Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.

663 av et

be

SELECTIONS

FROM THE

BRITISH PO E T S.

BY

FITZ.GREENE HALLECK.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOL U M E.

.

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JAMES BEATTIE.

The Minstrel ; or the Progress of Genius

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

The Hermit

The Deserted Village

SAMUEL JOHNSON.

On the death of Mr. Robert Levet

The Vanity of Human Wishes

JOHN SCOTT.

Ode on hearing the Drum

CHARLES CHURCHILL.

Character of a Critical Fribble

WILLIAM FALCONER.

From “the Shipwreck”

JOHN LOGAN.

Ode to the Cuckoo

The Lovers

The Braes of Yarrow

NATHANIEL COTTON.

The Fireside

SIR WILLIAM JONES.

A Persian song of Hafiz

An Ode in imitation of Alcæus

SAMUEL BISHOP.

To his Wife

WILLIAM MASON.

Epitaph on Mrs. Mason

ERASMUS DARWIN.

From “the Botanic Garden"