THE HARVARD CLASSICS The Five-Foot Shelf of Books Mn. VVI LCI AM S1I .A. K- li- S 1^ -A. 1^. t/ S COMEDIES, HISTORICS, & TRAGED1E S. Pulliihid accorv LO 0 Priqtedty like laggard, aod Ed.Blount. 1 <5i}- Facsimile of the title-page of the First Folio Shakespeare, dated 1623 From the original in the New York Public Library, New York THE HARVARD CLASSICS EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. English Poetry IN THREE VOLUMES VOLUME I From Chaucer to Gray W//A Introductions and Notes Volume 40 P. F. Collier & Son Corporation NEW YORK Copyright, 1910 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS GEOFFREY CHAUCER PAGE THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES n THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE 34 TRADITIONAL BALLADS THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY 51 THE TWA SISTERS 54 EDWARD 5 6 BABYLON: OR, THE BONNIE BANKS O FORDIE 58 HIND HORN 59 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET 61 LOVE GREGOR 65 BONNY BARBARA ALLAN 68 THE GAY GOSS-HAWK 69 THE THREE RAVENS 73 THE TWA CORBIES 74 SIR PATRICK SPENCE 74 THOMAS RYMER AND THE QUEEN OF ELFLAND 76 SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST 78 THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL 80 HUGH OF LINCOLN 81 YOUNG BICHAM 84 GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR 87 THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN 88 CHEVY CHASE 93 JOHNIE ARMSTRONG 101 CAPTAIN CAR 103 THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY 107 KINMONT WILLIE ' 108 BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL 114 THE DOWY HOUMS O YARROW 115 MARY HAMILTON 117 THE BARON OF BRACKLEY 119 BEWICK AND GRAHAME 121 A GEST OF ROBYN HODE 128 1 2 CONTENTS ANONYMOUS PAG* BALOW 186 THE OLD CLOAK 188 JOLLY GOOD ALE AND OLD ... 190 SIR THOMAS WYATT A SUPPLICATION 192 THE LOVER'S APPEAL 192 HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY COMPLAINT OF THE ABSENCE OF HER LOVER BEING UPON THE SEA 193 THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE 194 GEORGE GASCOIGNE A LOVER'S LULLABY 195 NICHOLAS BRETON PHILLIDA AND CORIDON 196 ANONYMOUS A SWEET LULLABY 197 PREPARATIONS 198 THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS 199 ANTHONY MUNDAY BEAUTY BATHING 201 RICHARD EDWARDES AMANTIUM IRAE 201 SIR WALTER RALEIGH HIS PILGRIMAGE 203 THE LIE 204 VERSES 207 WHAT IS OUR LIFE 207 SIR EDWARD DYER MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS 207 JOHN LYLY CUPID AND CAMPASPE 209 SPRING'S WELCOME 209 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY SONG 210 A DIRGE 2" A DITTY 212 LOVING IN TRUTH 212 BE YOUR WORDS MADE, GOOD SIR, OF INDIAN WARE ... 213 CONTENTS 3 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (Continued) PAGE TO SLEEP 2I3 To THE MOON 2I4 THOMAS LODGE ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL 2I4 ROSALINE 2I5 PHILLIS 216 GEORGE PEELE PARIS AND OZNONE 2I7 ROBERT SOUTHWELL THE BURNING BABE 2I8 SAMUEL DANIEL BEAUTY, TIME, AND LOVE SONNETS 219 To SLEEP 222 MICHAEL DRAYTON AGINCOURT 222 To THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE 226 LOVE'S FAREWELL 228 HENRY CONSTABLE DIAPHENIA 228 EDMUND SPENSER PROTHALAMION 229 EPITHALAMION 234 A DITTY 245 PERIGOT AND WILLIE'S ROUNDELAY 247 EASTER 249 WHAT GUILE IS THIS? 249 FAIR IS MY LOVE 25o So OFT AS I HER BEAUTY DO BEHOLD 250 RUDELY THOU WRONGEST MY DEAR HEART'S DESIRE . 250 ONE DAY I WROTE HER NAME UPON THE STRAND .... 251 LIKE AS THE CULVER, ON THE BARED BOUGH 251 WILLIAM HABINGTON To ROSES IN THE BOSOM OF CASTARA 252 Nox NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM 252 CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE 254 HER REPLY 255 RICHARD ROWLANDS OUR BLESSED LADY'S LULLABY 256 4 CONTENTS THOMAS NASHE PAGE IN TIME OF PESTILENCE 260 SPRING 261 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WINTER 262 O MISTRESS MINE 262 FANCY . 263 UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE 263 A LOVER AND HIS LASS 263 SILVIA 264 SPRING 264 LULLABY 265 OPHELIA'S SONG 266 WHERE THE BEE SUCKS 266 LOVE'S PERJURIES 266 TAKE, O TAKE 267 A MADRIGAL 267 AMIENS' SONG 268 DAWN SONG 268 DIRGE OF LOVE 268 FIDELE'S DIRGE 269 A SEA DIRGE 270 SONNETS, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 54, 55, 57, 60, 64, 65, 66, 71, 73, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98, 104, 106, 107, 109, no, in, 116, 129, 146, 148 270-282 ROBERT GREENE CONTENT 282 RICHARD BARNFIELD THE NIGHTINGALE 283 THOMAS CAMPION CHERRY-RIPE 284 FOLLOW YOUR SAINT 284 WHEN TO HER LUTE CORINNA SINGS 285 FOLLOW THY FAIR SUN 285 TURN ALL THY THOUGHTS TO EYES 286 INTEGER VITAE 286 ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX A PASSION OF MY LORD OF ESSEX 287 SIR HENRY WOTTON ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA 287 CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE .... 288 CONTENTS 5 EDWARD DE VERE, EARL OF OXFORD PACE A RENUNCIATION 289 BEN JONSON SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS 290 THE TRIUMPH 29° THE NOBLE NATURE 291 To CELIA 291 A FAREWELL TO THE WORLD 292 A NYMPH'S PASSION 293 EPODE 294 EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH L. H 297 ON LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD 297 AN ODE TO HIMSELF 298 HYMN TO DIANA 299 ON SALATHIEL PAVY 299 His SUPPOSED MISTRESS 300 To THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED, THE AUTHOR, MR. WIL­ LIAM SHAKESPEARE, AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT Us . 301 JOHN DONNE THE FUNERAL 303 A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER 304 VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING 304 DEATH 305 THE DREAM 306 SONG 307 SWEETEST LOVE, I DO NOT GO 307 LOVER'S INFINITENESS 308 LOVE'S DEITY 309 STAY, O SWEET 310 THE BLOSSOM 311 THE GOOD MORROW 312 PRESENT IN ABSENCE 313 JOSHUA SYLVESTER LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCE 314 WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLINE To AURORA 314 RICHARD CORBET FAREWELL, REWARDS AND FAIRIES 315 THOMAS HEYWOOD PACK, CLOUDS, AWAY 316 6 CONTENTS THOMAS DEKKER PAGE COUNTRY GLEE 3*7 COLD'S THE WIND 3*^ O SWEET CONTENT 3*8 FRANCIS BEAUMONT ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 319 MASTER FRANCIS BEAUMONT'S LETTER TO BEN JONSON . 319 JOHN FLETCHER ASPATIA'S SONG 321 MELANCHOLY 322 JOHN WEBSTER CALL FOR THE ROBIN-REDBREAST 322 ANONYMOUS 0 WALY, WALY 323 HELEN OF KIRCONNELL 324 MY LOVE IN HER ATTIRE 325 LOVE NOT ME 325 WILLIAM DRUMMOND SAINT JOHN BAPTIST 326 MADRIGAL 326 LIFE 327 HUMAN FOLLY 327 THE PROBLEM 327 To His LUTE 328 FOR THE MAGDALENE 328 CONTENT AND RESOLUTE 329 ALEXIS, HERE SHE STAYED; AMONG THESE PINES .... 329 SUMMONS TO LOVE 329 GEORGE WITHER 1 LOVED A LASS 331 THE LOVER'S RESOLUTION 332 WILLIAM BROWNE (?) ON THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE 333 ROBERT HERRICK CHERRY-RIPE 334 A CHILD'S GRACE 334 THE MAD MAID'S SONG 334 To THE VIRGINS 335 To DIANEME 336 A SWEET DISORDER 336 WHENAS IN SILKS 336 CONTENTS 7 ROBERT HERRICK (Continued) PAGE To ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THING . 337 To DAFFODILS 337 To BLOSSOMS 33^ CORINNA'S MAYING 339 FRANCIS QUARLES AN ECSTASY 341 GEORGE HERBERT LOVE—VIRTUE—THE ELIXIR—THE COLLAR—THE FLOWER— EASTER SONG—THE PULLEY 341-346 HENRY VAUGHAN BEYOND THE VEIL—THE RETREAT 346-348 FRANCIS BACON, VISCOUNT ST. ALBAN LIFE 34^ JAMES SHIRLEY THE GLORIES OF OUR BLOOD AND STATE 349 THE LAST CONQUEROR 350 THOMAS CAREW THE TRUE BEAUTY—ASK ME NO MORE—-KNOW, CELIA— GIVE ME MORE LOVE 351—353 SIR JOHN SUCKLING THE CONSTANT LOVER—WHY SO PALE AND WAN . 353-354 SIR WILLIAM D'AVENANT DAWN SONG 354 RICHARD LOVELACE To LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS 354 To ALTHEA FROM PRISON 355 To LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS 356 EDMUND WALLER ON A GIRDLE—Go, LOVELY ROSE! 357~35& WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT ON THE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES . 358 JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE MY DEAR AND ONLY LOVE 358 RICHARD CRASHAW WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESS 359 UPON THE BOOK AND PICTURE OF THE SERAPHICAL SAINT TERESA 363 8 CONTENTS THOMAS JORDAN PAGE LET US DRINK AND BE MERRY 364 ABRAHAM COWLEY A SUPPLICATION 3^5 CHEER UP, MY MATES 366 DRINKING 3^6 ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY 367 ALEXANDER BROME THE RESOLVE 3^9 ANDREW MARVELL A GARDEN 37° THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS . 371 HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND . 372 SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA 376 THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN 377 ANONYMOUS LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY 379 PHILLADA FLOUTS ME 380 EARL OF ROCHESTER EPITAPH ON CHARLES II 383 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY CHLORIS 383 CELIA 384 JOHN DRYDEN ODE 384 SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY, GOING OUT OF THE TOWN IN THE SPRING 388 SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY 389 ALEXANDER'S FEAST 391 ON MILTON 396 MATTHEW PRIOR TO A CHILD OF QUALITY 396 CLOE 397 THE DYING ADRIAN TO HIS SOUL 398 EPIGRAM 398 ISAAC WATTS TRUE GREATNESS 398 LADY GRISEL BAILLIE WERENA MY HEART LICHT I WAD DEE 398 CONTENTS 9 JOSEPH ADDISON PAGE HYMN 4°° ALLAN RAMSAY PEGGY 401 JOHN GAY LOVE IN HER EYES SITS PLAYING 402 BLACK-EYED SUSAN 402 CAREY, HENRY SALLY IN OUR ALLEY 403 ALEXANDER POPE SOLITUDE 405 ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT 406 ESSAY ON MAN 406 AMBROSE PHILIPS TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY 440 COLLEY ClBBER THE BLIND BOY 441 JAMES THOMSON RULE, BRITANNIA—To FORTUNE 442-443 THOMAS GRAY ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD 443 ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE 447 HYMN TO ADVERSITY 450 ODE ON THE SPRING 452 THE PROGRESS OF POESY 453 THE BARD 456 ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE .... 460 ON A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES . 462 GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON (LORD MELCOMBE) SHORTEN SAIL 463 INTRODUCTORY NOTE THE aim in these three volumes of English Poetry has been to give, as far as the limits of space allowed, a substantial representation of the most distinguished poets of England and America for the last five hundred years.