Copyright, 1899,

BY

HENRY HOLT & CO.

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TO THE

Rev. Jobn Kemper Murpby, D.D.,

WHO TAUGHT ME LONG AGO TO DELIGHT IN THE MASTER POET OF ENGLAND, AND WHO HAS SINCE HELPED ME IN MORE WAYS THAN

MAY BE HERE SET DOWN,

THIS BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY

IS

REVERENTLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.