SELECTIONS

FROM

THE BRITISH POETS.

B

Fitz - Greene Halleck.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

CNEW-YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.

SELECTIONS

FROM THE

BRITISH POETS.

BY

FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.

CONTENTS

THE SECOND VOLUME.

OF

JAMES BEATTIE.

The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

The Hermit

The Deserted Village

SAMUEL JOHNSON.

On the death of Mr. Robert Levet

The Vanity of Human Wishes

JOHN SCOTT.