The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronolo gical series of our classical Poets, from Ben Jonson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgement, with Biographical and Critical notices of their Authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth. The Work, within these bounds, may be termed a “ Library of Classical English Poetry,” and may safely be recommended to the heads of Schools in general, and to the libraries of Young Persons. CONTENTS. Page 29 35 Paradise Lost In Twelve Books. Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke, Sister Love, a little Boy. From the Masque on The Motto. Tentanda via est, &c. Anacreontics : or some Copies of Verses, trans lated paraphrastically out of Anacreon. Elegy upon Anacreon ; who was choaked by a Grape-stone. Spoken by the God of Ode, from Catullus. Acme and Septimius... ib. Of the Marriage of the Dwarfs ib. A Panegyric to my Lord Protector, of the 8 Present Greatness, and Joint Interest, of ib. his Highness and this Nation ib. ib. The Story of Phæbus and Daphne applied ... ib. 10 Annus Mirabilis : the Year of Wonders, 1666. 149 ib. Alexander's Feast: or, the Power of Music. An Ode in honour of St. Cecilia's Day 160 Palamon and Arcite : or, the Knight's Tale. II. ........................................ 166 18 The Character of a Good Parson |