THE

POETS AND POETRY

OF

ENGLAND,

IN

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BY

RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

WITH ADDITIONS BY R. H. STODDARD.

A DRAINLESS SHOWER

OF LIGHT IS POESY: 'TIS THE SUPREME OF POWER;

'TIS MIGHT HALF SLUMBERING ON ITS OWN RIGHht arm.

JOHN KEATS.

CAREFULLY REVISED, MUCH ENLARGED AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME.

With Portraits on Steel.

NEW YORK:

JAMES MILLER, PUBLISHER, 647 BROADWAY.

1877.

$10.

ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1844, BY CAREY & HART, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

JAMES MILLER,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.