GRAY 111

XXI. On an Address to the Throne concerning
Affairs in America. CHATHAM 116

XXII. From "The Vicar of Wakefield." GOLDSMITH 127

XXIII. Meeting of Johnson with Wilkes. BOSWELL 133

XXIV. The Policy of the Empire in the First
Century. GIBBON 142

XXV. On the Attacks upon his Pension. BURKE 147

XXVI. Two Eighteenth Century Scenes. COWPER 155

XXVII. From "The School for Scandal." SHERIDAN 159

XXVIII. _The Cotter's Saturday Night._ BURNS 171

XXIX. _The Land o' the Leal._ LADY NAIRN 177

XXX. The Trial by Combat at the Diamond of
the Desert. SCOTT 179

XXXI. _To a Highland Girl._ WORDSWORTH 202

XXXII. _France: an Ode._ COLERIDGE 205

XXXIII. _Complaint and Reproof._ COLERIDGE 208

XXXIV. _The Well of St. Keyne._ SOUTHEY 209

XXXV. _The Isles of Greece._ BYRON 211

XXXVI. _Go where Glory Waits Thee._ MOORE 214

XXXVII. _Dear Harp of My Country._ MOORE 215

XXXVIII. _Come, ye Disconsolate._ MOORE 216

XXXIX. _On a Lock of Milton's Hair._ HUNT 217

XL. _The Glove and the Lions._ HUNT 217

XLI. _The Cloud._ SHELLEY 219

XLII. _On First Looking into Chapman's Homer._ KEATS 222

XLIII. _On the Grasshopper and the Cricket._ KEATS 222

XLIV. The Power and Danger of the Caesars. DE QUINCEY 223

XLV. Unthoughtfulness. DR. ARNOLD 227

XLVI. _The Bridge of Sighs._ HOOD 234

XLVII. _A Parental Ode to my Son._ HOOD 237

XLVIII. Metaphysics. HALIBURTON 239

XLIX. _Indian Summer._ LOVER 246

L. _To Helen._ PRAED 246

LI. _Ho