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on meeting in recent verse new images in their untarnished lustre, like coins fresh from the mint, unworn and unsoiled by passing from pocket to pocket. It is curious, also, to observe how a certain set of hackneyed phrases, which Leigh Hunt, I believe, was the first to ridicule, and which were once used for the convenience of rounding out a line or supplying a rhyme, have disappeared from our poetry, and how our blank verse in the hands of the most popular writers has dropped its stiff Latinisms and all the awkward distortions resorted to by those who thought that by putting a sentence out of its proper shape they were writing like Milton.

I have now brought this brief survey of the progress of car poetry down to the present time, and refer the reader, for samples of it in the different stages of its existence, to those which are set before him in this volume.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

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BRADSTREET, ANNE.

England, b. 1612, d. America, 1672.
From:- Contemplations (Pub. in 2d ed. of

The Tenth Muse, lately sprung up in A mer-
ica. Boston: 1678).

BRAINARD, JOHN GARDINER CALKINS
New London, Conn., 1796-1828.

"I saw two clouds at morning "
Niagara, The Fall of

BRANCH, MARY L. BOLLES.

Brooklyn, N. Y., b. New London, Conn., 1840.
The Petrified Fern.

BRENAN, JOSEPH.

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884

188

593

447

438

Ireland, b. 1829; d. in New Orleans, 1857.

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN.

Cummington, Mass., 1794-1878.

"Come to me, dearest"

America

247

587

BRETON, NICHOLAS.

Battle-Field, The

England, 1555-1624

"Blessed are they that mourn

534

743

"I would I were an excellent divine"

362

Death of the Flowers, The

466

Phillida and Corydon

Evening Wind, The

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411

Phillis the Fair

124

Fatima and Raduan (From the Spanish)

166

BRISTOL, LORD

Flood of Years, The

See DIGBY, JOHN, EARL OF BRISTOL.

BROOKS, CHARLES TIMOTHY.
Salem, Mass., 1813-1883.

Alpine Heights (From the German of Krum-
macher)

Fisher, The (From the German of Goethe)
Good Night (From the German of Korner)
Men and Boys (From the German of Körner)
Nobleman and the Pensioner, The (From the
German of Pfeffel).

Forest Hymn, A

750

Fringed Gentian, To the

452

Future Life, The

465

Hurricane, The

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June

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Sword Song, The (From the German of Körner)

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Love of God, The (From the Provençal)

"Ó, fairest of the rural maids"

Planting of the Apple-Tree, The

425

388

487

535

130

457

78

476

519

Snow-Shower, The.

440

Song of Marion's Men.

589

Iublishers: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston.

434

Thanatopsis

307

To a Waterfowl

481

Medford, Mass., 1795-1845.

BROOKS, MARIA GOWEN (Maria del Occidente).

Washington's Birthday, Ode for

62

"Day, in melting purple dying"

Disappointment (Zophiel, or the Bride of

245

From:- Autumn Woods, 494; March, 492;

Scene on the Banks of the Hudson, 309.

Publishers: D. Appleton & Co., New York,

Seven)

261

Publishers: Lee & Shepard, Boston.

BRYDGES, SIR SAMUEL EGERTON.

England, 1762 1837.

BROWN, FRANCES.

Ireland, 1818-1804.

Losses

"O the pleasant days of old !"

BROWNE, SIR THOMAS.

England, 1605-1682.

From: Religio Medici

CROWNE, WILLIAM.

England, 1590 - 1645.

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Echo and Silence

BUCHANAN, ROBERT.

Scotland, 1841-1878.

Fra Giacomo

Little Milliner, The

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, JOHN SHEFFIELD,

865

885

181

310

DUKE OF.

England, 1649 - 1720.

From:- Essay on Poetry

806

My Choice

140

BUNYAN, JOHN.

Siren's Song, The (Inner Temple Masque). "Welcome, welcome, do I sing

825

England, 1628-1688.

126

From: Pilgrim's Progress

347, 805

BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD.

From:- Britannia's Pastorals

Providence, K. I., 1824-1872.

Lawyer's Invocation to Spring, The

Publishers: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston.

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT.

938

BUONAROTTI, MICHAEL ANGELO.

Italy, 1474-1563.

992

"If it be true that any beauteous thing" (J. E.

Taylor's Translation).

135

"The might of one fair face"(Taylor's Trans) 175 From: Sonnet (Mrs. Henry Roscoe's Trans.) 809

England, 1809-1861.

Court Lady, A.

BURLEIGH, GEORGE S.

585

Plainfield, Conn.. 1831

George Sand, Sonnets To

923

A Prayer for Life

380

Lady's Yes, The

Lord Walter's Wife

144

BURLEIGH, WILLIAM H.

Mother and Poet

Musical Instrument,

217 283

Woodstock, Conn., 1812-1871.

Deborah Lee

1005

865

Parting Lovers (Sienna).

BURNS, ROBERT.

236

Pet Name, The

Scotland, 1759-1796.

89

Portrait, A

Ae fond kiss before we part.

233

97

Romance of the Swan's Nest, The'

Afton Water

447

102

Sleep

Auld Lang Syne

118

762

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Banks o' Doon, The

249

189

View across the Roman Campagna, A

Bannockburn

573

683

Wordsworth, On a Portrait of

BROWNING, ROBERT.

Bard's Epitaph, A

917

914

"Ca' the yowes to the knowes

153

Comin' through the Rye.

187

England, 1812-1889.

Cotter's Saturday Night, The

385

Evelyn Hope

284

Flower's Name, The.

"Duncan Gray cam' here to woo

196

147

Elegy on Captain Henderson

917

Hervé Riel

617

For a' that and a' that "

341

How they brought the Good News from Ghent

to Aix

513

"Green grow the rashes, O!" I love my Jean

191

242

In a Year

260

"John Anderson, my Jo".

222

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203, 204, 205, 215, 309, 310, 396, 490. 631, 632.
671, 794, 796, 805, 808, 809, 811: English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers, 215, 397, 800, 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. 791; Waiz,
The, 814; "When we two parted," 241.

CALDWELL, WILLIAM W.

Newburyport, Mass., b 1823

Rose-Bush, The (From the German)

CALIDASA.

India, 1st Century B. C.

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Baby, The (Sir William Jones's Trans)
Woman (Horace H Wilson's Trans.)

CALLANAN, JEREMIAH JOSEPH
Ireland, 1795-1829.

Gougaune Barra

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CALVERLEY, CHARLES S.
England, 1831-1834.

Arab, The

Cock and the Bull, The
Disaster

741

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Lovers and a Reflection

Motherhood

To Tobacco

506

Hudibras, The Logic of

CAMOENS, LUIS DE.

945

Hudibras, The Religion of

Portugal, 1524-1579

387

From:- Hudibras, 108, 205, 215, 309, 347, 395,
396, 490, 540, 632, 671, 803, 804, 807, 808, 809.

Blighted Love (Lord Strangford's Trans)

261

CAMPBELL, THOMAS

Scotland, 1777-1844

BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN.

Albany, N. Y.. 1825-1902

Evening Star, The

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Exile of Erin

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981

Publishers: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., Boston.

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Hallowed Ground

Hohenlinden.

Hope (Pleasures of Hope)
Kiss. The First

A Pastoral

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BYRON. GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD.

Lord Ullin's Daughter

England, 1788-1824-

Adieu, adieu! my native shore".

238

Maid's Remonstrance, The

Napoleon and the British Sailor

Augusta, To

Poland

223

Coliseum by Moonlight (Manfred)

680

River of Life, The

Coliseum, The (Childe Haroli).

Daniel Boone (Don Juan)

681

Soldier's Dream, The

926

Destruction of Sennacherib, The (Hebrew

Melodies)

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Dream, The.

764

Evening (Don Juan)

413

"Farewell, if ever fondest prayer"

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Farewell to his Wife

238

Filial Love (Childe Harold)

222

First Love (Don Juan)

166

Greece (The Giaour)

581

Greece (Childe Harold).

581

Greek Poet. Song of the (Don Juan)

580

Lake Leman, Calm and Storm on (Childe

CAREW, LADY ELIZABETH.
England, pub. 1613.

Harold)

685

Latest Verses

250

CAREW, THOMAS.

"Maid of Athens, ere we part

234

"Ye mariners of England

From: Drink ye to her, 205: Gertrude, 494:
Pleasures of Hope, 204, 218, 310. 347. 395, 397,
795, 800, 802, 810; To the Rainbow, 494-

CANNING, GEORGE.

Epitaph on the Marquis of Anglesea's Leg
Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder
From: - New Morality, 121, 806; The Pilot that
weathered the Storm, 632.

Revenge of Injuries (Mariam)

England, 189-1639.

412

5/8

788

513

743

185

53

338

144

616

583

741

529

629

953

952

789

Murat (Ode from the French)

Compliment, The

913

Napoleon (Childe Harold).

"Give me more love or more

disdain

911

Night

"He that loves a rosy cheek"

Orient, The (Bride of Abydos)

415

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Sweetly breathing, vernal air"

126

144

141

422

451

"O, snatched away in beauty's bloom"

288

From: -Conquest by Flight, 205: On the Duke

Pantheon (Childe Harold)

682

of Buckingham, 309,

"Think not cause men

Picture of Death, A (The Giaour).

303

flattering say," 203

Poet's Impulse (Childe Harold).

767

CAREY, HENRY.

Prisoner of Chillon, The.

703

Rhine, The (Childe Harold)

446

Rover, Song of the (The Corsair)

626

Sea, The (Childe Harold)

607

"She walks in beauty" (Hebrew Melodies)

130

Swimming (Two Foscari)

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"The kiss, dear maid"

234

Thomas Moore, To

920

Transient Beauty (The Giaour)

267

Waterloo (Childe Harold)

511

From: - 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,
867, 938. Corsair, 348, 812; Death of Sheridan,
940; Doge of Venice, 4,1; Don Juan, 107,

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From: Choonon, 808; God save the King, 603.

CARLETON, WILL M.

New Church Organ, The

Over the Hill to the Poor-House
Publishers: Harper & Bros, New York.

CARY, ALICE.

Near Cincinnati, O., 1820-1871.

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