Six Centuries of English PoetryTENNYSON TO CHAUCERReading editionChapter navigation78 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTENNYSON TO CHAUCERAuthor of "The Book Lover" etc., etc.PUBLISHERS' NOTE.TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.The Nineteenth Century.PART I.PART II.PART III.PART IV.THE BROOK.THE LOTOS-EATERS.CHORIC SONG.ODE.THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS.THE SOLITARY REAPER.Part I.TO A SKYLARKHYMN OF PAN.FROM "EPIPSYCHIDION."A LAMENT.ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE.FROM "THE EVE OF ST. AGNES."The Eighteenth Century.THE COTTER'S1 SATURDAY NIGHT.TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY.FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT.BOADICEA.ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE.EPITAPH ON A HARE.THREE PICTURES FROM "THE DESERTED VILLAGE."THE BARD.FROM THE "ESSAY ON CRITICISM."ODE ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY.The Seventeenth Century.ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC:THE FIRE OF LONDON.REASON AND RELIGION.ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.TO PHILLIS.THE MAD MAID'S SONG.A THANKSGIVING TO GOD.SONG.OF ENGLISH VERSE.ON A GIRDLE.AN ODE TO HIMSELF.TO CYNTHIA.TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED MASTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US.The Sixteenth Century.VENUS'S ADVICE TO ADONIS ON HUNTING.A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN.SIGH NO MORE, LADIES.SUNSHINE AND CLOUD.THE WORLD'S WAY.THE CAVE OF MAMMON.PROTHALAMION; or, A SPOUSALL VERSE.A LOVE SONG.THE COURTIER'S LIFE.FROM THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL'S "ÆNEID."A SONNET.ON THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS WYATT.WALY, WALY.SIR PATRICK SPENS.THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON.ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW'S THREE SONS.The Fifteenth Century.TO MAYSTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY.CARDINAL WOLSEY.A VISIT TO LONDON.THE GOLDEN AGE.THE GARMOND OF FAIR LADIES.A MAY MORNING.IN PRAISE OF HONOUR.FOUR POETS OF THIS CENTURY.The Fourteenth Century.FROM THE "PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES."INDEX TO NOTES.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTESPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →Author of "The Book Lover" etc., etc.All chapters and sections (78)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTENNYSON TO CHAUCERAuthor of "The Book Lover" etc., etc.PUBLISHERS' NOTE.TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.The Nineteenth Century.Parts1234Part 4 · Other sectionsTHE BROOK.THE LOTOS-EATERS.CHORIC SONG.ODE.THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS.THE SOLITARY REAPER.Part 1 · Parts1Part 1 · Other sectionsTO A SKYLARKHYMN OF PAN.FROM "EPIPSYCHIDION."A LAMENT.ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE.FROM "THE EVE OF ST. AGNES."The Eighteenth Century.THE COTTER'S1 SATURDAY NIGHT.TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY.FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT.BOADICEA.ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE.EPITAPH ON A HARE.THREE PICTURES FROM "THE DESERTED VILLAGE."THE BARD.FROM THE "ESSAY ON CRITICISM."ODE ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY.The Seventeenth Century.ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC:THE FIRE OF LONDON.REASON AND RELIGION.ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.TO PHILLIS.THE MAD MAID'S SONG.A THANKSGIVING TO GOD.SONG.OF ENGLISH VERSE.ON A GIRDLE.AN ODE TO HIMSELF.TO CYNTHIA.TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED MASTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US.The Sixteenth Century.VENUS'S ADVICE TO ADONIS ON HUNTING.A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN.SIGH NO MORE, LADIES.SUNSHINE AND CLOUD.THE WORLD'S WAY.THE CAVE OF MAMMON.PROTHALAMION; or, A SPOUSALL VERSE.A LOVE SONG.THE COURTIER'S LIFE.FROM THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL'S "ÆNEID."A SONNET.ON THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS WYATT.WALY, WALY.SIR PATRICK SPENS.THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON.ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW'S THREE SONS.The Fifteenth Century.TO MAYSTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY.CARDINAL WOLSEY.A VISIT TO LONDON.THE GOLDEN AGE.THE GARMOND OF FAIR LADIES.A MAY MORNING.IN PRAISE OF HONOUR.FOUR POETS OF THIS CENTURY.The Fourteenth Century.FROM THE "PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES."INDEX TO NOTES.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTESTYPICAL SELECTIONS FROM THE GREAT POETSBY← Front matterAuthor of "The Book Lover" etc., etc. →