IMAGINATION AND FANCY;

19:36

OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Ellustrative of those First Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT IS POETRY?”

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

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SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

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THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

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A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS

JUPITER AND MAIA

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA

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VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA

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A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

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THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

Page.

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ENCHANTED MUSIC

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SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

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BEAUTY BEYOND EXPRESSION

THE PASSION ATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE.

WHOLE STORY OF THE TEMPEST

MACBETH AND THE WITCHES

THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA

THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

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TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY

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TOWERING SENSUALITY .

THE WITCH

A MEETING OF WITCHES

A CATCH OF SATYRS

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SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL

NOTICE

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MELANCHOLY

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A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

SHEPHERDESS

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A SPOT FOR LOVE TALES

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MORNING

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THE POWER OF LOVE

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INVOCATION TO SLEEP

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SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH

CRITICAL NOTICE

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SELECTIONS FROM MILTON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR

VULCAN

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL

SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

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SELECTIONS FROM COLERIDGE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

LOVE; OR, GENEVIEVE

KUBLA KHAN.

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