The family library of poetry and song
mm:> \>l?!^^' s 'vi.^?{V um w^ V.Q^ 4 o 'oK V %.*^ .'kS£^'= \.<^ :WM: %.** <^ nv . o - « - '^- ^^-n^. " ''^^.-^ oV^^^^^Pk'- ^>bv^ fm^^\ ^^^^ .'?^°^ ^^°<^ ' .. *<>.'' 3^-./ ^'^-'Vo' V'.^-./ %*^-'\o ^ 0^ [3-^ y ^1 SOME CRITICAL OPINIONS ■William CuUen Bryant's Jfamilg yibrarj Poetry and Song, — S" f- -n pmam ai i)^t '^ttB», From the N. Y. Tribune. " It has taken rank as the most complete and satisfactory book of the kind ever is- sued. . . The work is enriched with an original memoir of Bryant, by James Grant Wilson, ... A collection of the most memorable productions in English verse for the delight of the family, the recreation of the student, the refreshment of the weary, and the solace and charm of all ages." From the Cincinnati Christian Standard. " It is highly fitting that Mr. Bryant, who presided over American poetry almost from its birth as well as from his own, should have left this collection as an evidence of his influence in forming the American taste to what is pure and noble. The directing hand of such a critical spirit is wanted at American firesides, in the formation of tastes averse to all meanness, and alive to all that is grand and true. With all Mr. Bryant's contributions to poetry and so- cial science, we doubt if he has done one service greater than the collection of this admirable book of poetry." From the Portland (Me.) Transcript, " A revised and enlarged edition of the work published in 1870, and very appro- priately contains a well-written memoir of Mr. Bryant, by Gen. Grant Wilson, a life- long personal friend." From the Richmond (Va.) Whig. "A monument of the editor's genius, taste, and industry." From the Louisville {Ky!) Argus. " ' Bryant's Library of Poetry and Song' promises to become, in its line, a classic, as already it is generally accepted as an authority. A word more : The spirit of this work is broad, untrammeled, catholic ! It recognizes, in the American depart- ment, both the sections of a now common • country, and endeavors to do justice to literary genius wherever exemplified. In I this, particular it is altogether unique." From the N. Y. Christian. Advocate. "All the poets of the English tongue are here brought to r, and we are taken through their illust. .ous ranks by one of their own honored company, and introduced to each as a special friend. Few men have ever lived who could guide us through this com- pany with greater skill than could Mr. Bryant. For three quarters of a century he had had the passport of a brother into their society. He had studied them as a labor of love and as a business. With the secret inspiration of kinship, .and the final author- ity of kingship, he knew exactly what to see and what to overlook. It will be a long time before we will find another such guide. " While Mr. Bryant has added no little to the richness of the world's treasures by the creations of his own thought, we cannot avoid the conviction that this library of se- lections is among his greatest services to the average reader. In this hurried life one cannot aiford to waste much time on in- ferior productions. It is half the battle to know what to read."' From the Boston Traveller. " A wealth of verses such as have been collected nowhere else in one volume, and which are chosen with the rare discrimina- tion and judgment the editor possesses." From the N. Y. yewish Advocate. " This book may, without hesitation, be called the choicest selection of poetiy ever fonned. With such rare judgment and dis- criminating taste have the selections been made, that there is scarcely anyone, even an extensive reader of poetry, who will not find his favorite pieces. The edition now before us of this great work of Bryant is issued as a tribute to his memory. To this end is appended a Biographical Memoir by his friend, Gen. J. G. Wilson, which will be found very valuable, and deeply interesting." From the Baltimore {Aid ) Sun. "A most attractive work to the lovers of poetry." y-- J The WorTc of a Master, " Here are the best productions of the best poets of the world selected by a poet of exquisite taste and culture. . . Save the ' Book of books ' and ' Webster's Un- abridged,' we think this boc ' Bryant's is destined to become the most popular ever published in this country."— CAristian Union. " In the character of the selections a broad catholicity has inspired the choice, while it has been guided by the scholarly judgment and human sympathy for which Bryant was known. Not the least valuable feature of the work is the review of English poetry and poets from Mr. Bryant's pen which forms the Introduction. Whether viewed as a specimen of English composition or as a critical essay, it is a piece of work such as only a Bryant could produce." — Springfield {Mass.) Union. " The venerable and distinguished edit- or's name and character will prepare every reader to approach this work with respect and confidence." — Richmond PVhig. " Every poem has passed the cultivated criticism of Mr. Bryant, who has written a lengthy and able introduction to the work." — Albany (^N. F.) Morning Press. " Mr. Bryant, to whom the whole realm of English poetry is as familiar as house- hold words, has gathered here all that is choicest and sweetest and best in that wide field." — St. Paul Pioneer Press. " Mr. Bryant's Introduction is a most beautiful and comprehensive critical essay on poets and poetry." — Albany Eveni7ig Journal. " The Introduction alone would make the book valuable. So short an essay contain- ing so much that is valuable for its quality would be hard to find elsewhere." — Machias iR'Ie.') Reptiblican. " The Introduction to the book is written with all the perspicuity and elegance which mark the prose writings of our illustrious bard." — Syracuse (JSf, F.) Standard. A. Library Indeed, " A book which bears out its comprehen- sive title most thoroughly." — N. Y. Evening Mail. " It is a garland of sweet and beautiful flowers culled from the whole garden of English poetry. " — Troy {JV. F.) Daily Whig. " It is well named, for it gives in one vol- ume all that is really valuable in a whole library of verse." — Chicago Evening Journal. "It is well called a ' Library' of Poetry and Song, with this advantage for most readers, that a master has made choice for them, bringing to them the rarest gems of our language." — Interior, Chicago, 111. " Here we find the choicest gems of the language. Its contents will never grow old. ' ' — New England Journal of Education. " The number of poets is so large that very few can afford to purchase their works. Indeed, private libi-aries contain the com- plete works of but a small number." — Troy {_N. F.) Whig. " It is the most complete collection of English verse we have ever used. We have called upon it for a great number of our favorites, and they have responded, both the companions of years and the newer friends of yesterday. A severer test has been tried. We have asked it for the authorship of stray, floating waifs of rhyme, and for the conclud- ing strains of tantalizing echoes of melody; and the answer has not failed to come." — Advance, Chicago, 111. " The Library of Poetry and Song was first published in 1870, and so popular was it that eighty thousand copies have been sold. The volume before us is designed as a memorial of the editor, and as such has been revised and improved in many ways. . . . All phases of human feeling are so fully represented that, the volume may well be called a library." — Northern Chris- tian Advocate. " It is rightly named a library, for that indeed it is." — The Voice {Organ of Vocal Culture), Albany, N. F. ^ [& -Bi CRITICAL OPINIONS OF BRYANT'S LIBRARY OF POETRY AND SONG. A Mousehold Hook. " It has fairly earned a front rank among volumes of selections for the library and household. . . . The present edition contains a biographical memoir of Bryant by James Grant Wilson, who knew the great poet personally, if not intimately, and was with him at the time of his sudden fall on Mr. Wilson's own door-steps. It is as com- plete and satisfactoryasso brief a biographi- cal sketch well could be ; and is probably the best brief biography the public will get, and the best of any sort till the authorized one impliedly promised by the family ap- pears. Take it all in all it is valuable as a book and worthy as a memorial." — Christian Union, " From any point of view, it must prove an engaging companion, whose influence will be elevating and ennobling, and whose purity and freshness, and, in a literary sense, whose instructiveness, will never be found wanting." — Binghampton (JV. F.) Republi- can. " There has just come to our family circle, and we wish it was domesticated in every household in the land, ' Bryant's Library of Poetry and Song.' There is no question that such a work is indispensable in a grow- ing household where a taste for poetry must be developed and directed." — Chicago Ad- vance. ' ' One of the most beautiful and valuable issues of this large and popular publishing house. It is a treasure of transcendent value to every household and every heart." — Atlanta (Ga.~) Sun. " It cannot be regarded in any other light than a charming visitor and a delightful resident in our family." — Rzttland {Vt.) In- dependent. " It is evidently destined to be the favor- ite of every family circle.'' — New Orleans Times. Best of Its Kind. "We know of no similar collection in the English language which, in copious- ness and felicity of selection and arrange- ment, can at all compare with it." — Alew York Times. " No other selection we know of is as varied and complete as this." — Albany Even- ing Journal. " We have no hesitation in recommend- ing it as the best compilation of the kind now extant." — Syracuse Standard. " It is unquestionably the choicest collec- tion of poetry ever made, and the mechani- cal execution of the book compares favor- ably with its contents." — Albany {N.Y.') Evening Times. " Certainly one of the best selections ever made. It is a delightful companion — a storehouse of sweets." — Harper's Weekly. " None that we have seen is equal to this in the variety and completeness of its contents, and the general excellence of its mechanical execution. " — yoiimal of Education. " Nothing has ever approached it in com- pleteness. From Shakespeare to the anony- mous poems, and those of little known authors of to-day, scarcely anything at all a favorite, or at all worthy of place here, is neglected. It is a book for every house- hold."— N. Y. Evening Mail. " It is preeminently a book for the house- hold."— Boston Globe. " We can scarcely take up a paper Mdthout seeing some favorable notice of the work. The critics manifest a singular unanimity in its praise." — Detroit Co?nmercial Bulletin. " This work must be placed side by side with the volumes from Brj'ant's own pen. Well did he understand the taste of the popular mind when he selected and ar- ranged the poems in this book. Already it has found its way into thousands of homes." — The Voice, Albatzy, N. Y. " Unquestionably destined to be the most popular poetic work ever offered to a read- ing public. It is a book for a life-time." — • Rutland ( Vt.') hidependeni. 15-- --ff roPDS.JTOWABD *:HULBERr,N.Y. Memorial Edition, ®fo Amilji 3ilJi*^t*| OF Poetry and Song. BEING ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, IRISH, AND AMERICAN; INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN, SPANISH, FRENCH, PORTUGUESE. PERSIAN, LATIN, GREEK, &=€. EDITED BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. aJEttf) an lufrotiuctorg SCrcattse fig tfje iSCitar ON THE "POETS AND POETRY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE." » INCLUDING ALSO A Biographical Memoir of Bryant, By JAMES GRANT WILSON. Of Authors, and Titles of their Poems; of First Lines ; and of Famous Lines and Phrases, rendering the Work a Completely Classified DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS. ILLUSTRATED WITH A NEW STEEL PORTRAIT OF MR. BRYANT; FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, ILLUSTRATIVE OF POEMS IN THE WORK; AND AUTOGRAPHIC FAC-SIMILES OF THE HANDWRITING OF CELEBRATED POETS.. 'l¥ NEW YORK: FORDS, HOWARD, AND HULBERT. fl- \n ^ ^0 Copyright, By J. B. Ford and Company, in 1870. By Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, in 1878 and B^ -^ [&- ■ a PREFACE. The flattering reception accorded to Mr. Bryant's Library of Poetry and Song is best shown in the fact that upwards of one hundred thousand copies ha^■e been sold since its pubhcation in 1870, while its popularit}^ seems in no way diminished. In 1876 the Publishers thought it worthy of a thorough revision, enlargement, and improvement. Accordingly^, with Mr. Br^-ant's active co-operation, the work underwent an entire reconstruction : selected parts of the early volume were eliminated, and a large amount of new matter added. This entailed upon Mr. Br^^ant much labor in revision of all the material, — cancelling, inserting, sug- gesting, even copying out with his own hand many poems not readil}' attainable except from his private library ; in short, giving the work the genuine influence of his fine poetic sense, his unquestioned taste, and his broad and scholai'h' acquaintance with literature. The work thus reconstructed was published in Numbers, printed on large paper, and with some eighty full-page illustrations, — steel portraits, wood en- gravings, etc., — having been completed just before Mr. Bryant's death in 1878. This forms a handsome work in two quarto volumes. The demand for the original, one-volume octavo form, however, has still con- tinued ; and now, in order to have it as complete as possible, it has been revised in the light of Mr. Bryant's later labor on the quarto edition. The making of entirely new electrotype plates has given opportunity to observe the suggestions of the critics, to correct errors (especially in the indexes, which have been brought down to the present year in the matter of the deaths of authors) , to complete many poems of which only portions had been given, and as far as practicable to transfer to this volume many of the improvements of the larger work."' The design of the book cannot be better set forth than in the words of its earl}^ Preface : — " It has been intended in this work to gather the largest practicable compilation of the best poems in our language, making it as nearly as possible the choicest and most complete general collection of poetry yet published. " The name ' Library ' which is given it indicates the principle upon which the book has been made, namely, that it might serve as a book of reference ; as a comprehensive exhibit * In view of this fact, it has been thought appropriate to introduce the extract from Mr. Bry- ant's Preface to the quarto edition, which follows, [0- ^ ^ ^ 2 PREFACE. of the history, growth, and condition of poetical literature ; and, more especially, as a com- panion, at the will of its possessor, for the varying moods of the mind. " Necessarily limited in extent, it yet contains one fifth more matter than any similar publication, presenting over fifteen hundred selections, from more than five himdred authors,* and it may be claimed that of the poetical writers whose works have caused their names to be held in general esteem or affection, none are unrepresented ; while scores of the produc- tions of unknown authors, verses of merit though not of fame, found in old books or caught out of the passing current of literature, have been here collated with those more notable. And the chief object of the collection — to present an array of good poetry so widely repre- sentative and so varied in its tone as to offer an answering chord to every mood and phase of human feeling — has been carefully kept in view, both in the selection and the arrange- ment of its contents. So that, in all senses, the realization of the significant title, ' Library,' has been an objective point. " In pursuance of this plan, the highest standard of literary criticism has not been made the only test of worth for selection, since many poems have been included which, though less perfect than others in form, have, by some power of touching the heart, gained and maintained a sure place in the popular esteem." The present edition embraces a new feature, namely, the addition to each of the departments into which the poems are divided (as "Childhood and Youth," " Love," " Nature," " Peace and War," etc.) of a number of briefer poetical quo- tations under the general head of "Fragments." These are in harmony with the character of the respective divisions, and are also grouped under more specific subject- titles. In the compilation of them there has been not only much careful searching in original poetical works, but also, for hints of what are commonl}^ accepted as famous or apt quotations, a consultation of various collections of such brief passages, — those of Addington, Mrs. Hale, Watson, Allibone, Bartlett, and others. By far the most helpful of these has been Mr, John Bartlett's Familiar Quotations : being an Attempt to trace to their Sources Passages and Phrases in Common Use, pubhshed by Messrs. Little, Brown, & Co., of Boston. This work covers not only the poetical but also the prose literature of the English lan- guage, besides the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and a mass of Proverbial Expressions of miscellaneous and curious origins. It is a work of such broad scope and rare accuracy of detail, and it has been so fruitful of suggestion and helpful in settling troublesome questions (for, as an authority, it holds probably the first place) , that an acknowledgment of the debt which this book owes to it is gladly offered. All of the poetical compilations of the day necessarily contain much of the same material, although the present one includes much not to be found in any other single one ; and in order to show — under the general classification of the work — the connection in which many well-known or striking " quotations" occur, an index has been made which refers the reader to the pages on which thej^ may be found, either as separated "fragments," or in the text of the poems wherein the}' took their origin. The volume thus becomes a Dictionary of Poetical Quota- tions, on a somewhat novel and interesting plan. * Now more than two thousand selections, representing more than six hundred authors. [&-.— _ ^ [&- ft PREFACE. The Publishers desire to return their cordial thanks for the courtesy freely extended to them, by which many copyrighted American poems have been allowed to appear in this collection. In regard to a large number of them, permission has been accorded by the authors themselves ; other poems, having been gathered as waifs and strays, have been necessarily used without especial authority ; and, where due credit is not given, or where the authorship may have been erroneously ascribed, future editions will afford opportunity for correction, which will be gladly made. Particular acknowledgments are offered to Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. for extracts from the works of Fitz-G-reene Halleck, and from the poems of William Cullen Br^^ant ; to Messrs. Harper and Brothers for poems of Charles G-. Halpine and Will Carleton ; to Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co. for quotations from the writings of T. Buchanan Read ; to Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons for extracts from Dr. J. G. Holland's poems ; and more especially to the house of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. — formerly Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co. for their courtesy in the liberal extracts granted from the writings of Aldrich, Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Florence Percy, Saxe, Mrs. Stowe, Sted- man, Bayard Taylor, Bret Harte, Trowbridge, Mrs. Thaxter, Whittier, and others of their unequalled list of poetical writers. In addition to the above acknowledgments, readers will see in the "Index of Authors " references enabling them to find the publishers of the works of Ameri- can writers to whom their attention has been called by any fragment or poem printed in this volume. This "Library" contains specimens of man}^ styles, and it is believed that, so far from preventing the purchase of special authors, it serves to draw attention to their merits ; and the courtesy of their publishers in granting the use of some of their poems here will find a practical recognition. The death of Mr. Bryant made it seem especiall^^ appropriate that some recog- nition of his life and literary career should be embodied in this contribution of his to the literature of the household, — this "Family Librarj^," as he was wont to call it. A Memoir of him was therefore prepared by one who knew him long and well, — Geuo James Grant Wilson, of New York, — and is included in this volume, which will hereafter be known as the "Memorial Edition." With these explanations and acknowledgments, Bryant's Family Library of Poetry and Song is placed anew before the public. New York, November, 1880. ^ -^ fl-^ R] CONTENTS. Page Index of Authoes and Titles of the Poems 8 Mr. Bryant's Introduction: Poets and Poetry of the English Language 31 Memoir of Bryant 41 Poems of Childhood and Youth 73 Poems of the Affections. Friendship 109 Compliment and Admiration. 123 LoA^E 135 Marriage 208 Home 21G Parting 233 Absence 241 Disappointment and Estrangement 249 Bereavebient and Death 272 Poems of Sorrow and Adversity , 313 Poems of Religion 349 Poems of Nature 401 Poems of Peace and War 497 Poems of Temperance and Labor 543 Poems of Patriotism and Freedom 561 Poems of the Sea 605 Poems of Adventure and Rural Sports 633 Descriptive Poems 673 Poems of Sentiment and Reflection 727 Poems of Pancy ; 817 Poems of Tragedy 871 Personal Poems 901 Humorous Poems 941 Index of First Lines 1017 Index of Famous Quotations 1029 5 [Q^ ^ ^ — ^ ^ -Qi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. STEEL ENGRAVING. Portrait of William Cullen Bryant Frontispiece. EAC-SIMILES OE AUTOGUAPH MANUSCRIPTS. William Wordsworth To front page 43 William Cullen Br,yant (three-page MS. "The Poet") 70 Edmund Clakence Stedman 74 John Keats _. 74 Edgar Allan Poe 74 John Howard Payne 110 "H. H." — Helen Hunt Jackson 110 Thomas Hood 314 William Gilmore Simms 314 Leigh Hunt 350 JosTAH Gilbert Holland 350 Alfked Tennyson 350 Julia Waed Howe 400 Walt Whitman 402 George H. Bokeb 498 T. Buchanan Read 542 Nathaniel Parker Willis 544 John Greenleaf Whittier ". 544 Francis Scott Key 560 Oliver Wendell Holmes 562 Fitz-Greene Halleck 562 Bayard Taylor 606 George Perkins Morris 60G ' Elizabeth Barrett Browning 634 John Quincy Adams 634 Jean Ingelow 674 ^ ^ ' _-^g ^ -Q] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 7 Geokge Gordon Noel, Lord Byron 728 Henry Wadsworth Longt^ellow 818 Richard Henry Dana 870 Ralph Waldo Emerson 872 Thomas Gray 903 Harriet Beecheu Stowe 90-2 Lydia Huntley Sigourney ' 902 John G. Saxe 942 Richard Henry Stoddard 94^2 James Russell Lowell 942 WOOD ENGRAVINGS. Mr. Bryant in his Library at Cedarmere 41 Mr. Longfellow's Home, in Cambridge : 79 The Old Oaken Bucket ■ 100 Mr. Emerson's Home, in Concord 112 Mr. Lowell's Home, in Cambridge 170 Lo-ve-Letters in Elowers ; 195 Mr. Whittier's Home, in Amesbury 375 The Sanctuary : Dawn 363 The Storm 430 The Orient 451 The Treasures of the Deep 620 The Convent 676 Eisher's Rock 691 The Blind Milton and his Daughters 735 Contentment 777 Cedarmere: Mr. Bryant's Country Home at Roslyn 788 S G ni INDEX OF AUTHOES AND TITLES. [& ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Quincy, Mass., 1767- 1848. Page The Wants of Man ...... 732 ADAMS, SARAH FLOWER. England, 18051-1848. " Nearer, my God, to thee" .... 373 ADDISON, JOSEPH. England, 1672-1719. Sempronius's Speech for War {Cato) . . 570 Soliloquy: On Immortality (C«i?i') . . 759 " The spacious firmament on high " {Spectator) 376 From: — Campaign, The, 539 5 Cato, 310, 601, 63 1 , 796, 799, 800, 802 ; Letter from Italy, 807 ; Spectator, The, 724. AKENSIDE, MARK. England, 1721-1770. Delights of Fancy {Pleasures o_f Imagination) Srg " The shape alone let  but leaves " 370 ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY. Portsmouth, N. H., b. 1836. After the Rain 430 Baby Bell 79 Before the Rain 427 Intaglio Head of Minerva, On an . . . 749 Publishers : Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. ALEXANDER, CECIL FRANCES. England. Burial of Moses 383 ALFORD, HENRY. England, b. 1810. " Rise, said the Master, come unto the feast ". 301 ALGER, WILLIAM ROUNSEVILLE. Freetown. Mass.. b. 1S23. Parting Lovers, The (From the Chinese) . 236 " To Heaven approached a Sufi Saint " {Fro7n the Persian of Dschellaleddin Rumi) . 365 Publishers : Roberts Brothers, Boston. ALISON, RICHARD. England, b. I6th century. " There is a garden in her face " {An Houre^s Recreation in Musicke, 1606) . . . 123 ALLEN, ELIZABETH AKERS {Florence Percy). Strong, Me., b. 1832. Left Behind 250 My Ship 318 Rock me to Sleep 222 Publishers : Houghton, Mifllin, &• Co., Boston. ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM. Ballvshannrm, Ireland, b. 1828. Lives in London, Eng. Dirty Old Man, The 253 Fairies, The 836 Lovely Mary Donnelly ..... 198 Touchstone, The ...... 735 ALLSTON, WASHINGTON. Georgetown, S. C, 1779-1843. ""■ America to Great Britain . . . « , 588 Boyhood 87 Rosalie 317 ALTENBURG, MICHAEL. Germany, 1583 - 1640. The Battle-Song of Gustavas Adolphus {Trans- lation) 519 ANACREON. Greece, d. 476 B. C. Grasshopper, The {Cowley's Trafislatzon) . 484 Spring (Moore's Translation) . . ■ 422 ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Denmark, 1805 -1875. The Little Match-Girl {From the Danish) . 336 ANDROS, R. S. S. Berkeley, Mass., d. 1859. Perseverance 477 ANGELO, MICHAEL. See BuoNAROTTi, Michael Angelo. ANSTER, JOHN. Ireland, b, about 1798 ; d. 1867. The Fairy Child 840 ARMSTRONG, JOHN. Scotland, 1709 - 1779. Building a Home {Art of Preservi7ig Health) 445 From: — The Art of Preserving Health, 558, 809. ARNOLD, EDWIN. England, b. 1831. Almond Blossom 457 Secret of Death, The ..... 29S From : — Woman's Voice ..... 795 ARNOLD, GEORGE. New York, 1834-1865. Golden Fish, The 185 Jolly Old Pedagogue 708 September 433 Publishers : Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. ARNOLD, MATTHEW. England, b. 1822. Desire 359 Dover Beach _. 611 Forsaken Merman, The . . . . ' 826 Heine's Grave 923 Philomela 479 ASKEWE, ANNE. England, T529-1546. 'The Fight of Faith 366 AUSTEN, SARAH. England, b. 1803. The Passage {From the German of Uhland) 291 AVERILL, ANNA BOYNTON. The Birch Stream 692 AYTON, SIR ROBERT. Scotland, 1570 -1638. On Love ....... 140 Woman's Inconstancy ..... 267 AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE. Scotland, 1813-1S65. Execution of Montrose, The . . . 877 Heart of the Bruce, The 504 BACON, FRANCIS, BARON VERULAM. England, 1561 - 1626. From : — Life 320, 792 BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES. England, b. 1816. Aim of Life, The (Festus) .... 742 Poet of Nature, The {Festtts) . , . 766 From : — Festus ...... 204, 232 ^ BAILLIE, JOANNA. Scotland, 1762-1851. Heath-Cock, The. "Up! Quit thy bower" From : — Rayner BALL. JOHN. England, executed at Coventry, 1381. From : — Lines used in Wat Tyler's Rebellion 559 BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA. England. 1743 - 1S25. '■ Life ! I know not what thou art" . . 303 Sabbath of the Soul, The .... 389 Summer Evening's Meditation, A . . . 430 To a Lady with some Pamted Flowers . 128 From: — " Come here, fond Youth " . . . 800 BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS {Thomas In- goldsby, Fsq). England, 17)38-1845. City Bells . 716 Jackdaw of Rheims, The 965 Misadventures at Margate .... 966 BARNARD, LADY ANNE. Scotland. J750-1825. Auld Robin Gray ...... 249 BARNFIELD, RICHARD. England. 1574- 1606. Address to the Nightingale . . . ; 480 BARON, ROBERT. England, b. about 1630. Fro7n : — M irza 312 BARRETT, EATON STANNARD. England, 1785 -1820. From : — Woman : Her Character and Influence 795 BARRY, MICHAEL JULAND. From : — " The Dublin Nation," Sept. 28, 1844 . 602 BARTON, BERNARD. England. 1784-1849. Bruce and the Spider S73 Caractacus ■ . 571 " Not ours the vows" 213 Sea, The 607 BASSE, WILLIAM. England, 1613 -1648. From : — On Shakespeare .... 939 BAXTER, RICHARD. England, 1615-1691. From : — ■ Love breathing Thanks and Praise . 395 BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES. England. 1797-1839. The Mistletoe Bough . . . . .891 From: — Isle of Beauty, 248; The Pilot, 632; The Rose that all are praising, 205 ; Why don't the men propose? 214. BEATTIE, JAMES. Scotland. 1735 -1803. Hermit, The 737 Morning ( 'ihe Minstrel ) . . . . 409 From: — The Minstrel, 493, 559, 812. BEAUMONT, FRANCIS. England, 1586 - 1616. From: — Humorous Lieutenant, 310 ; Letter to Ben Jonson, 939. BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, and FLETCHER, JOHN. England, 1586- 1616. and 1576- 1625. Folding the Flocks ...... 469 " Hence, all ye vain delights " {Nice Valour') 315 Frotii : — A King and no King, 395; Chaucer, 899; Faithful Shepherdess, 134; Four Plays hi One : The Triumph of Honor, 348 ; Knight of Malta, 204; Love's Cure, 107, 815; Wit without Money, loS. BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL. England. 1809-1849. " If thou wilt ease thine heart" . . . 303 " To Sea ! " 630 BEERS, MRS. ETHELIN ^I^IOT {Ethel Lynn). Goshen. N. Y., b. 1825. Died in Orange, N. J., 1879. The Picket-Guard 524 Publishers : Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. BENNETT, HENRY. England, b. about 1785. St. Patrick was'a gentleman .... 1004 BENNETT, WILLIAM COX. Greenwich. Eng., b. 1820. Lives in London. Baby May Baby's Shoes .... Invocation to Rain in Summer Worn Wedding-Ring, I'he. BENTON, MYRON B. Ohio. The Mowers ..... 76 82 428 221 S52 BERKELEY, GEORGE. England, 1684-1753. Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland. On the Prospect of planting Arts and Learning in America ,g_ BETHUNE, GEORGE WASHINGTON. New York, 1S05- 1862, Hymn to Night ^53 BICKERSTAFF, ISAAC. England, about 1735- 1787. From : — Love in a Village, 559, Soo, 816. BLACKER, COLONEL. Ireland. Frovz : — Oliver's Advice .... 602 BLAIR, ROBERT. England, 1699-1747. From: — The Grave, 107, 120, 310, 346, 396. BLAKE, WILLIAM. England, 1757 -1827. Piper, The 85 Tiger, The 468 BLAMIRE, SUSANNA. England, 1747-1794. The Siller Croun 155 " What ails this heart o' mine? " . . 245 BLANCHARD, LAMAN. England, 1803- 1845. The Mother's Hope 84 BLAND, ROBERT, REV. England, 1779- 1S25. Home {From the Greek) .... 225 BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT. England, 1766-1823. Farmer's Boy, The 553 Lambs at Play 469 Moonlight in Summer 432 Soldier's Return, The 530 BOKER, GEORGE HENRY. Philadelphia, Pa., b. 1824. Black Regiment, The 595 Countess Laura ...... 886 Dirge for a Soldier 531 Prince Adeb 652 Publishers: J. 13. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. BOLTON, SARAH T. Newport, Ky.. b. 1820. Left on the Battle-Field 527 BONAR, HORATIUS. Scotland, b. 1808. " Beyond the smiling and the weeping " . 296 Master's Touch, The ..... 3S8 BOOTH, BARTON. England. 1681 -1733. From : — Song 796 BOTTA, ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH. Bennington. Vt.. b. about 1820. Lives in New York. On a Picture 247 BOURDILLON, FRANCIS W. England, now living. Light 135 BOWLES, CAROLINE ANNE. See SouTHEY, MRS. Caroline Bowles BOWLES, WILLIAM LISLE. England. 1762- 1850. " Come to these scenes of peace" . . 403 Greenwood, The 454 Rhine, On the . . ... 447 BOWRING, SIR JOHN. England. 1792- 1872. " From the recesses of a lowly spirit " . . 375 Nightingale, The {From the Portiizvese) . 479 Nightingale, The {From ihe Dutch) , . 479 •ff fl- 10 INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES. -n BRADSTREET, ANNE. England, b, 1612. d. America, 1672. ^?-o;«; ^ Contemplations (Pub. in 2d ed. of The Tenth Mtise, lately sprung up iii. A 7ner- ica. Boston : 1678) 493 BRAINARD, JOHN GARDINER CALKINS. New London, Conn., 1796- 1828. " I saw two clouds at morning "... 137 Niagara, The Fall of 449 BRANCH, MARY L. BOLLES. Brooklyn. N. Y., b. 1841. The Petrified Fem 863 BRENAN, JOSEPH. Ireland, b. 1829 ; d. in New Orleans, 1857. "Come to me, dearest " .... 247 BRETON, NICHOLAS. England, 1555- 1624. _ _ " I would I were an excellent divine " . . 362 PhilUda and Corydon 136 Phillis the Fair 124 BRISTOL, LORD See uiGBY, JOHN, Earl of Bristol. BROOKS, CHARLES TIMOTHY. Salem, Mass., b. 1813. Lives in Newport, R. I. Alpine Heights (Frotn the German of Krunt- niacher) ....... 445 Fisher, The (^From the German of Goethe) • 825 Good Night [From the German of K'drner) . 558 Men and Boys {Frofft the Germa?i of K'drner) 583 Nobleman and the Pensioner, The {Fro7n the German of Pfef^el ) 520 Nurse's Watch {From the Germati) . . 78 Sword Song, The (From the German, of K'drner) _ Si9 Winter Song {From the Gerjnaii of Ltidwig Holty) 434 Publishers : Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. BROOKS, MARIA GOWEN {Maria del Occidente). Medford, Mass., 1795 -1845. "Day, in melting purple dying" . . _ . 245 Disappointment {Zojihiel, or the Bride of Seven) .■•■.••• 261 Publi.shers : Lee & Shepard, Boston. BROWN, FRANCES. Ireland, 1818-1864. Losses 333 " O the pleasant days of old ! " . . . 699 BROWNE, SIR THOMAS. England, 1605 - 1682. From: — Religio Medici .... 310 BROWNE, WILLIAM. England, r59o-i64s. My Choice 140 Siren's Song, The {Inner Temple Masque) . 825 " Welcome, welcome, do I sing" . . . 126 From : — ■ Britannia's Pastorals . . . 938 BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD. Providence, K. I., 1824- 1872. Lawyer's Invocation to Spring, The . . 992 Publisliers : Houghton, Mifflin, & Co,, Boston. BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. England, 1809- 1861. Court Lady, A 585 George Sand, Sonnets To .... 923 Lady's Yes, The ...... 144 Lord Walter's Wife 217 Mother and Poet . . ... 283 Musical Instrument, A 865 Parting Lovers (Sienna) 236 Pet Name, The 89 Portrait, A ....... 97 Romance of the Swan's Nest, The . . . 102 Sleep 762 Sonnets from the Portuguese . . . 189 View across the Roman Campagna, A . . 683 Wordsworth, On a Portrait of . . . 914 BROWNING, ROBERT. England, b. 1812. Evelyn Hope 284 Flower's Name, The 147 Herv^ Riel 617 How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix 513 In a Year 260 Incident of the French Camp . . . Si3 Meeting 170 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The . . . 849 The King is cold 884 " The Moth's kiss, first ! " {In a Gondola) . i88 From: — One Word more, 399; Paracelsus, 801, 808. BRYANT, JOHN HOWARD. Cummington, Mass., b. 1807. Little Cloud, The 593 Valley Brook, The 447 Winter 438 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN. Cummington, Mass., 1794- 1878. America 587 Battle-Field, The 534 " Blessed are they that mourn " . . . 743 Death of the Flowers, The .... 466 Evening Wind, The ..... 411 Fatima and Raduan {From the Spanish) . 166 Flood of Years, The 750 Forest Hymn, A 452 Fringed Gentian, To the .... 465 Future Life, The 275 Hurricane, The 686 June 425 L.oys o( God, T\\& {Frofn the Provencal) . 38S Mosquito, To  . ._ . 457 Poet, The {Manuscript facsimile) ... 78 Robert of Lincoln ..... 476 Snow-Shower, The ...... 440 Song of Marion's Men .... 589 Thanatopsis ....... 307 To a Waterfowl ...... 481 Washington's Birthday, Ode for . . . 62 From: — Autumn Woods, 494; March, 492; Scene on the Banks of the Hudson, 309. Publishers : D. Appleton & Co., New York. BRYDGES, SIR SAMUEL EGERTON, England, 1762-1S37. Echo and Silence .... BUCHANAN, ROBERT. Scotland, b, 1S41. Fra Giacomo Little Milliner, The 86s . 885 i8i BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF. England, 1649 - 1720. From : — Essay on Poetry .... BUNYAN, JOHN. England, 1628-1688, From : — Pilgrim's Progress . . 347, BUONAROTTL MICHAEL ANGELO. Italy, 1474-1563- " If it be true that any beauteous thing" {J. B. Taylor^s 'Translation) ..... " The miglit of one fair face " ( Taylor'' s Trans.) From : — Sonnet {Mrs. Henry Roscoe's Trans.) BURLEIGH, GEORGE S. America. A Prayer for Life BURLEIGH, WILLIAM H. Woodstock, Conn., b. 1812. Deborah Lee . . ., . . . . 1 BURNS, ROBERT. Scotland, 1759 -1796. Ae fond kiss before we part. Afton Water .... Auld Lang Ss'ne. Banks o' Doon, The Bannockburn Bard's Epitaph, A. " Ca' the yowes to the knowes " Comin' through the Rye. Cotter's Saturday Night, The " Duncan Gray cam' here to woo Elegy on Captain Henderson " For a' that and a' that " " Green grow the rashes, O ! " I love my Jean "John Anderson, my Jo ". Sos 13s 135 380 233 447 118 249 573 917 'S3 187 38s tg6 917 m^ -& [& INDEX  was made to mourn .... 332 Mary in Heaven, To 288 Mary Morison 149 Mountain Daisy, To a 462 Mouse, To a 468 My Heart 's in the Highlands .... 659 " My wife 's a winsome wee thing" . . 216 " O my luve 's like a red, red rose " . . 234 "O, saw ye bonnie Lesley?" . . . 242 Tam O'Shanter 847 " The day returns, my bosom bums " . . 218 Toothache, Address to the .... 952 To the Unco Guid 784 " Whistle and I '11 come to you, my lad " . 156 From : — Despondency, 345 ; Epistle from Eso- pus to Maria, 346 ; Epistle to Davie, 348 ; Epistle to a Young Friend, 395, 396, 796 ; Epistle to James Smith, 108 ; Jessy, 134 : On Captain Grose's Peregrinations through Scotland, 805 ; Sensibility, 204 ; Vision, The, 309. BUTLER, SAMUEL. England, 1600 -1680. Hudibras' Sword and Dagger .... 506 Hudibras, The Logic of ... . 945 Hudibras, The Religion of ... . 387 From: — Hudibras, 108, 205, 215, 309, 347, 395, 396, 490, 540, 632, 671, 803, 804, 807, 808, 8og. BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN. Albany, N. Y., b. 1825. " Nothing to wear " 981 Publishers : Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. BYRON, JOHN. England, 1691 - 1763. A Pastoral 245 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. England, 1788 - 1824. " Adieu, adieu ! my native shore " . . . 238 Augusta, To 223 Coliseum by Moonlight (Man/red) . . 680 CoX\se.\xm,'T\\&{Chtlde Harold) . . . 68r Daniel Boone (Don Juan) .... 926 Destruction of Sennacherib, The {Hebrew Melodies) 501 Dream, The 764 Evening (Don Jua^i) 413 " Farewell, if ever fondest prayer" . . 238 Farewell to his Wife 238 Filial Love (Childe Harold) . . . 222 First Love (Don Jrian) 166 Greece {The Giaour) 581 Greece {Childe Harold) . . _ . . .581 Greek Poet, Song of the (Don J'uan) . . 580 Lake Leman, Calm and Storm on (Childe Harold) 685 Latest Verses 250 " Maid of Athens, ere we part " . . . 234 M.viraX (Ode /rom the  beauty's bloom " . . 288 Pantheon {Childe Harold) .... 682 Picture of Death, A ( The Giaour) , . . 303 Foet's \mpu\st {Childe Harold) . . . 767 Prisoner of Chillon, The ..... 703 ^hme, The (Childe Harold) . . . 446 Rover, Song of the ( The Corsair)  Giaour) Waterloo (Childe Harold) .... Frojn: — Beppo, 721, 795, 801, 814; Bride of Abydos, 134, 206, 231, 309, 541, 720; Childe Harold, 133, 134, 206, 241, 271, 396, 397, 490, 493, 541, 720, 725, 726, 792, 796, 800, 812, 813, 867, 869 ; Corsair, 348, 812, 938 : Death of Sheridan, 940; Doge of Venice, 491 ; Don Juan, 107, 203, 204, 205, 215, 3og, 310, 396, 490, 631, 632, 671, 794, 796, 805, 808,809, 811 ; English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 215, 397, 8co, 804, 805, 806, 940 ; Giaour, The, 205, 207, 271, 312, 816 ; Island, The, 814; Lara, 346, 490; Letter, 793; Manfred, 107, 108, 493 ; Mazeppa, 899 ; Par- isina, 491, 899 ; Sardanapalus, 241, 794 ; Waltz, The, 814 ; " When we two parted," 241. CALDWELL, WILLIAM W. Newburyport, Mass., b. 1823. Rose-Bush, The (From the Germa7t) CALIDASA. India, ist Century B. C. Baby, The {Sir IVilliam Jones's Trans.) Woman {Horace H. IVilson's Trans. ) CALLANAN, JEREMIAH JOSEPH. Ireland, 1795- 1829. Gougaune Barra CALVERLEY, CHARLES L. England, b. 1831. Arab, The Cock and the Bull, The .... Disaster Lovers and a Reflection .... Motherhood To Tobacco 78 776 lOIO 1008 991 lOIO 991 990 412 578 788 513 743 185 573 338 144 616 5S3 741 5=9 629 CAMOENS, LUIS DE. Portugal, 1524- 1579. Blighted 'Lose (L or d Strangford's Trans.). CAMPBELL, THOMAS. Scotland, 1777 -1844. Evening Star, The Exile of Erin Hallowed Ground Hohenlinden Hope (Pleasures of Hope) .... Kiss, The First ...... Lochiel's Warning Lord Ullin's Daughter Maid's Remonstrance, The .... Napoleon and the British Sailor. Poland River of Life, The ..... Soldier's Dream, The "Ye mariners of England " From : — Drink ye to her, 205 ; Gertrude, 494 ; Pleasures of Hope, 204, 248, 310, 347, 395, 397. 79s, 800, 802, 810 ; To the Rainbow, 494. CANNING, GEORGE. England, 1770-1S27. Epitaph on the Marquis of Anglesea's Leg . 953 Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder 952 From: — New Morality, 121, 806; The Pilot that weathered the Storm, 632. CAREW, LADY ELIZABETH. England, pub. 1613. Revenge of Injuries (Mariam) . . . 789 CAREW, THOMAS. England, 1^89-1639. Compliment, The ...... 126 " Give me more love or more disdain " . 144 " He that loves a rosy cheek "... 141 " Sweetly breathing, vernal air " . . . 422 Frotn : — Conquest by Flight, 205 ; On the Duke of Buckingham, 309 ; " Think not 'cause men flattering say," 203. CAREY, HENRY. England, 1663-1743. Maiden's Ideal of a Husband (Contrivafices) 142 Sally in our Alley 19S From : — Choonon, 808 ; God save the King, 603. CARLETON, WILL M. Ohio, b. 1839. New Church Organ, The .... 995 Over the Hill to the Poor- House . . 342 Publishers : Harper & Bros., New York. GARY, ALICE. Near Cincinnati, O., 1820-1S71. Dying Hymn, A 391 Make Believe 188 Pictures of Memory . . . . .89 Spinster's Stint, A 172 Publishers, Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston. IB-- ^ ifi 12 INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES. GARY, HENRY FRANCIS. England, 1772-1844. "Tlie fairest thing in mortal eyes" (Frotn the Fre7ich of Charles-, Dzike of Orleans) . 300 GARY, LUCIUS (Lord Falkland). England, 1610 -1643. Ben Jonson's Commonplace Book . . . 907 GARY, PHCEBE. Near Cincinnati, O., 1824- 1871. Dreams and Realities 113 Lovers, The i°oS Nearer Home 375 Peace 533 Publishers : Houghton, MifBin, & Co., New York. CASIMIR THE GREAT, KING OF POLAND. Poland. 1309 -1370. " It kindles all my soul " {From the Polish) 372 GASWALL, EDWARD. England, b. 1814. " My God, I love thee" [From the Latm of St. Francis Xavier) 360 GELANO, THOMAS A. Italy, about 1250. Dies Irs {jfohn A . Dix^s Translation) . . 353 GHADWICK, JOHN WHITE. Marblehead, Mass., b. 1840. The Two Waitings 277 GHALKHILL, JOHN (Probably Izaak Walton). The Angler 668 GHAMBERLAYNE, WILLIAM. England, 1619- 1689. From: — Chastity 796 GHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY. Boston, Mass., b. 1818. Our Boat to the Waves ..... 630 Publishers : American Unitarian Association, Boston. CHAPMAN, GEORGE. England, 1557-1634. Camp at Night, The {Iliad) .... 414 " Muses that sing Love's sensual empirie " 135 From : — Blind Beggar of Alexandria, 203 ; Re- venge, 120; Widows' Tears, 900. CHARLES, DUKE OF ORLEANS. France, 1391 - 1465. "The fairest thing in mortal eyes" {Henry F. Gary's Translatio?i ..... 300 Spring 421 GHATTERTON, THOMAS. England, 1752 1770. Minstrel's Song 289 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. England, 1328-1400. Canterbury Pilgrims, The {Canterbury Tales) 695 Compleynte of Chaucer to his Purse . . 904 T>3!isy,'Th&{LegeJid of Good IVotnen) . . 462 Morning in May {Knighies Tale) . . 418 Frojn : — Assembly of Foules, 489 ; Canterbury Tales : Prologue, 809 ; Clerkes Tale, 231 ; Frankleines Tale, 398 ; Knightes Tale, 490, 492, 802; Manciples Tale, 398; Nonnes Preestes Tale, 900 ; Troilus and Greseide, 108. CHERRY, ANDREW. England, 1762-1812. The Bay of Biscay .... . . 628 CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF. England, 1694-1773. From. : — Advice to a Lady in Autumn . . 491 CHORLEY, HENRY FOTHERGILL. England, 1808 -1872. The Brave Old Oak -454 CHURCHILL, CHARLES. England, 1731-1764. From : — Prophecy of Famine, S07 ; Rosciad 804 GIBBER, COLLEY. England, 1671-1757. The Blind Boy ....... 343 From: — Richard III., Altered 204, 492, 539, 541, 899 CLARE, JOHN. England, 1793-1864. 