ENGLISH POEMS FROM CHAUCER TO KIPLING EDITED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS BY THOMAS MARC PARROTT, PH.D. Professor OF ENGLISH IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND AUGUSTUS WHITE LONG, A.M. Sometime a MASTER IN ENGLISH AT LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THOMAS MARC PARROTT AND AUGUSTUS WHITE LONG ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 528.9 The Athenæum Press TO TEACHERS ALL teachers are of one mind as regards the importance of a continuous study of English literature during the years of preparation for college, as well as throughout the college course. It is generally recognized that the stream of English literature is not a Jordan into which we may dip seven times and depart with new bodies. A close study of the English classics should be not only a means of intellectual development, but should lead to a love of the best books, - a love which shall be to the student as the very breath of his nostrils. There is room, we believe, in the curricula of secondary schools for a book of poems which shall serve as a link between the earlier studies in English and the work required for entrance to college. It is hoped, also, that this book will be found useful in the freshman year in many colleges as an introduction to the study of English poetry. The brief sketch of English literature prefixed to the volumewhich attempts to do no more than to stake off the landmarks may with profit be studied carefully at the outset by more advanced students. The work of selection has been difficult. In making these selections we have tried to keep in mind two things: that every poem chosen should be good in itself, and that it should be suitable for the purpose in hand. In some cases we have omitted an author's most representative poem because it was not suitable for our purpose, which is to 1034234 JUN 7 43 McClurg |