Ep., Epistle, Epode.
Foll., following.
F. Q., Spenser's _Faërie Queene_.
H., Haven's _Rhetoric_ (Harper's edition).
Hales, _Longer English Poems_, edited by Rev. J. W. Hales (London,
1872).
Il Pens., Milton's _Il Penseroso_.
L'All., Milton's _L'Allegro_.
Ol., Pindar's _Olympian Odes_.
P. L., Milton's _Paradise Lost_.
P. R., Milton's _Paradise Regained_.
S. A., Milton's _Samson Agonistes_.
Shakes. Gr., Abbott's _Shakespearian Grammar_ (the references are to
_sections_, not pages).
Shep. Kal., Spenser's _Shepherd's Kalendar_.
st., stanza.
Wb., Webster's Dictionary (last revised quarto edition).
Worc., Worcester's Dictionary (quarto edition).
Other abbreviations (names of books in the Bible, plays of
Shakespeare, works of Ovid, Virgil, and Horace, etc.) need no
explanation.