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Illustrative 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.

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NEW YORK:

WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845,

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

CONTENTS.

Page

PREFACE.

"WHAT IS POETRY?"

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,
SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE
ARCHIMAGO'S HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS
THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE
A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

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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

THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;
OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

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THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

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INVOCATION TO SLEEP

SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH
CRITICAL NOTICE