LECTURES

ON

THE ENGLISH POETS

BY

WILLIAM HAZLITT

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

University Press:

JOHN WILSON and Son, CamBRIDGE,

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS.

ON POETRY IN GENERAL

ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER

ON SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON

ON DRYDEN AND POPE .

ON THOMSON AND COWPER

ON GAY, SWIFT, YOUNG, COLLINS, ETC.

CHATTERTON (continued).-ON BURNS, AND THE