STUDIES IN ENGLISH POETRY

"Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation

BACON

STUDIES IN

ENGLISH

POETRY

WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND NOTES

Intended as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools

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