Days ° 2 0

681. Retirement (I) O 2 2

682. The World (I) ° 2 0

from Silex II683. Ascension Hymn " 2 4684. 'They are all gone into the world of light!' O 25685. The Dwelling-Place ° 2 0

686. Childhood °27687. The Waterfall 628688. Quickness °29

MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE

(1623-1673)689. [Imagination] "3°690. [Courting the Faerie Queen] 630691. Her Descending Down 631692. Of Stars 6 3 *693. Ο/Λίβ»? ØWtøs in This World 6 3 2

694. A Discourse ofMelancholy "32

695. A Landscape "33696. The Hunting of the Hare 634

PATRICK CARY ( 1 6 2 3 ΟΓ 1624-1656/7)697. [A Fig for the Lower House] 637

MATTHEW STEVENSON (/?. 1654-1685)698. from An Elegy upon Old Freeman 6 3 8

ANONYMOUS699. [Prayer to Hymen] 6 39700. 'When I am dead and thou wouldst try" 639701. [Jinny] 640702. 'Gently, gently prithee, time,' 641703. 'Here's a jolly couple! Oh the jolly jolly couple!' 641704. 'I love thee for thy fickleness' 642705. [Milh] 642706. 'My mistress loves no woodcocks' 643707. 'Seest thou those diamonds which she wears' 643708. [Silly boy] 6 + 4

709. A Mess of Nonsense 644

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WILLIAM HAMMOND (fl. 1655-1685)710. On the Same [Death of My Dear Brother,

Mr. H. S., Drowned]: The Boat 645711. To the Same [My Dear Sister, Mrs S.]: The Tears 646

JOHN COLLOP (l625^>OSt 1676)712. The Praise of a Yellow Skin 647

THOMAS STANLEY (1625-1678)713. The Glow-worm 647714. Celia Singing 648715. To Celia Pleading Want of Merit 649716. Love Deposed 649717. The Relapse 650718. The Grasshopper 651719. [The Pythagoric Letter] 651720. On a Violet in Her Breast 651

ANONYMOUS ifl. 1656)721. On the Bible 652722. How to Choose a Mistress 653723. Fortune's Legacy 653

HENRY HALSWELL ifl. 1656)724. Upon Mr Hopton's Death 654

SIR ROBERT HOWARD (1626-1698)725. To the Unconstant Cynthia 655

ROBERT WILD (fl. 1656?)726. An Epitaph on Some Bottles of Sack 656

HUGH CROMPTON ifl. 1657)727. Epigram VII: Winifred 656728. Epigram LXVII: Ttme, the Interpreter 657

HENRY BOLD (1627-1683)729. 'Chloris, forbear awhile,' 657

JOHN HALL (1627-1656)730. The Call 658731. An Epicurean Ode 659

ANONYMOUS732. On the Death of Mr Persall's Little Daughter 660733. OnMehncholy 660734- On Bond the Usurer 661

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735· A Question 661736. The Lark ° 6 2

737. Carol, for Candlemas Day 663

JOHN BÜNYAN (1628-1688)

738. from The Pilgrim's Progress: [Valiant's Song] 6 6 4

N. HOOKES (1628-1712)739. To Amanda Walking in the Garden 665

GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1628-1687)740. The Cabin-Boy ° 6 6

741. An Epitaph upon Thomas, Lord Fairfax 666

CHARLES COTTON (163O-1687)742. Song: Montrose 668743. Morning Quatrains 669

744. Evening Quatrains ^7J

JOHN DANCER ifl. 1660-I707)745. The Variety 672

CLEMENT PAMAN ifl. 1660)

746. On Christmas Day: To My Heart 673

JOHN DRYDEN (1631-I7OO)Prologues to plays

747. from Oedipus 674748. from The Silent Woman: To the University of Oxford 675749. from Love Triumphant ^77

from Absalom and Achitophel750. [Monmouth] 678751. [Shaftesbury] 679752. from Mac Flecknoe. [Shadwell's Claims] 681

757 S ¿8 ü!758. Baucis and Philemon

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762. L'Amitié: To Mrs M. Awbrey 697763. Orinda to Lucasta 698764. Epitaph: On Her Son H. P. 699765. On the Numerous Access of the English 699766. On the Welsh Language 700767. from Comeille's Pompey 701768. Wiston Vault 703

THOMAS SHIPMAN ( 1 6 3 2 - 1 6 8 0 )769. from The Frost, 1654: To Mr W. L. 703770. The Kiss, 1656: To Mrs C. 704

SAMUEL PORDAGE (1633-1691?)771. [To Lucia Playing on Her Lute,] Another 705

ELDRED REVETT ( f .1635-? )772. Ode: Hastening His Friend into the Country 706

SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE ( l 6 3 6 ? - l 6 9 2 ? )773. Song: 'If she be not as kind as fair,' 707774. The Imperfect Enjoyment 708

WALTER POPE ifl. 1 6 6 6 - 1 7 I 4 )775. The Wish 709

THOMAS FLATMAN ( 1 6 3 7 - 1 6 8 8 )776. A Thought of Death 710777. The Unconcerned: Song 711

THOMAS KEN ( 1 6 3 7 - I 7 I 1 )778. A Morning Hymn 712

THOMAS TRAHERNE ( 1 6 3 7 - 1 6 7 4 )779. Innocence 713780. The Rapture 715781. Insatiableness 716

CHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSET ( 1 6 3 8 - I 7 0 6 )782. [Written at Sea, in the First Dutch War] 7*7783. Song: 'Dorinda's sparkling wit, and eyes,' 7*9

SIR CHARLES SEDLEY ( l 6 3 9 ? - I 7 O l )784. On a Cock at Rochester 7 2 0

785. Song: 'See! Hymen comes; how his torch blazes!' 720786. On Fruition 7 2 1

APHRA BEHN ( 1 6 4 0 - 1 6 8 9 )787. Song: Love Armed 7 2 1

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788. In Imitation of Horace 722

789. Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Child 72 2

790. To Alexis in Answer to His Poem againstFruition: Ode 723

791. The Disappointment 724792. The Cabal at Nickey Nackey's 72 8

ANONYMOUS ifl. 1671)793. Song: 'Hang sorrow, cast away care,' 728794. What care I though the world reprove 729

EDWARD TAYLOR795. Meditation I. vi: The Lily of the Valleys 73°796. Meditation I. xx: God Hath Highly Exalted Him 73°797. Meditation I. xxix: My Father, and Your Father 732

798. Meditation II. vit: He Sent a Man before Them 733799. Meditation II. xviii: We Have an Altar 734800. The Preface 73°

BENJAMIN TOMPSON (1642-1714)801. On a Fortification at Boston Begun by Women 737

EDWARD RAVENSCROFT (c. 1643-I7O7)802. In Derision of a Country Life 738

JAMES WRIGHT ( 1 6 4 3 - I 7 1 3 )803. Out of Horace - 739

ALEXANDER RADCLIFFE (c. 1645-after 1696)804. As Concerning Man 739

HENRY ALDRICH? (1647-1710)805. A Catch: 'If all be true that I do think,' 740

PHILIP PAIN (f. 1 6 4 7 - ^ 1 6 6 7 )806. Meditation VIII: 'Scarce do I pass a day,

but that I hear' 740

JAMES CARKESSE ifl. 1678)807. His Rule of Behaviour 74°808. On the Doctor's Telling Him that till He /.<//

off Making Verses He Was not Fit to be Discharged 741

' E P H E L I A ' ifl 1678-1681)809. ToJ. G. 741810. To One That Asked Me Why I Loved J. G. 743811. First Farewell to J. G. 743

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812. Upon HL· Leaving His Mistress 744813. To Phylocles, Inviting Him to Friendship 745814. Maidenhead: Written at the Request of a Friend 745

MARY MOLLINEUX (1648-1695)815. Solitude 746

JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTER (1648-1680)816. Love and Life: A Song 747817. Against Constancy 748818. A Satyr against Reason and Mankind 748819. Upon Nothing 753820. Song: 'Give me leave to rail at you' 755821. Song: 'Love a woman? You're an ass!' 756822. Song: 'Fair Chloris in a pigsty lay,' 756823. The Platonic Lady 757824. The Mtóress: A Song 758825. A Song of a Young Lady: To Her Ancient Lover 759826. Verses Put into a Lady's Prayer-Book 760827. [A Satire on Charles II] 760

THOMAS HEYRICK (1649-1694)828. On a Sunbeam 761829. On an Indian Tomineios, the Least of Birds 762

ANONYMOUS φ. l68l?)830. 'Would you be a man in fashion?' 763

FRANCIS DANIEL PASTORIUS (165I-I720)831. 'Delight in books from evening" 764

NAHUM TÅTE (1652-I715)832. 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night' 764833. The Penance 765

JACOB ALLESTRY (1653-1686)834. *What art thou, love? Whence are those charms,' 765

T H O M A S D ' U R F E Y 5 3 7 38 3 5 . The Fuherman's Song 766

JOHN OLDHAM (1653-1683)836. from A Satyr. The Person of Spenser L· Brought in ... 768837. from Λ Satyr, in Imitation of The Third of Juvenal: [London] 770

JOHN NORRIS (1657-I711)838. The Meditation 772839. My Estate 773

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RICHARD DUKE (1658-I7II)840. To Caelia 774

ANNE WHARTON ( 1 6 5 9 - 1 6 8 5 )841. Elegy on the Earl of Rochester 775

ANONYMOUS ifl. 1 6 8 5 - 1 6 9 0 )842. One Writing against His Prick 776843. The Female Wits: A Song by a Lady of Quality 77°844. 'Oh waly, waly up the bank,' 777845. The Bonny Earl of Murray 778

846. Auld Lang Syne 779

ANNE KILLIGREW ( 1 6 6 0 - 1 6 8 5 )847. On a Picture Painted by Herself 78o

PIERRE ANTOINE MOTTEUX ( 1 6 6 0 - 1 7 1 8 )848. A Song: 'Slaves to London, I'll deceive you;' 78 '

THOMAS SOUTHERNE ( 1 6 6 0 - 1 7 4 6 )849. Song: 'Pursuing beauty, men descry" 781

ANNE FINCH, COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ( 1 6 6 1 - 1 7 2 0 )850. from The Petition for an Absolute Retreat 7%2

851. The Spleen: A Pindaric Poem 785852. A Letter to DaphnL·, April 2,1685 789

LORD CUTTS ( 1 6 6 1 - 1 7 0 7 )853. To a Lady, Who Desired Me Not to Be in Love

with Her 789

MARY EVELYN? ( 1 6 6 5 - 1 6 8 5 )854. from Mundus Muliebris 79°

HENRY HALL (d. 1713)855. Upon the King's Return from Flanders, 1695 79 2

MARY ASTELL ( 1 6 6 6 - 1 7 3 1 )856. In Emulation of Mr Cowley's Poem Called

The Motto' 792

ALICIA D'ANVERS ( l 6 6 8 ? - I 7 2 5 )857. To the University 793

ELIZABETH TIPPER ifl. 1 6 9 8 - 1 7 0 4 )858. Being Servant One Day, and Mistress Another 794

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ELIZABETH THOMAS (1675-1731)859. A Midnight Thought 795

GEORGE FARQUHAR (1678-I7O7)860. A Song: 'How blest are lovers in disguise!' 796

ALEXANDER POPE ( 1 6 8 8 - I 7 4 4 )861. Ode on Solitude 797

Notes and References 798

Index of First Lines 811

Index of Authors 829

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