Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900. BartlebyVerse, Vol. I

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THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE

1250–1900

Chosen and Edited by
ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH

TO
THE PRESIDENT
FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS
OF
TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD
A HOUSE OF LEARNING
ANCIENT LIBERAL HUMANE
AND MY MOST KINDLY NURSE

BartlebyVerse: American & English Poetry: 1250–1920, Vol. I

OXFORD: CLARENDON
1919

Bibliographic Record

Preface

CHRONOLOGIC INDEX OF AUTHORS

Anonymous (XIII–XIV Century) to Marlowe (1564–93)

Shakespeare (1564–1616) to Waller (1606–1687)

Milton (1608–1674) to Jago (1715–1781)

Gray (1716–1771) to Wolfe (1791–1823)

Shelley (1792–1822) to Locker-Lampson (1821–1895)

Arnold (1822–1888) to Blackmore (1825–1900)

ALPHABETIC INDEX OF AUTHORS

Addison, Joseph to Brome, Alexander

Brontë, Emily to Cutts, Lord

Daniel, Samuel to Hyde, Douglas

Jago, Richard to Milton, John

Montgomerie, Alexander to Shakespeare, William

Shelley, Percy Bysshe to Yeats, William Butler

INDEX OF TITLES

A Bequest of His Heart to By the Margin of the Great Deep

Call to Grief

Half-asleep to Myra

Nameless One to Quia Amore Langueo

Rainbow to Sweet Content

Take, O take those Lids away to Youth and Age

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

A book of Verses underneath the Bough to Expense of Spirit in a waste of shame

Fain would I change that note to Hyd, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere

I am that which began to My true love hath my heart, and I have his

Nay but you, who do not love her to Round the cape of a sudden came the sea

Sabrina fair to Twenty years hence my eyes may grow

Underneath this myrtle shade to Your eyen two wol slee me sodenly

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Anonymous (XIII–XIV Century)	to	Marlowe (1564–93)
Shakespeare (1564–1616)	to	Waller (1606–1687)
Milton (1608–1674)	to	Jago (1715–1781)
Gray (1716–1771)	to	Wolfe (1791–1823)
Shelley (1792–1822)	to	Locker-Lampson (1821–1895)
Arnold (1822–1888)	to	Blackmore (1825–1900)

Addison, Joseph	to	Brome, Alexander
Brontë, Emily	to	Cutts, Lord
Daniel, Samuel	to	Hyde, Douglas
Jago, Richard	to	Milton, John
Montgomerie, Alexander	to	Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Percy Bysshe	to	Yeats, William Butler

A Bequest of His Heart	to	By the Margin of the Great Deep
Call	to	Grief
Half-asleep	to	Myra
Nameless One	to	Quia Amore Langueo
Rainbow	to	Sweet Content
Take, O take those Lids away	to	Youth and Age

A book of Verses underneath the Bough	to	Expense of Spirit in a waste of shame
Fain would I change that note	to	Hyd, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere
I am that which began	to	My true love hath my heart, and I have his
Nay but you, who do not love her	to	Round the cape of a sudden came the sea
Sabrina fair	to	Twenty years hence my eyes may grow
Underneath this myrtle shade	to	Your eyen two wol slee me sodenly