STUDIES IN ENGLISH POETRY.

IN

ENGLISH POETRY;

FOR

WITH

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, AND NOTES

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL.

INTENDED AS A TEXT BOOK

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."

LONDON:

RELFE AND FLETCHER, 17, CORNHILL.
1845.

BACON.