H verses which afford pleasure because of their action or locality. Included are many poems hitherto omitted from anthologies because of their length. Smart's Song to David, and Blair's Grave, are conspicuous examples, being moreover poems not easily accessible in ordinary editions; others such as Chatterton's Bristowe Tragedie, Keats' Eve of St. Agnes and Isabella, Wordsworth's Michael, Crabbe's Sir Eustace Gray, Coleridge's Christabel, Burns' Tam o' Shanter, and Scott's Eve of Saint John, comprise some of the very finest narrative poems in our literature. To add Shelley's Adonais and Epipsychidion, Goldsmith's Deserted Village, Byron's Prisoner of Chillon, Landor's Hamadryad, and Hogg's Kilmeny, gives further evidence of the wealth of selections which conform to Poe's requirement of being readable within the limits of half an hour. The poems, with two exceptions, are given in their entirety, and, as near as possible, with the titles given them by their authors; where they have been without titles the first line is used to designate the verse. I wish to tender my thanks to Mr. Burton Kline, Mr. Laurens Maynard, and Mr. Edwin F. Edgett who have been helpful to me with suggestions in various ways. Twelfth Night, 1908. W. S. B. |