English Poets

English Poets of the Eighteenth Century

Name: English Poets of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Bernbaum, Ernest, 1879-1958 [Editor]

作者：Bernbaum, Ernest, 1879-1958 [Editor]
体例：题　章数：322
字数：477,153　来源：Project Gutenberg

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ENGLISH POETS
OF THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
SELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
ERNEST BERNBAUM
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
PREFACE
E. B.
CONTENTS
JAMES MACPHERSON
INTRODUCTION
II. ORTHODOXY AND CLASSICISM ASSAILED (1726-1750)
III. THE PROGRESS OF SENTIMENTALISM
Quite forgot their vices in their woe,--
IV. THE TRIUMPH OF SENTIMENTALISM (1776-1800)
ERNEST BERNBAUM
ENGLISH POETS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
JOHN POMFRET
THE CHOICE
I. THE GENTLEMAN'S RETIREMENT
II. HIS FORTUNE AND CHARITY
III. HIS HOSPITALITY AND TEMPERANCE
IV. HIS COMPANY
V. HIS LADY AND CONVERSE
VI. HIS PEACEABLE LIFE
VII. HIS HAPPY DEATH
DANIEL DEFOE
FROM THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN
FROM A HYMN TO THE PILLORY
JOSEPH ADDISON
FROM THE CAMPAIGN
II
III
MATTHEW PRIOR
TO A CHILD OF QUALITY FIVE YEARS OLD THE AUTHOR FORTY
TO A LADY
A BETTER ANSWER
BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE
FROM THE GRUMBLING HIVE; OR, KNAVES TURNED HONEST
THE MORAL:
ISAAC WATTS
THE HAZARD OF LOVING THE CREATURES
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
A CRADLE HYMN
ALEXANDER POPE
FROM AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK
AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM
CANTO II
CANTO III
FROM TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD
From AN ESSAY ON MAN
OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF MAN, WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIVERSE
I.
II.
III.
IV.
FROM MORAL ESSAYS
OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN
FROM EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT
FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED
FROM THE EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES
FROM THE DUNCIAD
LADY WINCHILSEA
TO THE NIGHTINGALE
A NOCTURNAL REVERIE
JOHN GAY
FROM RURAL SPORTS
FROM THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK
THURSDAY; OR, THE SPELL
FROM TRIVIA
SWEET WILLIAM'S FAREWELL TO BLACK-EYED SUSAN
MY OWN EPITAPH
SAMUEL CROXALL
FROM THE VISION
THOMAS TICKELL
FROM ON THE DEATH OF MR. ADDISON
THOMAS PARNELL
FROM A NIGHT-PIECE ON DEATH
A HYMN OF CONTENTMENT
ALLAN RAMSAY
From THE GENTLE SHEPHERD
PATIE AND ROGER
AMBROSE PHILIPS
JOHN DYER
GRONGAR HILL
GEORGE BERKELEY
JAMES THOMSON
THE SEASONS
FROM WINTER
From SUMMER
FROM SPRING
FROM AUTUMN
A HYMN
AN ODE: FROM ALFRED, A MASQUE
From THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE
EDWARD YOUNG
From LOVE OF FAME
ON WOMEN
NIGHT-THOUGHTS
EDWARD YOUNG
ANONYMOUS
THE HAPPY SAVAGE
SOAME JENYNS
From AN ESSAY ON VIRTUE
PHILIP DODDRIDGE
SURSUM
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE
FROM THE CHASE
HENRY BROOKE
FROM UNIVERSAL BEAUTY
PROLOGUE TO 'GUSTAVUS VASA'
From CONRADE, A FRAGMENT
MATTHEW GREEN
FROM THE SPLEEN
WILLIAM SHENSTONE
FROM THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
WRITTEN AT AN INN AT HENLEY
JONATHAN SWIFT
FROM THE BEASTS' CONFESSION
FROM VERSES ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT
CHARLES WESLEY
FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY
FOR EASTER-DAY
IN TEMPTATION
WRESTLING JACOB
ROBERT BLAIR
FROM THE GRAVE
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD
FROM ON RIDICULE
THE ENTHUSIAST
MARK AKENSIDE
FROM THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION
JOSEPH WARTON
JOHN GILBERT COOPER
FROM THE POWER OF HARMONY
THE HARMONY OF NATURE
WILLIAM COLLINS
ODE
Written in the beginning of the year 1746
ODE TO EVENING
ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER
STROPHE
EPODE
ANTISTROPHE
THE PASSIONS
AN ODE FOR MUSIC
CONSIDERED AS THE SUBJECT OF POETRY
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII
IX
XI
XII
XIII
THOMAS WARTON
FROM THE PLEASURES OF MELANCHOLY
From THE GRAVE OF KING ARTHUR
SONNET WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF DUGDALE'S 'MONASTICON'
SONNET WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE
SONNET TO THE RIVER LODON
THOMAS GRAY
ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE
HYMN TO ADVERSITY
ELEGY
WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
THE EPITAPH
THE PROGRESS OF POESY
I. 1
I. 2
I. 3
II. 1
II. 2
II. 3
III. 1
III. 2
THE BARD
I. 1
I. 2
I. 3
II. 1
II. 2
II. 3
III. 1
III. 2
III. 3
THE FATAL SISTERS
AN ODE FROM THE NORSE TONGUE
ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE
SAMUEL JOHNSON
From THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES
IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL
RICHARD JAGO
FROM THE GOLDFINCHES
JOHN DALTON
From A DESCRIPTIVE POEM
JANE ELLIOT
THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
CHARLES CHURCHILL
FROM THE ROSCIAD
FROM THE GHOST
JAMES MACPHERSON
FROM FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM
FROM THE SONGS OF SELMA
CHRISTOPHER SMART
FROM A SONG TO DAVID
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
THE DESERTED VILLAGE
FROM RETALIATION
JAMES BEATTIE
LADY ANNE LINDSAY
AULD ROBIN GRAY
JEAN ADAMS
THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE
ROBERT FERGUSSON
THE DAFT DAYS
ANONYMOUS
ABSENCE
JOHN LANGHORNE
FROM THE COUNTRY JUSTICE
GENERAL MOTIVES FOR LENITY
APOLOGY FOR VAGRANTS
AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY
ROCK OF AGES
JOHN SKINNER
TULLOCHGORUM
THOMAS CHATTERTON
FYRSTE MYNSTRELLE
SECONDE MYNSTRELLE
THYRDE MYNSTRELLE
SECONDE MYNSTRELLE
AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE
AS WROTEN BIE THE GODE PRIESTE THOMAS ROWLEY, 1464
THOMAS DAY
FROM THE DESOLATION OF AMERICA
GEORGE CRABBE
From THE LIBRARY
FROM THE VILLAGE
JOHN NEWTON
A VISION OF LIFE IN DEATH
WILLIAM COWPER
From TABLE TALK
From CONVERSATION
TO A YOUNG LADY
THE SHRUBBERY
From THE TASK
ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE
TO MARY
THE CASTAWAY
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES
EVENING
DOVER CLIFFS
ROBERT BURNS
MARY MORISON
THE HOLY FAIR
TO A LOUSE
ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY'S BONNET AT CHURCH
FROM EPISTLE TO J. LAPRAIK
THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT
TO A MOUSE
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY
ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH IN APRIL, 1786
EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND
A BARD'S EPITAPH
ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS
JOHN ANDEKSON, MY JO
THE LOVELY LASS OF INVERNESS
A RED, RED ROSE
AULD LANG SYNE
SWEET AFTON
THE HAPPY TRIO
TO MARY IN HEAVEN
TAM O' SHANTER: A TALE
AE FOND KISS
DUNCAN GRAY
HIGHLAND MARY
SCOTS, WHA HAE
IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY
LAST MAY A BRAW WOOER
O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST
ERASMUS DARWIN
FROM THE BOTANIC GARDEN
WILLIAM BLAKE
TO WINTER
SONG
TO THE MUSES
INTRODUCTION TO SONGS OF INNOCENCE
THE LAMB
THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
A CRADLE SONG
HOLY THURSDAY
THE DIVINE IMAGE
ON ANOTHER'S SORROW
THE BOOK OF THEL
II
The Cloud reclined upon his airy throne, and answered thus:--
III
IV
From THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
From A SONG OF LIBERTY
CHORUS
THE FLY
THE TIGER
HOLY THURSDAY
THE GARDEN OF LOVE
A LITTLE BOY LOST
THE SCHOOLBOY
LONDON
From AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE
FROM MILTON
FROM JERUSALEM
GEORGE CANNING
From THE PROGRESS OF MAN
FROM THE NEW MORALITY
CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE
THE LAND O' THE LEAL
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