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The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10

LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED.

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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY America, 1767-1848 ADDISON, JOSEPH England, 1672-1719 AKENSIDE, MARK England, 1721-1770 AKERS, ELIZABETH (ALLEN, ELIZABETH AKERS) America, 1832- ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY America, 1836- ALGER, REV. WILLIAM R. America, 1823- ALLEN, ELIZABETH AKERS (See AKERS, ELIZABETH) ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM Ireland, about 1828-1889 ANGELO BUONAROTTI, MICHAEL Italy, 1474-1563 ARMSTRONG, JOHN, M.D. England, 1709-1779 ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN England, 1832-1903 ARNOLD, GEORGE America, 1834-1865 ARNOLD, MATTHEW England, 1822-1888

BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES England, 1816- BAILLIE, JOANNA Scotland, 1764-1851 BALL, REV. JOHN England, d. 1381 BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA England, 1743-1825 BARON, ROBERT England, about 1630-1680 BARRETT, EATON STANNARD Ireland, 1785-1820 BASSE, WILLIAM England, BATES, LEWIS J. America, 1832- BAXTER, REV. RICHARD England, 1615-1691 BAYLEY, THOMAS HAYNES England, 1797-1839 BEATTIE, JAMES Scotland, 1735-1803 BEAUMONT, FRANCIS England, 1585-1615 BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER (See BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, and FLETCHER, JOHN) BEDDOME, BENJAMIN England, published 1787 BELLINGHAUSEN, VON MÜNCH Germany, BERKELEY, BISHOP GEORGE Ireland, 1684-1753 BERRY, DOROTHY BICKERSTAFF, ISAAC Ireland, about 1735-1805 BLACKER, COLONEL WILLIAM Ireland, 1777-1855 BLACKIE, JOHN STUART Scotland, 1809-1895 BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD England, 1650-1729 BLAIR, REV. ROBERT Scotland, 1699-1746 BLANCHARD, LAMAN England, 1803-1845 BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT England, 1766-1823

BONAR, HORATIUS, D.D. Scotland, 1808-1890 BOOTH, BERNARD England, 1681-1733 BOWRING, EDGAR ALFRED England, 1826- BOWRING, SIR JOHN England, 1792-1872 BRADLEY, MARY E America, 1835— BRADSTREET, ANNE England, 1613-1672 BRADY, REV. NICHOLAS Ireland, 1659-1728 BRAINARD, JOHN GARDINER CALKINS America, 1796-1828 BRETON, NICHOLAS England, 1535-1624 BRIDGES, ROBERT SEYMOUR, M.D. England, 1844- BROOKS, HENRY Ireland, 1706-1783 BROOKS, BISHOP PHILLIPS America, 1835-1896 BROWN, REV. JOHN England, 1715-1756 BROWN, TOM England, 1650-1704 BROWNE, SIR THOMAS England, 1605-1682 BROWNE, WILLIAM England, 1590-1645 BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT England, 1805-1861 BROWNING, ROBERT England, 1812-1889 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN America, 1794-1878 BRYDGES, SIR SAMUEL England, 1762-1837 BUCHANAN, ROBERT England, 1841- BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD, LORD England, 1805-1873 BURNS, ROBERT Scotland,1759-1796 BUNYAN, JOHN England, 1628-1688 BURTON, JOHN England, 1773-1822 BURTON, ROBERT England, 1576-1640 BUTLER, SAMUEL England, 1612-1680 BYROM, JOHN England, 1691-1763 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD England, 1788-1824

CAMPBELL, THOMAS England, 1777-1844 CANNING, GEORGE England, 1770-1827 CAREW, THOMAS England, 1589-1639 CAREY, HENRY England, 1700-1743 CARLETON, WILL America, 1845- CARNEY, JULIA A America, CARPENTER, JOSEPH E. America, 1813- CASWELL, EDWARD England, 1814- CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY America, 1818-1901 CHAPMAN, GEORGE England, 1557-1634 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY England. 1328-1400 CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF England, 1694-1773 CHURCHILL, CHARLES England, 1731-1764 CIBBER, COLLEY England, 1671-1757 CLARE, JOHN England, 1793-1864 COLERIDGE, HARTLEY England, 1796-1849 COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR England, 1722-1834 COLES, ABRAHAM, M.D. America, 1813-1881 COLLINS, WILLIAM England, 1720-1756 COOKE, ROSE TERRY America, 1827-1892 CONGREVE, WILLIAM England, 1670-1729 COOK, ELIZA England, 1817-1889 COWLEY, ABRAHAM England, 1618-1667 COWPER, WILLIAM England, 1731-1800 CRABBE, GEORGE England, 1754-1832 CRAIK, DINA M. MULOCK England, 1826-1887 CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE America, 1813-1892 CROLY, GEORGE England, 1785-1804 CROSS, MARIAN EVANS LEWES (George Eliot) England, 1819-1880

DABORNE, ROBERT England, 1590-1660 DANIEL, SAMUEL England, 1562-1619 DANTE ALIGHIERI Italy, 1265-1321 DARWIN, ERASMUS England, 1731-1802 DAVENANT, SIR WILLIAM England, 1605-1668 DAVIES, SIR JOHN England, 1570-1626 DEFOE, DANIEL England, 1661-1731 DEKKER, THOMAS England, about 1580-1639 DELAUNE, HENRY England, XVII. Century DENHAM, SIR JOHN England, 1615-1668 DE STAËL, MADAME ANNE L.G. NECKAR, France, 1766-1817 DE VESE, SIR AUBREY Ireland, 1788-1846 DICKINSON, EMILY America, 1830-1886 DICKINSON, JOHN America, 1732-1808 DILLON, WENTWORTH Ireland, 1633-1684 DISRAELI, ISAAC England, 1766-1848 DOANE, BISHOP GEORGE WASHINGTON America, 1794-1851 DOBBIN, REV. ORLANDO THOMAS Ireland, DODDRIDGE, PHILIP, D.D. England, 1702-1751 DONNE, DR. JOHN England, 1573-1631 DORR, JULIA C.R. America, 1825- DOW, LORENZO America, 1777-1834 DOWDNEY, SARAH England, DRAYTON, MICHAEL England, 1563-1631 DRYDEN, JOHN England, 1631-1700 DWIGHT, TIMOTHY America, 1752-1817 DYER, JOHN England, 1700-1758

EASTMAN, ELAINE GOODALE America, 1863- EDWIN, JOHN England, 1749-1794 ELIOT, GEORGE (See CROSS, MARIAN EVANS LEWES) ELIZABETH, QUEEN England, 1533-1603 ELLIOTT, EBENEZER England, 1781-1849 ELLIOTT. JANE England, 1727-1805 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO America, 1803-1882 ENGLISH, THOMAS DUNN America, 1819-1902 EVERETT, DAVID America, 1769-1813

GRIMOALD, NICHOLAS England, d. about 1563 GUINEY, LOUISE IMOGEN America, 1861-

HABINGTON, WILLIAM England, 1605-1645 HAFIZ, MOHAMMED SHEMS-ED-DIN Persia, about 1300-1388 HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE America, 1790-1867 HALPINE, CHARLES GRAHAM (Miles O'Reilly) Ireland, 1829-1869

HARRINGTON, SIR JOHN England, 1561-1612 HARNEY, WILLIAM WALKER America, 1881- HARVEY, GABRIEL England, about 1545-1630 HATHAWAY, BENJAMIN America, XIX. Century HAWKER, REV. ROBERT STEPHEN England, 1753-1827 HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON America, 1831-1886 HEBER, BISHOP REGINALD England, 1783-1826 HEGGE, ROBERT England, HEINE, HEINRICH Germany, 1800-1856 HEMANS, MRS. FELICIA DOROTHEA England, 1794-1835 HERBERT, REV. GEORGE England, 1593-1632 HERRICK, REV. ROBERT England, 1591-1674 HERVEY, THOMAS KIBBLE England, 1804-1859 HEYWOOD, JOHN England, about 1500-1565 HEYWOOD, THOMAS England, d. 1649 HIGGONS, BEVIL England, 1670-1735 HILL, AARON England, 1685-1750 HOGG, JAMES Scotland, 1772-1835 HOLIDAY, REV. BARTEN England, 1593-1661 HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL America, 1809-1894 HOME, JOHN England, 1722-1808 HOMER Greece, uncertain, between 1000 and 700 B.C. HOOD, THOMAS England, 1798-1845 HOPKINSON, JOSEPH America, 1770-1842 HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS), Italy, 65-8 B.C. HORNE, RICHARD HENRY HENGIST England, 1807-1884 HOUGHTON, LORD. (See MILNES, R.M.) HOVEY, RICHARD America, 1864-1900 HOW, WILLIAM WALSHAM England, 1832- HOWARD, SIR ROBERT England, 1626-1698 HOWIIT, MARY England, 1800-1888 HUDSON, MRS. M. CLEMMER AMES America, 1839-1884 HUGO, VICTOR MARIE France, 1802-1885 HUNT, SIR A. England, HUNT, [JAMES HENRY] LEIGH England, 1784-1859 HURDIS, JAMES England, 1763-1801

INGELOW, JEAN England, 1830-1897

JEFFREYS, CHARLES England, 1807-1865 JEFFREYS, GEORGE England, 1678-1755 JOHNSON, CHARLES England, 1679-1748 JOHNSON, DR. SAMUEL England, 1709-1784 JONES, SIR WILLIAM England, 1746-1794 JONSON, BEN England, 1574-1637 JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNTOS JUVENALIS) Italy, 40-125

KEATS, JOHN England, 1796-1821 KEBLE, JOHN England, 1789-1866 KELLY, REV. THOMAS Ireland, 1769-1855 KENNY, JAMES Ireland, 1780-1849 KING, WILLIAM England, 1663-1712 KINGSLEY, REV. CHARLES England, 1819-1875 KNOLLES, RICHARD England, about 1545-1610 KÖRNER, KARL THEODOR Germany, 1791-1813 KRUMMACHER, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH Germany, 1767-1845

LAMB, CHARLES England, 1775-1834 LANSDOWNE, LORD (See GRANVILLE, GEORGE) LANDON, LETITIA E. England, 1802-1839 LANIER, SIDNEY America, 1842-1881 LAROOM, LUCY America, 1826-1893 LEE, NATHANIEL England, 1658-1691 LEIGH, HENRY S. England, 1837-1883 LEMON, MARK England, 1809-1870 LILLY, J. (See LYLY, JOHN.) LINLEY, GEORGE England, 1798-1865 LLOYD, ROBERT England, 1733-1764 LOCKER-LAMPSON, FREDERICK England, 1821- LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH America, 1807-1882 LONGFELLOW, REV. SAMUEL America, 1819-1892 LOVELACE, COLONEL RICHARD England, 1618-1658 LOVELL, MARIA England, LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL America, 1819-1891 LYLY, JOHN England, 1553-1606 LYTTELTON, GEORGE, LORD England, 1709-1773 LYTTON, E. ROBERT BULWER, LORD (Owen Meredith) England, 1831-1891 MACKAY, CHARLES Scotland, 1814-1889 MADDEN, REV. SAMUEL Ireland, 1687-1765 MALLET. DAVID England, 1700-1765 MANNERS, LORD JOHN England, 1721-1770 MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER England, 1564-1593 MARVELL, ANDREW England, 1620-1678 MASSEY, GERALD England, 1828-1894 MASSINGER, PHILIP England, 1584-1640 MATURIN, CHARLES ROBERT Ireland, 1782-1824 MAY, THOMAS England, 1595-1650 MELEAGER, Gadara, Palestine (Greek) I. Century B.C. MEREDITH, LOUISE A England, 1812- MEREDITH, OWEN (See LYTTON, LORD) MERRICK, REV. JAMES England, 1720-1769 MILES, REV. JAMES WARLEY America, 1818-1875 MILLER, CINCINNATUS HEINE (Joaquin Miller) America, 1841- MILMAN, REV. HENRY HART England, 1791-1868 MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON (LORD HOUGHTON) England. 1809-1885 MILTON, JOHN England. 1608-1674 MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY England, 1690-1762 MONTGOMERY, JAMES Scotland, 1771-1854 MONTGOMERY, REV. ROBERT England, 1807-1855 MOORE, EDWARD England, 1712-1757 MOORE, THOMAS Ireland, 1779-1852 MORE, HANNAH England, 1745-1833 MORELL, REV. THOMAS England, 1703-1784 MORSE, JAMES HERBERT America, 1841- NABBES, THOMAS England, 1600-1641 NEW ENGLAND PRIMER America. 1691- NEWTON, JOHN England, 1725-1807 NORRIS. JOHN England, 1657-1711 NORTON. CAROLINE E.S. (LADY STIRLING-MAXWELL) England, 1808-1877

OBERHOLTZER, SARAH L. America, O'DONOGHUE, NANNIE L., MRS. POWER, Ireland, began writing 1881 OLD BALLADS Ireland, OLDMIXON, JOHN England, 1673-1742 O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE Ireland, 1844—America, 1890 ORRERY, ROGER BOYLE, EARL OF Ireland, 1621-1679 OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT America, 1811-1850 OTWAY, THOMAS England, 1651-1685 OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS England, 1581-1613 OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO) Italy, 43 B.C.-18 A.D. OWEN, DR. JOHN England, 1616-1683

PARDOE, JULIA England, 1806-1862 PARNELL, THOMAS Ireland, 1679-1717 PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE England, 1785-1866 PEELE, GEORGE England, about 1558-1598 PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES America, 1795-1856 PERCY, BISHOP THOMAS England, 1729-1811 PETRARCH (FRANCISCO PETRARCA) Italy, 1304-1374 PHILLIPS, CATHARINE England, 1631-1664 PLAYFORD, JOHN England, 1613-1693 POLLOK, ROBERT Scotland, 1798-1827 POMFRET, JOHN England, 1667-1703 POOR ROBIN'S ALMANACK England, 1695 POPE, ALEXANDER England, 1688-1744 PORTEUS, BISHOP BEILBY England, 1731-1808 PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH England, 1802-1839 PRESTON, MARGARET JUNKIN America, 1838-1897 PRIOR, MATTHEW England, 1664-1721 PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE England, 1825-1864 PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER (Barry Cornwall) England, 1787-1874

QUARLES, FRANCIS England, 1592-1644

RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS France, about 1495-1553 RADCLIFFE, MRS., ANN WARD England, 1764-1823 RALEIGH, SIR WALTER England, 1552-1618 RANDOLPH, THOMAS England, 1605-1635 RAYMOND, ROBERT RAIKES America, 1814-1889 RAYMOND, ROSSITER WORTHINGTON America, 1840- READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN America, 1822-1872 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB America, 1852- ROBERTS, CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS Canada, 1860- ROCHE, JAMES JEFFREY Ireland, 1847- ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF England, 1647-1680 ROGERS, SAMUEL England, 1762-1855 ROSCOE, MRS. HENRY England, ROSCOMMON, EARL OF England, 1633-1684 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G England, 1830-1894 ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL England, 1828-1882 ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES Switzerland, 1712-1778 ROWE, NICHOLAS England, 1673-1718 RUTTER, JOHN England,

SAVAGE, RICHARD England, 1698-1743 SAXE, JOHN GODFREY America, 1816-1887 SCHILLER, JOHANN C. FRIEDRICH VON Germany, 1759-1805 SCOTT, SIR WALTER Scotland, 1771-1832 SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES England, 1639-1701 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM England, 1551-1616 SHEFFIELD, JOHN, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE England, 1646-1721 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE England, 1792-1822 SHENSTONE, WILLIAM England, 1714-1763 SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY England, 1751-1810 SHILLABER, BENJAMIN PENHALLOW America, 1814-1890 SHIRLEY, JAMES England, 1596-1666 SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP England, 1554-1586 SIMONIDES Island of Ceos, Greece, 556-468 B.C. SMITH, ALEXANDER Scotland, 1830-1867 SMITH, ELIZABETH OAKES America, 1806- SMITH, HORACE England, 1780-1849 SMITH, JAMES England, 1775-1889 SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM C England, 1692-1742 SOUTHERNE, THOMAS England, 1660-1746 SOUTHEY, ROBERT England, 1774-1843 SPENSER, EDMUND England, 1553-1599 SPRAGUE, CHARLES America, 1791-1875 SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT America, 1835- SPROAT, ELIZA L. America, STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE America, 1833- STERNHOLD, THOMAS England, about 1549 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS England, 1850-1895 STILLINGFLEET, BENJAMIN England, 1700-1771 STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY America, 1825-1903 STORY, JOSEPH America, 1779-1845 STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE America, 1819-1895 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER America, 1812-1890 SUCKLING, SIR JOHN England, 1609-1641 SWIFT, JONATHAN England, 1667-1745

TAPPAN, REV. WILLIAM BINGHAM America, 1794-1844 TATE, NAHUM Ireland, 1652-1715 TATE AND BRADY. (See TATE, NAHUM, and BRADY, NICHOLAS.) TAYLOR, BAYARD America, 1825-1878 TAYLOR, SIR HENRY England, 1800-1886 TAYLOR, JANE England, 1783-1824 TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD England, 1809-1892 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE England, 1811-1863 THAXTER, CELIA LAIGHTON America, 1835-1894 THOMAS, FREDERICK WILLIAM America, 1808-1866 THOMPSON, FRANCIS England, about 1861- THOMSON, JAMES England, 1700-1748 TICKELL, THOMAS England, 1686-1740 TIGHE, MRS. MARY Ireland, 1773-1810 TOBIN, JOHN England, 1770-1804 TOURNEUR, CYRIL England, about 1600 TRUMBULL, JOHN America, 1750-1831 TUCKERMAN, HENRY THEODORE America, 1813-1871 TURNER, CHARLES TENNYSON England, 1808-1879 TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUHAR England, 1810-1889 TUSSER, THOMAS England, about 1515-1580 VAUGHAN, HENRY, M.D. Wales, 1621-1695 WADE, J.A. England, 1800-1875 WALLACE, JOHN AIKMAN. WALLACE, WILLIAM ROSS America, 1819-1881 WALLER, EDMUND England, 1605-1687 WARNER, ANNA B. America, XIX. Century WARTON, THOMAS England, 1728-1790 WATSON, WILLIAM England, 1858- WATTS, ALARIC ATTILA England, 1797-1864 WATTS, ISAAC, D.D. England, 1674-1748 WEBB, CHARLES HENRY America, 1834- WEBSTER, DANIEL America, 1782-1852 WEBSTER, JOHN England, about 1580-1662 WELSH, CHARLES England, 1850- WESLEY, REV. CHARLES England, 1708-1788 WESTMACOTT, CHARLES M. England, 1788-1868 WHITE, HENRY KIRKE England, 1785-1806 WHITEHEAD, PAUL England, 1710-1774 WHITMAN, SARAH HELEN POWER America, 1803-1878 WHITMAN, WALT America, 1819-1892 WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF America, 1807-1892 WILDE, RICHARD HENRY Ireland, 1789-1847 WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER America, 1806-1867 WINTER, WILLIAM America, 1836- WITHER, GEORGE England, 1588-1667 WOLCOTT, DR. JOHN (Peter Pindar) England, 1738-1819 WOLFE, REV. CHARLES Ireland, 1791-1823 WOOLSEY, SARAH CHAUNCEY (Susan Coolidge) America, about 1845-

WOOLSON, CONSTANCE FENIMORE America, 1848-1894 WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM England, 1770-1850 WOTTON, SIR HENRY England, 1568-1639 WROTHER, MISS England, YALDEN, REV. THOMAS England, 1671-1736 YOUNG. DR. EDWARD England, 1684-1765 YOUNG, SIR JOHN England,

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