OXFORD:

BY E. PICKARD HALL, M.A., AND J. H. STACY,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

The Shepherds' Holiday (from Pan's Anniversary)

Song before the Entry of the Masquers (from The Fortunate Isles)

Ode to Himself (after the failure of The New Inn)

Song.-To Celia (from The Forest)

Epigrams: To my mere English Censurer

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To the Memory of my Beloved Master William Shakespeare (from

Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke (from Underwoods)

Epitaph on Master Philip Gray (from Underwoods)

The Editor

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Sonnet to Sir W. Alexander (from The Cypresse Grove)

SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1580-1640)

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Lines on the Tombs in Westminster. By BEAUMONT

Song from The Maid's Tragedy. By BEAUMONT & FLETCHER

The Satyr (from The Faithful Shepherdess). By FLETCHER

The River God to Amoret (from the Same)

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Song to Bacchus (from the Same)

Invocation to Sleep (from the Same)

Song (from The Queen of Corinth)

Song (from The Nice Valour)

THOMAS DEKKER (1575? 1640?)

Content (from Patient Grissil)

Lullaby (from the Same)

The Praise of Fortune (from Old Fortunatus)

Rustic Song (from The Sun's Darling)

JOHN FORD (1586-1640?)

Penthea's Dying Song (from The Broken Heart)

Calantha's Dirge (from the Same)

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The complaint of Pan

The song of Celadyne

A comparison

Song (from Minor Poems)

The Charm (from The Inner Temple Masque)

GEORGE WITHER (1588-1667)

Weakness (from Abuses Stript and Whipt)

Eclogue 4 (from The Shepherd's Hunting)

The Author's Resolution in a Sonnet (from Fidelia)

Love Poems (from The Mistress of Philarete)

A Christmas Carol

Extracts from Hallelujah :

When we are upon the Seas

For Summer Time

The Prayer of Old Age