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JOHN DENNIS.

"Fortunatus et ille, Deos qui novit agrestes,
Panaque Sylvanumque senem Nymphasque sorores!"

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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 14942

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1897.

LONDON:

RICHARD BARRETT, PRINTER,

MARK LANE.

CONTENTS.

Hartley opens his Chaucer-A discussion about Chaucer's Eng-
lish-Mr. Bell's edition-Dryden's imitation of Chaucer's
tales-Chaucer in the fields-His love of Spring, of flowers,
and of early rising-The cheerful character of his poetry-
His residence in cities-Edmund Spenser-The leading
facts of his life-A great Christian poet-Variety of his
powers-One reason for reading the "Faerie Queene"-
Why that poem is considered tedious-Religious literature
---Mr. Craik's Spenser and his poetry-Extracts from the
work-Spenser as a rural poet-The Shepherd's Calendar
-Pope's definition of pastoral poetry-Dr. Johnson's
definition-His Lives of the Poets-Hartley expresses his
dislike of the eclogue Cites the opinion of James Mont-
gomery-The old pastoral obsolete Modern poets, their
gains and losses

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