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\nORD DAVID CECIL is theLyounger son of the fourth Mar-quess of Salisbury.He was a Fellowof Wadham College,Oxford,andis now a Fellow of New College.As a writer,he is well known asthe author of The Stricken Deer—a biography of the poet Cowperwhich won the Hawthornden Prizein I929;more recently,he has pub-lished his well-known biography,Toung Melbourne.  \nIn the present book on the EnglishPoets,Lord David Cecil covers thewhole field of English poetry fromChaucer to the present day.Despitethe difficulty of dealing with sogreat a subject in so short a bookhe has succeeded in bringing outthe individuality of each poet,andin showing the man against thebackground of his age.  \nIn contrast to the majority of hisgeneration his bias has always beentowards the temperate excellence ofthe eighteenth century,but thisdoes not prevent him from havinglively appreciation of the qualitiesof those poets of every age who havemade English poetry the greatestin the world.  \nFor other books in this series see the back  \nand flap of this jacket.  \n acaa  aooe   \n hitdeny  95   \n00re   \n1  \nGENERAL'EDITOR  \nw.J.TURNER  \nThe Editor is most grateful to all those who haveso kindly helped in the selection of illustrations,especially to officials of the various publicMuseums,Libraries and Galleries,andto all others who have generouslyallowed pictures and MSS.to be reproduced.  \n# THE ENGLISH POETS\n\nLORD DAVID CECIL  \nWITH  \n8 PLATES IN COLOUR  \nAND  \n13 ILLUSTRATIONS IN  \nBLACK8 WHITE  \nCOLLINS·14 ST.JAMES'S PLACE·LONDONMCMXLVII  \n# PRODUCED BYADPRINT LIMITED LONDON\n\nFIRST PUBLISHED 1941  \nFIFTH IMPRESSION 1947  \nPRINTED IN GREAT BRITAINBYJARROLD AND SONS LTD NORWICHON MELLOTEX BOOK PAPER MADEBY TULLIS RUSSELL AND CO LTD MARKINCH SCOTLAND  \n# LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\n\nPLATES IN COLOUR  \nGEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?-1400Panel by an unknown artist  \nJOHN DONNE 1573-163rMiniature by Isaac Oliver(Copyright of H.M.The King)  \nRICHARD LOVELACE 1618-1658Oil painting attributed to John de Critz  \nANDREW MARVELL 162r-1678Oil painting by Hanneman  \nJOHN MILTON 1608-1674Oil painting by Van der Gucht  \nJOHN DRYDEN 1631-1700Oil painting by an unknown artist  \nALEXANDER POPE 1688-1744Oil painting attributed to Charles Jervas  \nROBERT BRIDGES 1844-1930Oil painting by Charles Furse  \n# BLACK 6 WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS\n\nSIR WALTER RALEIGH 1552?-1618ROBERT BROWNING 1812-1889Engraving after the oil paintingOil painting by R.B.Browning,by Zucchero in the possession ofthe poet's sonP.37the Marquis of BathP.IⅡBy courtesy of Sir fohn MurrayBy courtesy of W.T.Spender,Esg.  \nFACSIMILE EXTRACT FROM LYCIDASAn elegy on the death of hisDANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-1882friend Edward King,by JohnSelf portrait drawn_1846P.39MiltonP.17By courtesy of the Trustees of theBy courtesy of the Trustees of the BritishNational Portrait GalleryMuseum  \nWILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827THOMAS HARDY,O.M.1840-1928Oil painting(1807)by Phillips P.27Drawing(191g)by William Strang P.4IBy courtesy of the 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