A BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY.

1

OF

ENGLISH POETRY;

FOR

THE SCHOOL, THE FIRESIDE, AND
THE COUNTRY RAMBLE.

EDITED BY

THOMAS SHORTER,

SECRETARY OF THE WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE; EDITOR OF

"POETRY FOR SCHOOL AND HOME."

Who is it that ever was a scholar, that doth not carry away some verses
which in his youth he learned, and even to old age serve him for hourly lessons!
-SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.