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IMAGINATION, AND FANCY;

OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Xllustratsbe 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.

CONTENTS.

Page

iii.

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PREFACE .
AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS POETRY ?”
SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE
ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

54 62 72

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A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.) CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

HOPE

CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER

77 78 78 79 80 80

82

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA

83 85

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA

MAY

86

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A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

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MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

93

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE
THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

D

P

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

. 100
102

103
. 103
104

BEAUTY BEYOND EXPRESSION

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

SBT

THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA

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SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE
TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY

TOWERING SENSUALITY .

140 142 142 143 145 146 148

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THE WITCH

A MEETING OF WITCHES

SE

A CATCH OF SATYRS

SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL
NOTICE

150 MELANCHOLY .

152

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL