English Poets of the Eighteenth CenturySELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTIONReading editionChapter navigation70 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTIONPREFACE"TRANSLATIONS" FROM OSSIAN FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM (1762), BOOK VI, §§ 10-14 THE SONGS OF SELMA (1762), §§ 4-8, 20-21JAMES BEATTIE THE MINSTREL, BOOK I (1771), STANZAS 4-5, 16, 22, 32-33, 52-55INTRODUCTIONJOHN POMFRETDANIEL DEFOEJOSEPH ADDISONMATTHEW PRIORBERNARD DE MANDEVILLEISAAC WATTSALEXANDER POPECANTO IICANTO IIILADY WINCHILSEAJOHN GAYSAMUEL CROXALLTHOMAS PARNELLALLAN RAMSAYAMBROSE PHILIPSJOHN DYERGEORGE BERKELEYJAMES THOMSONEDWARD YOUNGNIGHT-THOUGHTSEDWARD YOUNGANONYMOUSSOAME JENYNSPHILIP DODDRIDGEWILLIAM SOMERVILLEHENRY BROOKEMATTHEW GREENWILLIAM SHENSTONEJONATHAN SWIFTCHARLES WESLEYROBERT BLAIRWILLIAM WHITEHEADMARK AKENSIDEJOSEPH WARTONJOHN GILBERT COOPERWILLIAM COLLINSTHOMAS WARTONTHOMAS GRAYSAMUEL JOHNSONRICHARD JAGOJOHN DALTONJANE ELLIOTCHARLES CHURCHILLJAMES MACPHERSONCHRISTOPHER SMARTOLIVER GOLDSMITHJAMES BEATTIELADY ANNE LINDSAYJEAN ADAMSROBERT FERGUSSONANONYMOUSJOHN LANGHORNEAUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADYJOHN SKINNERTHOMAS DAYGEORGE CRABBEJOHN NEWTONWILLIAM COWPERWILLIAM LISLE BOWLESROBERT BURNSERASMUS DARWINWILLIAM BLAKEGEORGE CANNINGCAROLINA, LADY NAIRNEPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (70)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTIONPREFACE"TRANSLATIONS" FROM OSSIAN FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM (1762), BOOK VI, §§ 10-14 THE SONGS OF SELMA (1762), §§ 4-8, 20-21Books1Book 1 · Other sectionsINTRODUCTIONJOHN POMFRETDANIEL DEFOEJOSEPH ADDISONMATTHEW PRIORBERNARD DE MANDEVILLEISAAC WATTSALEXANDER POPEBook 1 · Sections23Book 1 · Other sectionsLADY WINCHILSEAJOHN GAYSAMUEL CROXALLTHOMAS PARNELLALLAN RAMSAYAMBROSE PHILIPSJOHN DYERGEORGE BERKELEYJAMES THOMSONEDWARD YOUNGNIGHT-THOUGHTSEDWARD YOUNGANONYMOUSSOAME JENYNSPHILIP DODDRIDGEWILLIAM SOMERVILLEHENRY BROOKEMATTHEW GREENWILLIAM SHENSTONEJONATHAN SWIFTCHARLES WESLEYROBERT BLAIRWILLIAM WHITEHEADMARK AKENSIDEJOSEPH WARTONJOHN GILBERT COOPERWILLIAM COLLINSTHOMAS WARTONTHOMAS GRAYSAMUEL JOHNSONRICHARD JAGOJOHN DALTONJANE ELLIOTCHARLES CHURCHILLJAMES MACPHERSONCHRISTOPHER SMARTOLIVER GOLDSMITHJAMES BEATTIELADY ANNE LINDSAYJEAN ADAMSROBERT FERGUSSONANONYMOUSJOHN LANGHORNEAUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADYJOHN SKINNERTHOMAS DAYGEORGE CRABBEJOHN NEWTONWILLIAM COWPERWILLIAM LISLE BOWLESROBERT BURNSERASMUS DARWINWILLIAM BLAKEGEORGE CANNINGCAROLINA, LADY NAIRNEBYERNEST BERNBAUMPROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS1918◇← Front matterPREFACE →