E

LIVES

OF THE

ENGLISH SACRED POETS;

;

BY

ROBERT ARIS WILLMOTT, ESQ.,

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OP

THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, APPOINTED BY

THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

THE SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M. DCCC. XXXIX.

TO

ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ., LL.D.,

POET-LAUREATE,

THIS VOLUME

IS INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.