4
The Battle 6
After 10

SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568-1639).

II. LORD OF HIMSELF 11

BEN JONSON (1574-1637).

III. TRUE BALM 12

IV. HONOUR IN BUD 13

JOHN FLETCHER (1576-1625).

V. THE JOY OF BATTLE 13

FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1586-1616).

VI. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 15

ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674).

VII. GOING A-MAYING 15

VIII. TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING 18

GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1638).

IX. MEMENTO MORI 19

JAMES SHIRLEY (1594-1666).

X. THE KING OF KINGS 20

JOHN MILTON (1608-1674).

XI. LYCIDAS 21

XII. ARMS AND THE MUSE 27

XIII. TO THE LORD GENERAL 28

XIV. THE LATE MASSACRE 28

XV. ON HIS BLINDNESS 29

XVI. EYELESS AT GAZA 30

XVII. OUT OF ADVERSITY 31

JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE (1612-1650).

XVIII. HEROIC LOVE 31

RICHARD LOVELACE (1618-1658).

XIX. GOING TO THE WARS 32

XX. FROM PRISON 33

ANDREW MARVELL (1620-1678).

XXI. TWO KINGS 34

XXII. IN EXILE 39

JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1701).

XXIII. ALEXANDER'S FEAST 40

SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784).

XXIV. THE QUIET LIFE 45

BALLADS

XXV. CHEVY CHASE
The Hunting 47
The Challenge 49
The Battle 51
The Slain 54
The Tidings