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INTRODUCTION. ix
COWPER.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin 1
BURNS.
Tam o' Shanter 11
SCOTT.
Lochinvar 19
WORDSWORTH.
Michael 21
Lucy Gray 36
CAMPBELL.
Hohenlinden 39
Battle of the Baltic 40
WOLFE.
The Burial of Sir John Moore 43
BYRON.
The Prisoner of Chillon 45
Mazeppa 58
The Destruction of Sennacherib 86
KEATS.
The Eve of St. Agnes 88
TENNYSON.
Dora 103
Oenone 108
Enoch Arden 117
The Revenge 146
BROWNING.
"How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" 154
Incident of the French Camp 156
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 158
Hervé Riel 168
ROSSETTI.
The White Ship 175
MORRIS.
Atalanta's Race 187
LONGFELLOW.
The Wreck of the Hesperus 211
Paul Revere's Ride 214
WHITTIER.
Skipper Ireson's Ride 219
Barclay of Ury 222
Barbara Frietchie 226
HOLMES.
Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle 230