PROFESSOR EDWARD ARBER, F.S.A.,

FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, etc.

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;

Its loveliness increases.'

KEATS.

LONDON:

HENRY FROWDE,

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C.

NEW YORK: 91 & 93 FIFTH AVENUE.

OXFORD.

HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS.

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Anonymous Poems, 41, 48, 49, 52, 89, 104, 105, 111, 115-117, 124, 138,

Anti-Jacobin (1797) [viz. W. GIFFORD, J. H. FRERE, G. CAN-
NING, and G. ELLIS]; The Authors of the.

150, 160

BAILLIE (1762-1851); JOANNA.

BLAKE (1757-1827); WILLIAM.

BLAMIRE (1747-1794); SUSANNA

BOWLES (1762-1850); Rev. WILLIAM LISLE

BURNS (1759-1796); ROBERT.

CANNING, the Younger (1770-1827); Rt. Hon. GEORGE-see

CHERRY (1762-1812); ANDREW

COLERIDGE (1772-1834); SAMUEL TAYLOR

DALRYMPLE (c. 1762); Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES.

COWPER (1731-1800); WILLIAM

DIBDIN (1745-1814); CHARLES

DUDGEON (1753-1813); WILLIAM

ELLIS (1753-1815); GEORGE-see Anti-Jacobin

EDWARDS (1743-1800); BRYAN

FERRIER (1782-1854); SUSAN EDMONSTONE

FRERE (1769-1846); JOHN HOOKHAM-see Anti-Jacobin

GALL (1776-1801); RICHARD

GIFFORD (1756-1826); WILLIAM-see Anti-Jacobin

GRANT, of Laggan (1755-1838); ANNE

GRANT (c. 1780); Rev. Dr.

HAYLEY (1745-1820); WILLIAM

HOARE (1755-1834); PRINCE

HUNTER (1742-1821); ANNE (HOME, afterwards)

LAMB (1775-1834); CHARLES

LEWIS (1775-1818); MATTHEW GREGORY

LLOYD (1775-1839); CHARLES

LOVELL (c. 1795); ROBERT

148, 149

50, 51

93-95

223

200-202

190

189

LOWE (1750-1798); JOHN

MACNEILL (1746-1818); HECTOR

MOORE, Bart. (1756–1780); Sir JOHN HENRY

102, 103

118-123

158, 159

PAGE

PHANT, afterwards).

O'KEEFE (1747-1833); JOHN.

NAIRNE, Baroness NAIRNE (1766-1845); CAROLINA (OLI-

O'NEILL, Viscountess O'NEILL (1758-1793); HENRIETTA

218-222

46, 47

PYE, M.P. (1745-1813), Poet Laureate from 1790 to 1813;

HENRY JAMES.

ROSCOE (1753-1831); WILLIAM

SHERIDAN (1751-1816); Rt. Hon. RICHARD

BRINSLEY

SMITH (1749-1806); CHARLOTTE (TURNER, afterwards)

SMYTH (1765-1849); Professor WILLIAM

SOUTHEY (1774-1843), Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843;

ROBERT

SPENCER (1769-1834); Hon. WILLIAM ROBERT

STEWART (1765-1838); HELEN D'ARCY (CRANSTOUN, after-

1790; Rev. THOMAS

TOWNSHEND, Marquis TOWNSHEND (1724-1807); GEORGE

UPTON (c. 1790); WILLIAM

WARTON, B.D. (1728-1790), Poet Laureate from 1785 to

WHITEHEAD (1710-1774); PAUL

161

203

40

125

WOLCOT, who wrote under the name of PETER PINDAR

(1738-1819); Rev. JOHN.

126-137

WORDSWORTH (1770-1850), Poet Laureate from 1843 to 1850;

THE

COWPER

ANTHOLOGY.

1775-1800 A. D.

THE ENTERTAINING AND FACETIOUS HISTORY OF

JOHN GILPIN;

SHEWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED,

AND CAME HOME SAFE AT LAST.

To the Tune of Chevy Chace.

JOHN GILPIN was a Citizen
Of credit and renown;

A Train-Band Captain eke was he
Of famous London Town.