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English Poets of the Eighteenth Century

JAMES BEATTIE THE MINSTREL, BOOK I (1771), STANZAS 4-5, 16, 22, 32-33, 52-55

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LADY ANNE LINDSAY AULD ROBIN GRAY (WR. 1771)

JEAN ADAMS THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE (c. 1771)

ROBERT FERGUSSON THE DAFT DAYS (1772)

ANONYMOUS ABSENCE (c. 1773?)

JOHN LANGHORNE THE COUNTRY JUSTICE, PART I (1774), ll. 132-165

AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY ROCK OF AGES (1775)

JOHN SKINNER TULLOCHGORUM (1776)

THOMAS CHATTERTON SONGS FROM AELLA (1777) THE BODDYNGE FLOURETTES BLOSHES ATTE THE LYGHTE O, SYNGE UNTOE MIE ROUNDELAIE AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE

THOMAS DAY THIS DESOLATION OF AMERICA (1777), ll. 29-53, 279-299, 328-335, 440-458, 489-501

GEORGE CRABBE THE LIBRARY (1781), ll. 1-12, 99-110, 127-134, AND A COMMONLY OMITTED PASSAGE FOLLOWING l. 594 THE VILLAGE (1783), BOOK I, ll. 1-78, 109-317; II, 63-100

JOHN NEWTON A VISION OF LIFE IN DEATH (1779?)

WILLIAM COWPER TABLE TALK (1782), ll. 716-739 CONVERSATION (1782), ll. 119-162 TO A YOUNG LADY (1782) THE SHRUBBERY (1782) THE TASK (1785), BOOK I, ll. 141-180; II, 1-47, 206-254; III, 108-l33; IV, 1-41; V, 379-445; VI, 56-117, 560-580 ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE (1798) TO MARY (WR. c. 1795, PUBL. 1803) THE CASTAWAY (WR. c. 1799, PUBL. 1803)

WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVENING (1789) DOVER CLIFFS (1789)

ROBERT BURNS MARY MORISON (WR. 1784?, PUBL. 1800) THE HOLY FAIR (WR. 1785, PUBL. 1786) TO A LOUSE (WR. 1785, PUBL. 1786) EPISTLE TO J. LAPRAIK (WR. 1785, PUBL. 1786), STANZAS 9-13 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT (WR. 1785-86, PUBL. 1786) TO A MOUSE (1786) TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY (1786) EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND (1786) A BARD'S EPITAPH (1786) ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID (1787) JOHN ANDERSON, MY Jo (WR. c. 1788, PUBL. 1790) THE LOVELY LASS OF INVERNESS (WR. c. 1788, PUBL. 1796) A RED, RED ROSE (WR. c. 1788, PUBL. 1796) AULD LANG SYNE (WR. c. 1788, PUBL. 1796) SWEET AFTON (WR. c. 1789, PUBL. 1796) THE HAPPY TRIO (WR. 1789, PUBL. 1796) TO MARY IN HEAVEN (WR. 1789, PUBL. 1796) TAM O' SHANTER (WR. 1790, PUBL. 1791) AE FOND KISS (WR. 1791, PUBL. 1792) DUNCAN GRAY (WR. 1792, PUBL. 1798) HIGHLAND MARY (WR. 1792, PUBL. 1799) SCOTS, WHA HAE (WR. 1793, PUBL. 1794) IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY (WR. 1794, PUBL. 1795) LAST MAY A BRAW WOOER (WR. c. 1795, PUBL. 1799) O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST (WR. 1796, PUBL. 1800)

ERASMUS DARWIN THE BOTANIC GARDEN (1789-92), PART I, CANTO I, ll. 1-38; PART II, CANTO I, ll. 299-310

WILLIAM BLAKE TO WINTER (1783) SONG: FRESH FROM THE DEWY HILL (1783) TO THE MUSES (1783) INTRODUCTION TO SONGS OF INNOCENCE (1789) THE LAMB (1789) THE LITTLE BLACK BOY (1789) A CRADLE SONG (1789) HOLY THURSDAY (1789) THE DIVINE IMAGE (1789) ON ANOTHER'S SORROW (1789) THE BOOK OF THEL (1789) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (PRINTED 1791), ll, 198-240 A SONG OP LIBERTY (c. 1792), §§ 1-3, 12, 18-20, AND CHORUS THE FLY (1794) THE TIGER (1794) HOLY THURSDAY (1794) THE GARDEN OF LOVE (1794) A LITTLE BOY LOST (1794) THE SCHOOL-BOY (1794) LONDON (1794) AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE (WR. c. 1801-03), LL. 1-44, 73-90 VERSES FROM "MILTON" (ENGRAVED c. 1804) AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME REASON AND IMAGINATION VERSES FROM "JERUSALEM" (ENGRAVED c. 1804-11) TO THE DEISTS

GEORGE CANNING THE PROGRESS OF MAN (1798), CANTO XXIII, ll. 7-16, 17-30 THE NEW MORALITY (1798), ll. 87-157

CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE THE LAND O' THE LEAL (WR. 1798)

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