Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, CompleteVOL. I.Reading editionChapter navigation137 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.VOL. I.INTRODUCTORY ESSAYINTRODUCTORY ESSAY (continued 2)ADVERTISEMENT.Introductory materialJOHN GOWERJOHN BARBOUR.ANDREW WYNTOUN.BLIND HARRY.JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND.JOHN THE CHAPLAIN—THOMAS OCCLEVE.JOHN LYDGATE.WILLIAM DUNBARGAVIN DOUGLAS.SKELTON.SIR DAVID LYNDSAY.THOMAS TUSSER.GEORGE GASCOIGNE.THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST AND EARL OF DORSET.JOHN HARRINGTON.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.ROBERT SOUTHWELL.THOMAS WATSON.THOMAS TURBERVILLE.FRANCIS BEAUMONT.SIR WALTER RALEIGH.JOSHUA SYLVESTER.RICHARD BARNFIELD.ALEXANDER HUME.SAMUEL DANIEL.SIR JOHN DAVIES.GILES FLETCHER.JOHN DONNE.MICHAEL DRAYTON,EDWARD FAIRFAX.SIR HENRY WOTTONRICHARD CORBET.BEN JONSON.THOMAS RANDOLPH.ROBERT BURTON.THOMAS CAREW.PERSUASIONS TO LOVE.SIR JOHN SUCKLING.WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT.WILLIAM BROWNE.WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING.WILLIAM DRUMMOND.PHINEAS FLETCHERSPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Introductory materialJOSEPH HALL, BISHOP OF NORWICH.RICHARD LOVELACE.ROBERT HERRICK.SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE.ABRAHAM COWLEY.BOOK II.GEORGE WITHERSIR WILLIAM DAVENANT,FROM 'GONDIBERT'—CANTO II.FROM 'GONDIBERT'—CANTO IV.DR HENRY KING.JOHN CHALKHILL.CATHARINE PHILLIPS.MARGARET, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE.THOMAS STANLEY.ANDREW MARVELL.IZAAK WALTON.JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTERTHE EARL OF ROSCOMMON.CHARLES COTTON.CANTO I.CANTO IICANTO III.DR HENRY MORE.WILLIAM CHAMBERLAYNE.HENRY VAUGHAN.HENRY VAUGHAN. (continued 2)DR JOSEPH BEAUMONT.MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Introductory materialSPECIMENS, WITH MEMOIRS, OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.JOHN POMFRET,THE EARL OF DORSET.JOHN PHILIPS.SIR SAMUEL GARTH.SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE.ELIJAH FENTON.THOMAS TICKELL.JAMES HAMMOND.RICHARD SAVAGE.THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER.JONATHAN SWIFT.ISAAC WATTS.AMBROSE PHILIPS.WILLIAM HAMILTON.ALLAN RAMSAY.ACT I.—SCENE II.ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE.WILLIAM OLDYS.ROBERT LLOYD.HENRY CAREY.DAVID MALLETT.JAMES MERRICK.DR JAMES GRAINGER.MICHAEL BRUCE.CHRISTOPHER SMART.THOMAS CHATTERTON.LORD LYTTELTON.JOHN CUNNINGHAM.ROBERT FERGUSSON.DR WALTER HARTE.EDWARD LOVIBOND.FRANCIS FAWKES.JOHN LANGHORNE.SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.JOHN SCOTT.ALEXANDER ROSS.RICHARD GLOVER.FROM BOOK XIIWILLIAM WHITEHEAD.WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE.LORD NUGENT.JOHN LOGAN.THOMAS BLACKLOCK.MISS ELLIOT AND MRS COCKBURN.SIR WILLIAM JONES.SAMUEL BISHOP.SUSANNA BLAMIRE.JAMES MACPHERSON.WILLIAM MASON.JOHN LOWE.JOSEPH WARTON.MISCELLANEOUS.INDEXPrevious chapter ←SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Next chapter →Volume 1 — INTRODUCTORY ESSAYAll chapters and sections (137)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Sections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsINTRODUCTORY ESSAYINTRODUCTORY ESSAY (continued 2)ADVERTISEMENT.Volume 1 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 1 · Other sectionsJOHN GOWERJOHN BARBOUR.ANDREW WYNTOUN.BLIND HARRY.JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND.JOHN THE CHAPLAIN—THOMAS OCCLEVE.JOHN LYDGATE.WILLIAM DUNBARGAVIN DOUGLAS.SKELTON.SIR DAVID LYNDSAY.THOMAS TUSSER.GEORGE GASCOIGNE.THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST AND EARL OF DORSET.JOHN HARRINGTON.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.ROBERT SOUTHWELL.THOMAS WATSON.THOMAS TURBERVILLE.FRANCIS BEAUMONT.SIR WALTER RALEIGH.JOSHUA SYLVESTER.RICHARD BARNFIELD.ALEXANDER HUME.SAMUEL DANIEL.SIR JOHN DAVIES.GILES FLETCHER.JOHN DONNE.MICHAEL DRAYTON,EDWARD FAIRFAX.SIR HENRY WOTTONRICHARD CORBET.BEN JONSON.THOMAS RANDOLPH.ROBERT BURTON.THOMAS CAREW.PERSUASIONS TO LOVE.SIR JOHN SUCKLING.WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT.WILLIAM BROWNE.WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING.WILLIAM DRUMMOND.PHINEAS FLETCHERSPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Volume 1 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 1 · Other sectionsJOSEPH HALL, BISHOP OF NORWICH.RICHARD LOVELACE.ROBERT HERRICK.SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE.ABRAHAM COWLEY.Volume 1 / Book 2 · Books2Volume 1 / Book 2 · Other sectionsGEORGE WITHERSIR WILLIAM DAVENANT,Volume 1 / Book 2 · Sections24Volume 1 / Book 2 · Other sectionsDR HENRY KING.JOHN CHALKHILL.CATHARINE PHILLIPS.MARGARET, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE.THOMAS STANLEY.ANDREW MARVELL.IZAAK WALTON.JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTERTHE EARL OF ROSCOMMON.CHARLES COTTON.Volume 1 / Book 2 · Sections123Volume 1 / Book 2 · Other sectionsDR HENRY MORE.WILLIAM CHAMBERLAYNE.HENRY VAUGHAN.HENRY VAUGHAN. (continued 2)DR JOSEPH BEAUMONT.MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.Volume 1 / Book 2 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 1 / Book 2 · Other sectionsSPECIMENS, WITH MEMOIRS, OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.JOHN POMFRET,THE EARL OF DORSET.JOHN PHILIPS.SIR SAMUEL GARTH.SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE.ELIJAH FENTON.THOMAS TICKELL.JAMES HAMMOND.RICHARD SAVAGE.THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER.JONATHAN SWIFT.ISAAC WATTS.AMBROSE PHILIPS.WILLIAM HAMILTON.ALLAN RAMSAY.Volume 1 / Book 2 / Act 1 · Acts1Volume 1 / Book 2 / Act 1 · Other sectionsISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE.WILLIAM OLDYS.ROBERT LLOYD.HENRY CAREY.DAVID MALLETT.JAMES MERRICK.DR JAMES GRAINGER.MICHAEL BRUCE.CHRISTOPHER SMART.THOMAS CHATTERTON.LORD LYTTELTON.JOHN CUNNINGHAM.ROBERT FERGUSSON.DR WALTER HARTE.EDWARD LOVIBOND.FRANCIS FAWKES.JOHN LANGHORNE.SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.JOHN SCOTT.ALEXANDER ROSS.RICHARD GLOVER.Volume 1 / Book 12 · Books12Volume 1 / Book 12 · Other sectionsWILLIAM WHITEHEAD.WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE.LORD NUGENT.JOHN LOGAN.THOMAS BLACKLOCK.MISS ELLIOT AND MRS COCKBURN.SIR WILLIAM JONES.SAMUEL BISHOP.SUSANNA BLAMIRE.JAMES MACPHERSON.WILLIAM MASON.JOHN LOWE.JOSEPH WARTON.MISCELLANEOUS.INDEXM.DCCC.LX.← SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.INTRODUCTORY ESSAY →