STUDIES IN ENGLISH POETRY

INTENDED AS A TEXT BOOK
FOR THE HIGHER CLASSES IN SCHOOLS, AND AS AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

BY JOSEPH PAYNE.

“Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation.”

BACON.

LONDON:
RELFE AND FLETCHER, 17, CORNHILL.

1845.