STUDIES IN ENGLISH POETRY

IN

ENGLISH POETRY;

WITH

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. AND NOTES

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL.

INTENDED AS A TEXT BOOK
FOR THE HIGHER CLASSES IN SCHOOLS, AND AS AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

BY JOSEPH PAYNE.

“Poesy serveth and conferreth to magnanimity, morality, and to delectation.”

BACON

LONDON:
RELFE AND FLETCHER, 17, CORNHILL.

1845.