Representative Poetry: Volume 2 9781487584955

Table of contents :
PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832)
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES (1762-1850)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)
ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843)
JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841)
THOMAS CAMPBELL (1777-1844)
THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852)
LEICH HUNT (1784-1859)
THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK (1785-1866)
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824)
RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (1788-1845)
CHARLES WOLFE (1791-1823)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822)
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS (1793-1835)
JOHN CLARE (1793-1864)
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (1775-1864)
THOMAS HOOD (1799-1845)
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859)
WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886)
WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED (1802-1839)
THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (1803-1849)
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861)
EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883)
ALFRED TENNYSON (1809-1892)
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH (1819-1861)
CHARLES KlNGSLEY (1819-1875)
MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888)
COVENTRY PATMORE (1823-1896)
SYDNEY DOBELL (1824-1874)
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828-1882)
GEORGE MEREDITH (1828-1909)
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)
THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830-1897)
JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (1837-1909)
Notes
Index Of First Lines

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REPRESENTATIVE POETRY

REPRESENTATIVE POETRY

VOLUME II

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

TORONTO THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS 1946

CoPYR.IOHT, CANADA,

1935

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TOR.ONTO PRESS

Reprinted in 2018 ISBN 978-1-4875-7288-4 (paper)

PRINTED IN CANADA

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PREFATORY NOTE

THOUGH the present edition of Representative Poetry

differs in some respects from its predecessors, it is still primarily designed for use in the University of Toronto, and therefore its character is to some extent determined, as the former editors wrote, by "definite practical, sometimes even local considerations." The book is intended mainly for pass work; and the division of the two volumes at about 1800 is made to fit the curriculum. It is hoped, .however, that it may also serve a more general purpose as a useful anthology, providing as far as possible both representative selections from the works of the greater poets and a large collection of shorter pieces chosen for their intrinsic or historical importance. The textual principles followed for the selections prior to Wyatt are explained in the notes. From Wyatt to the end of the eight~enth century the spelling, capitalization, and (to some extent) punctuation have been modernized, with the exception of The Dialect poems and Shepheardes Calender and The Faerie ftueene. conscious archaisms have also been left unaltered. No system of modernization can be completely satisfactory and consistent when ieveral centuries are involved; the aim has been a minimum of :hange thought advantageous for the ordinary reader. The poems of each author are arranged chronologically. At the right of each poem is given the date of the earliest manuscripts, or of first publication; at the left the date of composition ( when known) if there is any considerable discrepancy. The texts are not always those of the first editions. Of recent years a number of excellent period collections have been published. The editors wish to acknowledge their special indebtedness to Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, edited by Professors Neilson and Webster; Miss E. P. Hammond's English Verse between Chaucer and Surrey; the Oxford Books of Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Century Verse; Mr. Norman Ault's Elizabethan Lyrics and Seventeenth Century Lyrics: Poetry of the English Renaissance, edited by Professors Hebel and Hudson; and Professor Crane's A Collection of English Poems 1660-1800.

The notes are intended to save the student some of the labour of consulting books of reference, and the instructor some of the V

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tedious and unsatisfactory work of detailed explanation. They are for the most part confined to a mention of the volume in which the poem was first printed, context where necessary, and explanation of difficulties and allusions. The selection and annotation has been carried out by an editorial committee consisting of R. S. Knox (Chairman), W. H. Clawson, H. J. Davis, N. J. Endicott (for volume one), J. F. Macdonald, J. D. Robins '(for volume two). Mr. Clawson and Mr. Endicott have prepared the text, and the latter has been responsible for seeing the book through the press. The editors wish to thank the Department of English as a whole, and certain graduate students, for their assistance, and the University of Toronto Press foi: its co-operation. 1935.

In this new edition Sohrab and Rustum has been added to the selections from Arnold, and The Strayed Reveller omitted. Co'rrections have been made in both text and notes, and the latter have been revised by Mr. J. R. MacGillivray. 1938. In this reprint of the edition of 1938, additional corrections have been made in text and notes. 1946.

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GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832) The Village ...•.............•.... Peter Grimes .................... .

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WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES (17621850) Evening .••.............•........ Bereavement ........... . ........ . On the Funeral of Charles the First.

18 18 19

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (17701850) The Reverie of Poor Susan . .••..•.• Simon Lee .•.•....••.......•....• The Tables Turned ..... . ......... . Lines .......•..•• .. •.. .... .•• ...• There was a Boy ... . ........•..... She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways ......••...••....•••.•.• I Travelled among Unknown Men .. Three Years She Grew ..... . .. . ... . A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal. . ... . Nutting ...•..................•... Influence of Natural Objects ...... . The Simplon Pass .••..•........... Michael. ........................ . To the Cuckoo . ...•.............. Resolution and Independence ...... . It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free ...........•............• Composed upon Westminster Bridge. On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic ...... ..•.. . .. ....... Written in London. September, 1802 London, 1802 ................... . . It is not to be Thought of . . . .... • .'. The Green Linnet . .•....... ." . . ... . To a Highland Girl.. ..•........... Yarrow Unvisited ................ . The Solitary Reaper ... ....... .. .. . The French Revolution ........ .. . . I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud . ... . She Was a Phantom of Delight •• ... Ele.giac Stanzas . ...• ••• •.•..... ... Ode to Duty •... . ...... ... .. ... . . Character of the Happy Warrior ... . Ode: Intimations of Immortality .. .

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Personal Talk.................. .. The World is too Much with us ..... To Sleep.. ....... ....... .... .. . .. Song at the Feast of Biougham Castle Laodamia .•.....•_...... •• •• . • . . • • Dion... .... ....... . ............. After-Thought........ . .. . ........ Inside of King's College Chapel, Cambridge •.•_................ The Virgin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • Mutability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scorn not the Sonnet......... .... . To a Skylark......... .... ..... .. . Most Sweet it is.. .. .......... . . . . A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School . . . .......... .. ...... ..

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20 20 22 22 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 32 32 44 45

49 49 49 50 50 51 51

52 53 54

55 56 56 57 59 60 62

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834) This Lime-Tree Bower my Prison. • . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner... Christabel... • . . . . . . . • . . • • • . . • . • . . Frost at Midnight ... ... ...... ... . . France: An Ode........ .. ...... . . Kubla Khan.... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Something Childish, but Very Natural...... . ................ . Love... ....... .. ... . . ........... Dejection: An Ode............ ... . The Good, Great Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Knight's Tomb... . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth and Age.. . .......... . .. . ..

68 69 70 70 74 79 83 83 83 84 84

85 85 86

86 88 106 112 114 116 118 118 120 126 126 127

SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) The Lay of the Last Minstrel. .... . • The Maid of Neidpath.... .... ..... Marmion........................ The Lady of the Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rokeby. . . .... .. . ... . .. .. . ... .... Lullaby of an Infant Chief. • . . . . . . . Jock of Hazeldean.... . . ... . . ..... Pibroch of Donuil Dhu. . . . . . . . . . . . Macgregor's Gathering . .... .... ... Proud Maisie............. . . . . . . . . County Guy.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

128 129 129 133 138 139 140 140 141 142 142

ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843) The Battle of Blenheim. . .. .. ..... .

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The Well of St. Keyne . .... .. ..... . God's Judgment on a Wicked Bishop . My Days among the Dead Are Past.

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145 147

JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (17751841) To Night .. ... ... . .... .. .... .. .. .

148

THOMAS CAMPBELL (1777-1844) The Pleasures of Hope . . . ...... . . . . Ye Mariners of England . . ..... . .. . Hohenlinden .. ... . ...... . ... .. .. . Song: To the Evening Star . ... . . .. .

148 150 151 151

THOMAS MOORE (177°9-1852) The Lake of the Dismal Swamp .. .. . The Time I've Lost in Wooing .. . .. . Oft, in the Stilly Night . .. .. ... . .. . Lalla Rookh .. . . . . . .. .... . .. . . . . . .

152 153 153 154

LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859) A Thought of the Nile . .. . .. . . .. . . . Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard . The Glove and the Lions . ... ...... . Abou Ben Adhem ......... .. ..... . Rondeau .. . ... . .. . .. . ... . .. ... . . .

155 155 155 156 157

THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK (17851866) I Dug, Beneath the Cypress Shade .. Seamen Three . . .. .... . . . ... .... . . The War.Song of Dinas Vawr .. . .. .

157 157 158

GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824) English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. 158 She Walks in Beauty ... . ... . ... . . . 165 The Destruction of Sennacherib .. .. . 165 Stanzas for Music .. . ..... .. . .. ... . 166 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage .. . ... . . . 166 The Prisoner of Chillon ... . . . . . ... . 195 So, We'll Go no More a Roving . . . . . 201 Don Juan ...... .. ... . . .. .... . .. . . 201 The Vision of Judgment ........ .. . . 210 On this Day I Complete my Thirty. Sixth Year .. .. . . . ........ . .. . 218

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (17881845) The Jackdaw of Rheims. . .. ... ....

218

CHARLES WOLFE (1791-1823) The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

222

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (17921822) Alastor; or the Spirit of Solitude. .. . Hymn to Intellectual Beauty . . . . . . . Ozymandias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lines Written among the Euganean Hills . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanzas Written in Dejection. . . . . . . The Indian Serenade.. .. .. . .. .... . Prometheus Unbound. .... . .. . ... . Ode to the West Wind.. .. ... .. . . .. The Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To a Skylark..... .... .. .... .... . . The Question . .. . . . .. .. . .. . . . . .... To the Moon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Long Past. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adonais. . .... .. ..... . . . ..... .. ... Chorus/rom Bellas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Night . . ... ... . . .... . . . .. . .. .. Time... .. ... .... ... . .. . ... . ..... T o - - ... ... . .... .. . . . . .. ... . Song. . . . . .. .. ... ... .. .... . . . .... Mutability .. . . . . ....._. .. ... .. .. . . A Lament.. .. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T o - - . . . . . .... .. . . .. . . . . . .. . Lines: "When the Lamp is Shattered". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Jane: "The Keen Stars were Twinkling" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song/rom Charles the First. . . . . . . .

224 242 244 244 249 250 251 253 255 257 260 261 262 262 275 276 276 277 277 278 27~ 278 278 279 280

FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS (1793-1835) The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England . . . . . ....... . . 280 JOHN CLARE (1793-1864) Summer Images...... . .. .. .... .. . I Am!.. ... . .. ... . . .... .... ... ...

281 286

JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) To One who has been Long in City Pent.... .. ...... .. .. .. .. . .. .

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On First Looking into Chapman's Homer... ............ .. .. . ... Endymion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be.. .. .... . .. . ... . ........ Lines on the Mermaid Tavern'.. .... Robin Hood . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . The Human Seasons.... . . . . . . . . . . . Meg Merrilies........ .. .... .... .. To Homer..... ... ........ ... ... . Fancy....... . ........ ... ... ..... Hyperion.... .... .. .. .......... .. The Eve of St. Agnes. .. ..... ... ... Bright Star, Would I were Stedfast as Thou Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ode to Psyche .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Belle Dame Sans Merci. . ..... .. To Sleep ............ . .. .. .. .. .. . . Ode to a Nightingale...... . ....... Ode on a Grecian Urn.. .. . ... . . ... Ode on Melancholy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Autumn... ...... .. ... ... ... . .

287 288 289 290 290 291 292 292 293 294 303 313 313 315 316 316 319 320 321

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (17751864)

Rose Aylmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother, I Cannot Mind my Wheel.. On Dirce ... .. ... . ..... ... ... ... .. Faesulan ldyl. . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child of a Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mild is the Parting Year. . .. ...... . Ianthe! You are Call'd to Cross the Sea!....... ...... ..... . ... . .. Soon, 0 Ianthe! Life is O'er . . . . . . . Do You Remember Me, or are You Proud?.. . . ...... ..... .... .. . You Smiled, You Spoke, and I Believed......... .... .... . ..... The Maid's Lament... . ...... ... . . To Robert Browning... . .. . . . ..... Aeon and Rhodope; or, Inconstancy. Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher. THOMAS HOOD (1799-1845) Faithless Sally Brown ....... .... . . I Remember, I Remember......... The Song of the Shirt. . . . . • • • . . . . .

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The Last Buccaneer . . . . • . • . . . . . . . • 322 Epitaph on a Jacobite... .......... 333 WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886) The Wife A-Lost. ... ........ .. .... Woak Hill... ... ........ .... .....

334 334

WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED (1802-1839)

Everyday Characters: The Vicar. . .

335

THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (18031849)

Songs/rom Death's Jest Book...... 337 Dream-Pedlary . . . . . • • . . .. • . • • . . . • 337 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861)

The Cry ·of the Children. • . . • . . . • . • 338 Sonnets from the Portuguese. . • • • . • 342 EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of N aishapur ........... : . . . . • . . 345 ALFRED TENNYSON (1809-1892) Claribel.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • Mariana. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . The Lady of Shalott. . . . . . . . . . • . • . .