Parnassus

An Anthology of Poetry

Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some 700 complete poems, excerpts and verse quotations show a unique insight into the mind of America’s first Philosopher.

Bibliographic Record Preface

Contents

BOSTON: HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY, 1880
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2013

1. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
2. James Beattie (1735–1803)
3. James Beattie (1735–1803)
4. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
5. John Milton (1608–1674)
6. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
7. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
8. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
9. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
10. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
11. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
12. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
13. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
14. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
15. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
16. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
17. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
18. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
19. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
20. Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
21. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
22. John Milton (1608–1674)
23. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
24. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
25. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
26. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
27. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
28. James Thomson (1700–1748)
29. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
30. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
31. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
32. Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
33. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
34. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
35. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
36. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
37. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
38. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
39. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
40. William Blake (1757–1827)
41. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
42. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
43. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
44. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
45. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
46. Jones Very (1813–1880)
47. Henry Kirke White (1785–1806)
48. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
49. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
50. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
51. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
52. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
53. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
54. James John Garth Wilkinson (1812–1899)
55. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
56. James Thomson (1700–1748)
57. John Keats (1795–1821)
58. Richard Barnfield (1574–1627)
59. Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839)
60. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
61. William Allingham (1824–1889)
62. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
63. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
64. Arthur Boar
65. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
66. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
67. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
68. Robert Pollok (c. 1798–1827)
69. Charles Sprague (1791–1875)
70. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
71. Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)
72. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
73. James Gates Percival (1795–1856)
74. Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)
75. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
76. Walter Mitchell (1826–1908)
77. Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
78. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
79. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
80. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
81. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
82. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
83. William Collins (1721–1759)
84. Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841)
85. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
86. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
87. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
88. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
89. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
90. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
91. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
92. Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
93. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
94. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
95. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
96. John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)
97. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
98. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
99. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
100. Edward Bliss Emerson (1805–1834)
101. William Cowper (1731–1800)
102. Reginald Heber (1783–1826)
103. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
104. Sir William Jones (1746–1794)
105. Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)
106. Robert Hinckley Messinger (1811–1874)
107. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867)
108. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
109. John Wilson (Christopher North) (1785–1854)
110. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
111. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
112. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
113. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917)
114. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
115. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
116. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
117. John Donne (1572–1631)
118. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
119. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
120. James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612–1650)
121. Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
122. Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
123. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
124. Julia C. R. Dorr (1825–1913)
125. John Heywood (c. 1497–c. 1580)
126. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
127. Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
128. Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)
129. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
130. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
131. Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
132. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
133. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
134. Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886)
135. John Donne (1572–1631)
136. Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
137. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
138. Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
139. Thomas Lodge (1558–1625)
140. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
141. Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
142. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
143. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
144. Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)
145. William Barnes (1801–1886)
146. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
147. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
148. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
149. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
150. William Allingham (1824–1889)
151. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
152. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
153. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
154. Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
155. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
156. Sidney H. Morse (1833–1903)
157. David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887)
158. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
159. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
160. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
161. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
162. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
163. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
164. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
165. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
166. Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
167. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
168. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
169. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
170. Frederic Henry Hedge (1805–1890)
171. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
172. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
173. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
174. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
175. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
176. George Chapman (1559?–1634)
177. John Keats (1795–1821)
178. Edward Young (1681–1765)
179. William Allingham (1824–1889)
180. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
181. Caroline Sturgis Tappan (1819–1888)
182. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
183. George Herbert (1593–1633)
184. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
185. George Wither (1588–1667)
186. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
187. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
188. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
189. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
190. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
191. John Dryden (1631–1700)
192. Mark Akenside (1721–1770)
193. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
194. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
195. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
196. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
197. John Milton (1608–1674)
198. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
199. James Hogg (1770–1835)
200. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
201. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
202. Robert Barry Coffin (“Barry Gray”) (1826–1886)
203. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
204. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
205. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
206. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
207. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
208. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
209. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
210. Thomas Warton (1728–1790)
211. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
212. John Dryden (1631–1700)
213. William Strode (1602–1645)
214. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
215. John Keats (1795–1821)
216. William Collins (1721–1759)
217. Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)
218. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
219. Michael Drayton (1563–1631)
220. William Allingham (1824–1889)
221. John Dryden (1631–1700)
222. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
223. John Sterling (1806–1844)
224. William Congreve (1670–1729)
225. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
226. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
227. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
228. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
229. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
230. Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
231. Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
232. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618)
233. James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888)
234. John Keats (1795–1821)
235. George Herbert (1593–1633)
236. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
237. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
238. George Herbert (1593–1633)
239. George Herbert (1593–1633)
240. Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885)
241. Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
242. Coventry Patmore (1823–1896)
243. George Herbert (1593–1633)
244. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
245. George Herbert (1593–1633)
246. Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
247. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
248. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
249. George Herbert (1593–1633)
250. Samuel Gray Ward (1817–1907)
251. Samuel Gray Ward (1817–1907)
252. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
253. James Montgomery (1771–1854)
254. George Herbert (1593–1633)
255. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
256. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
257. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
258. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
259. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
260. Philip James Bailey (1816–1902)
261. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
262. John Donne (1572–1631)
263. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
264. Anonymous
265. William Byrd (1540?–1623)
266. John Fletcher (1579–1625)
267. George Herbert (1593–1633)
268. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
269. Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
270. William Blake (1757–1827)
271. William Allingham (1824–1889)
272. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
273. George Herbert (1593–1633)
274. Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)
275. Jones Very (1813–1880)
276. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618)
277. Edward Young (1681–1765)
278. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
279. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
280. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
281. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
282. Anonymous
283. Anonymous
284. Anonymous
285. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
286. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
287. Samuel Gray Ward (1817–1907)
288. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
289. James Shirley (1596–1666)
290. Herbert Knowles (1798–1817)
291. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
292. John Milton (1608–1674)
293. Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
294. Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
295. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
296. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
297. Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648)
298. Henry More (1614–1687)
299. Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)
300. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
301. Henry More (1614–1687)
302. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
303. Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769)
304. John Wesley (1703–1791)
305. Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
306. Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
307. Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)
308. Sir William Jones (1746–1794)
309. Edward Young (1681–1765)
310. Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
311. Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)
312. John Donne (1572–1631)
313. George Herbert (1593–1633)
314. Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
315. Thomas Sternhold (d. 1549)
316. William Cowper (1731–1800)
317. William Cowper (1731–1800)
318. George Herbert (1593–1633)
319. Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
320. George Herbert (1593–1633)
321. George Herbert (1593–1633)
322. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
323. Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
324. Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
325. John Donne (1572–1631)
326. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
327. John Milton (1608–1674)
328. William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649)
329. William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649)
330. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
331. Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595)
332. Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595)
333. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
334. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
335. George Herbert (1593–1633)
336. John Milton (1608–1674)
337. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
338. George Herbert (1593–1633)
339. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
340. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
341. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
342. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
343. David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887)
344. George Chapman (1559?–1634)
345. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
346. John Milton (1608–1674)
347. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
348. Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)
349. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
350. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
351. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
352. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
353. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
354. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
355. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
356. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
357. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
358. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
359. William Cowper (1731–1800)
360. Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
361. Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
362. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
363. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
364. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
365. Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
366. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
367. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
368. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
369. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
370. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
371. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
372. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
373. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
374. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
375. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
376. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
377. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
378. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
379. Robert Browning (1812–1889)
380. George Berkeley (1685–1753)
381. Grenville Mellen (1799–1841)
382. Charles Sprague (1791–1875)
383. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
384. Anonymous
385. Grenville Mellen (1799–1841)
386. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
387. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
388. London Punch
389. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908)
390. Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
391. James Ryder Randall (1839–1908)
392. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
393. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
394. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
395. Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
396. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
397. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
398. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
399. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
400. Lucy Larcom (1826–1893)
401. Henry Howard Brownell (1820–1872)
402. Tom Taylor (1817–1880)
403. Forceythe Willson (1837–1867)
404. George Lunt (1803–1885)
405. Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
406. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
407. Bret Harte (1836–1902)
408. John Gower (1325?–1408)
409. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
410. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
411. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
412. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
413. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
414. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
415. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
416. Matthew Roydon (fl. 1580–1622)
417. John Milton (1608–1674)
418. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
419. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
420. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
421. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
422. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
423. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
424. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
425. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
426. John Milton (1608–1674)
427. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
428. John Milton (1608–1674)
429. John Milton (1608–1674)
430. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
431. Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
432. David Lewis
433. Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
434. John Donne (1572–1631)
435. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
436. John Milton (1608–1674)
437. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
438. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
439. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
440. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
441. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
442. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
443. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
444. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
445. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
446. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
447. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
448. John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
449. Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
450. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
451. Robert Browning (1812–1889)
452. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
453. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
454. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
455. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
456. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
457. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
458. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
459. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
460. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
461. Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886)
462. William Cowper (1731–1800)
463. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
464. Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885)
465. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895)
466. Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
467. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
468. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
469. John Sterling (1806–1844)
470. John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854)
471. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
472. Scott’s Border Minstrelsy
473. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
474. Anonymous
475. Percy’s Reliques
476. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
477. Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1816–1891)
478. Anonymous
479. Anonymous
480. George MacDonald (1824–1905)
481. Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
482. Anonymous
483. Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
484. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
485. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
486. Elizabeth Hoar (1814–1878)
487. George Borrow (1803–1881)
488. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
489. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
490. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
491. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
492. Anonymous
493. Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)
494. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
495. Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
496. Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)
497. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
498. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
499. Scott’s Border Minstrelsy
500. Percy’s Reliques
501. George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876)
502. Robert Browning (1812–1889)
503. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
504. Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
505. Smith’s Scottish Minstrelsy
506. Scott’s Border Minstrelsy
507. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
508. Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
509. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
510. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
511. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
512. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
513. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
514. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
515. Anonymous
516. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
517. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
518. Lady Anne (Lindsay) Barnard (1750–1825)
519. Anonymous
520. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
521. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
522. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
523. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
524. William Hamilton of Bangour (1704–1754)
525. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
526. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
527. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
528. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
529. Sarah Hammond Palfrey (1823–1914)
530. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
531. Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
532. William Allingham (1824–1889)
533. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
534. Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
535. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
536. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
537. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
538. William Allingham (1824–1889)
539. Anonymous
540. William Julius Mickle (1735–1788)
541. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
542. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
543. William Motherwell (1797–1835)
544. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
545. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
546. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
547. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
548. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
549. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
550. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
551. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
552. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
553. John Milton (1608–1674)
554. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
555. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
556. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
557. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917)
558. William Morris (1834–1896)
559. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
560. Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
561. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
562. Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
563. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
564. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
565. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
566. Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
567. Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
568. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
569. Thomas Carew (1595?–1639?)
570. Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)
571. George Wither (1588–1667)
572. Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
573. Anonymous
574. John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854)
575. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
576. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
577. Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921)
578. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
579. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
580. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
581. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
582. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
583. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
584. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
585. Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
586. John Clare (1793–1864)
587. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
588. John Logan (1748–1788)
589. William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
590. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
591. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
592. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
593. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
594. William Collins (1721–1759)
595. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
596. Anonymous
597. William Ellery Channing (1818–1901)
598. William Collins (1721–1759)
599. Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
600. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
601. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
602. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917)
603. William Collins (1721–1759)
604. Anonymous
605. William Cowper (1731–1800)
606. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
607. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
608. Charles Wolfe (1791–1823)
609. Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554–1628)
610. John Milton (1608–1674)
611. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
612. Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
613. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
614. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
615. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
616. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
617. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
618. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
619. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
620. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
621. James Hogg (1770–1835)
622. J. W. Morris
623. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
624. James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
625. Bret Harte (1836–1902)
626. Bret Harte (1836–1902)
627. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
628. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
629. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
630. London Punch
631. Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
632. Henry Howard Brownell (1820–1872)
633. Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
634. Bret Harte (1836–1902)
635. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
636. George Canning (1770–1827)
637. Bret Harte (1836–1902)
638. Anonymous
639. George Bradford Bartlett (1832–1896)
640. James John Garth Wilkinson (1812–1899)
641. William Blake (1757–1827)
642. John Keats (1795–1821)
643. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
644. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
645. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
646. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
647. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
648. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
649. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
650. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
651. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
652. Various Authors
653. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
654. John Keats (1795–1821)
655. Robert Burns (1759–1796)
656. Frances Anne Kemble (1809–1893)
657. Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)
658. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
659. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
660. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
661. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
662. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
663. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
664. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
665. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
666. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
667. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
668. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)