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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations

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Index to Authors.

The references which follow the Chronological Data are the numbers of the Quotations in consecutive order from the respective Authors under which they are placed.

Addison, Joseph.
b. Milston, Wiltshire, Eng., 1672; d. London, Eng., 1719.
—50, 393, 556, 629, 700, 713, 749, 766, 925, 969,
1078, 1583, 1814, 2091.

Akenside, Mark.
b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1721; d. London, Eng., 1770.
—1865, 1938.

Aldrich, James.
b. New York, 1810; d 1856.
—1481.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey.
b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1836; d. 1907.
—238, 407, 771, 2009.

Allen, Elizabeth Akers.
b. Strong, Me., 1832;....
—313.

Armstrong, John.
b. Liddesdale, Eng, 1709; d. London, Eng., 1779.
—1864.

Arnold, Sir Edwin.
b. London, 1832; d. 1904.
—498.

Arnold, Matthew.
b. Laleham, Middlesex, Eng., 1822; d. Eng, 1888.
—1537, 2103.

Aytoun, William Edmondstoune.
b. Fifeshire, 1813; d. 1865.
—1735.


Bailey, Philip James.
b. Nottingham, Eng, 1816; d. 1902.
—43, 79, 322, 531, 614, 746, 967, 1349, 1770, 1833.

Baillie, Joanna.
b. Lanarkshire, Scot, 1762; d. Hampstead, Eng., 1851.
—198.

Barbauld, Anna Lætitia.
b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1743; d. 1825.
—782, 1717, 2032.

Barrington, George.
b. Maynooth, Ireland, 1755; d. New South Wales at a great age.
—413.

Barry, Michael J.
Circa 1815.
—1340.

Baxter, Richard.
b. Rowdon, Shropshire, Eng., 1615; d. 1691.
—1375.

Bayly, Thomas Haynes.
b. near Bath, Eng., 1797; d. 1839.
—218, 1335.

Beattie, James.
b. Laurencekirk Scot., 1735; d. Aberdeen, Scot., 1803.
—60, 485, 670, 837.

Beaumont and Fletcher.
Beaumont, Francis.
b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1586; d. 1615.
Fletcher, John.
b. Rye, Eng., 1576; d. London, Eng., 1625.
—19, 22, 204, 408, 559, 598, 1154,
1231, 1568, 1861, 1917, 2042.

Benserade, Isaac de.
b. in Upper Normandy, 1612; d. 1691.
—164.

Blair, Robert.
b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1699; d. Athelstaneford, Scot., 1747.
—85, 819, 836, 1651.

Booth, Barton.
b. Lancashire, Eng, 1681; d. 1733.
—1354.

Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth.
b. Fredericksvern, Norway, 1848; d. 1895.
—1028, 1162.

Bramston, James.
b. England; d. 1744.
—875.

Brown, John.
b. England, 1715; d. 1766.
—49, 431.

Brown, Tom.
b. Shropshire, Eng., 1663; d. 1704.
—562.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
b. London, Eng., 1809; d. Florence, Italy, 1861.
—160, 196, 650, 778, 848, 887, 1006, 1039, 1073, 1296, 1373, 1659,
1709, 1733, 1968, 2104.

Browning, Robert.
b. Camberwell, Eng., 1812; d. 1889.
—65, 129, 251, 474, 519, 681, 747, 865, 993, 994, 996, 1086, 1123,
1188, 1222, 1228, 1312, 1344, 1351, 1450, 1667, 1710, 1822,
1825, 1901, 1950, 1957, 1967.

Bryant, William Cullen.
b. Cummington, Mass., 1794; d. New York, 1878.
—234, 240, 317, 627, 697, 725, 758, 851, 906,
1155, 1246, 1277, 1321, 1445, 1604, 1663, 1793, 1819, 1951,
1962, 2055, 2063, 2128.

Bulwer, Edward George Earle Lytton [Baron Lytton].
b. London, Eng., 1803; d. Torquay, France, 1873.
—1323.

Bunn, Alfred.
b. England; d. 1860.
—888.

Bunyan, John.
b. Elstow, Eng., 1628; d. London, Eng., 1688.
—664, 1383.

Burns, Robert.
b. Ayr, Scot., 1759; d. Dumfries, Scot., 1796.
—20, 208, 222, 242, 552, 588, 592, 604, 694, 773, 783, 954, 964, 986,
1080, 1095, 1106, 1109, 1129, 1147, 1193, 1345, 1435, 1588,
1599, 1600, 1642, 1704, 2047, 2080.

Butler, Samuel.
b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1612; d. London, Eng., 1680.
—39, 153, 236, 303, 305, 405, 423, 549, 566, 574,
615, 799, 972, 992, 1014, 1110, 1209, 1271, 1284, 1334, 1347,
1394, 1405, 1449, 1496, 1504, 1510, 1557, 1585, 1682, 1705,
1811, 1852, 1858, 1886, 1932, 2019.

Byron, George Gordon, Lord.
b. London, Eng., 1788; d. Missolonghi, Greece, 1824.
—31, 59, 62, 116, 133, 148, 169, 176, 209, 315, 351, 352, 354,
368, 388, 419, 451, 460, 469, 470, 486, 506, 511, 534, 537, 553, 582,
594, 612, 619, 651, 677, 734, 748, 751, 787, 813, 841, 842, 843, 850,
878, 879, 898, 908, 910, 995, 1059, 1075, 1087, 1115, 1131, 1133,
1166, 1221, 1229, 1232, 1251, 1275, 1303, 1337, 1391, 1407,
1419, 1442, 1498, 1506, 1522, 1529, 1538, 1556, 1563, 1573,
1575, 1580, 1596, 1601, 1620, 1621, 1625, 1668, 1672, 1679,
1686, 1688, 1716, 1718, 1731, 1751, 1792, 1794, 1818, 1847,
1851, 1862, 1884, 1897, 1910, 1920, 1935, 1979, 1993, 1994,
2018, 2025, 2029, 2031, 2059, 2089, 2094, 2110.


Campbell, Thomas.
b. Glasgow, Scot., 1777; d. Boulogne, France, 1844.
—142, 149, 359, 570, 715, 723, 933, 1243, 1390,
1541, 1584, 1593, 1694, 1703, 1741, 1877.

Canning, George.
b. London, Eng., 1770; d. Cheswick, Eng., 1827.
—729.

Carey, Henry.
b. 1663; d. Coldbath-Fields, Eng., 1743.
—349.

Carlyle, Thomas.
b. Ecclefechan, Scot., 1795; d. Chelsea, near London, Eng., 1881.
—1090, 1150.

Cary, Alice.
b. near Cincinnati, O., 1820; d. New York City, 1871.
—536, 1262.

Cary, Phoebe.
b. near Cincinnati, O., 1824; d. New York City, 1871.
—646.

Chapman, George.
b. Hitchin, Eng, 1557; d. London, Eng., 1634.
—658.

Chatterton, Thomas.
b. Bristol, Eng, 1752; d. London, Eng., 1770.
—1136.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.
b. London, Eng., 1328; d. 1400.
—40, 104, 1647, 1853, 1960, 2072.

Chorley, Henry Fothergill.
b. 1808; d. 1872.
—1268.

Churchill, Charles.
b. Westminster, Eng., 1731; d. Boulogne, France, 1764.
—98, 100, 135, 530, 698, 703, 874, 978, 1713, 1749.

Clemmer, Mary.
b. Utica, N.Y., 1839; d. 1884.
—676.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
b. Devonshire, Eng., 1772; d. London, Eng., 1834.
—71, 143, 282, 395, 465, 484, 599, 708, 728,
979, 1138, 1227, 1336, 1372, 1379, 1431, 1473, 1507, 1561, 1673.



Collins, William.
b. Chichester, Eng., 1720; d. Chichester, Eng., 1756.
—227, 928, 1035, 1239.

Colman, George [the younger].
b. 1762; d. London, Eng., 1836.
—971.

Congreve, William.
b. Bardsey, Eng., 1670; d. London, Eng., 1729.
—185, 775, 1237, 1867, 1926.

Cook, Eliza.
b. London, Eng., 1817; d. 1889.
—1747.

"Cornwall, Barry."
See PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.

Cowley, Abraham.
b. London, Eng., 1618, d. Chertsey, Eng., 1667.
—479, 786.

Cowper, William.
b. Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1731; d. 1800.
—30, 102, 146, 175, 365, 403, 412, 586, 591,
656, 739, 762, 868, 889, 914, 960, 1036, 1079, 1201, 1393, 1401, 1404,
1437, 1466, 1475, 1571, 1637, 1723, 1752, 1759, 1799, 1916, 1931, 1937,
1965, 1988, 1990, 2004, 2024, 2049.

Crabbe, George.
b. Aldborough, Eng., 1754; d. Trowbridge, Eng., 1832.
—44, 205, 330, 379, 428, 1382, 1412, 1515, 1576, 1617, 1702, 1880, 2075.

Cranch, Christopher Pearse.
b. Alexandria, Va., 1813; d. 1892.
—1903.

Crashaw, Richard.
b. London, Eng., about 1616; d. Italy, about 1650.
—541, 814.

Croly, George.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1780; d. 1860.
—1261.


Dana, Richard Henry.
b. Cambridge, Mass., 1787; d. Boston, Mass., 1878.
—1773.

Dante, Alighieri.
b. Florence, Italy, 1265; d. Ravenna, 1321.
—936.

Darwin, Erasmus.
b. Newark, Eng., 1731; d. Derby, Eng., 1802.
—1168.

Defoe, Daniel.
b. London, Eng., 1661; d. London, Eng., 1731.
—384, 1300.

De L'Isle, Joseph Rouget.
b. Lons-le Saunice, France, 1760; d. 1836.
—807.

Dickens, Charles.
b. Landport, near Portsmouth, Eng., 1812; d. Gadshill,
near Rochester, Eng., 1870.
—997.

Donne, John, D.D.
b. London, Eng., 1573; d. London, Eng., 1631.
—1821.

Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley.
b. Charleston, S.C., 1825;....
—1493, 1830.

Drake, Joseph Rodman.
b. New York City, 1795; d. New York City, 1820.
—714, 761.

Dryden, John.
b. Aldwinkle, Eng., 1631; d. London, Eng., 1701.
—158, 226, 252, 337, 344, 504, 680, 776, 790, 858, 860,
871, 884, 1179, 1234, 1299, 1346, 1358, 1362, 1365, 1425, 1460, 1549,
1577, 1610, 1764, 1772, 1836, 1909, 1921, 1948, 1964, 1984, 2043, 2074,
2129.

Dwight, Timothy.
b. Northampton, Mass., 1752; d. New Haven, Conn., 1817.
—357.

Dyer, Sir Edward,
b. Sharpham, near Glastonbury, circa 1540; d. 1607.
—331, 1190.

Dyer, John.
b. 1700; d. 1758.
—1053.


Eliot, George [Marian Evans Cross],
b. Warwickshire, Eng., 1820; d. London, Eng., 1880.
—862, 1091, 1256, 1276, 1350, 1478, 1534, 1779, 1832, 1944, 1992, 2092,
2101.

Elliott, Ebenezer.
b. Masborough, Eng., 1781; d. near Barnsley, Eng., 1849.
—1046.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
b. Boston, Mass., 1803; d. Concord, Mass., 1882.
—105, 161, 191, 239, 247, 249, 448, 605, 759,
765, 791, 817, 944, 1428, 1648, 1678, 1748.

Everett, Edward.
b. Dorchester, Mass., 1794; d. 1865.
—912.


Faber, Frederick William.
b. Durham, Eng., 1814; d. Brompton, Eng., 1863.
—1516.

Falconer, William.
b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1732; shipwrecked near Cape Good Hope, 1769.
—1059, 1675.

Fenner, Cornelius G.
b. 1822; d. 1847.
—1609.

Fielding, Henry.
b. Sharpham Park, Eng., 1707; d. Lisbon, Spain, 1754.
—1330.

Fields, James Thomas.
b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1817; d. 1881.
—420.

Finch, Francis M.
b. Ithaca, N.Y., 1827;....
—1878.

Fletcher, John.
b. Northhamptonshire, Eng., 1576; d. 1625.
—1304, 1655.

Ford, John.
b. Islington, Eng., 1586; d. circa 1639.
—1159.

Franklin, Benjamin. ["Richard Saunders"].
b. Boston, Mass., 1706; d. Philadelphia, Penn., 1790.
—281.


Garland, Hamlin.
b. West Salem, Wis., 1860;....
—346, 1230, 1761, 2081.

Garrick, David.
b. Lichfield, Eng, 1716; d. London, Eng., 1779.
—406, 1724.

Garth, Sir Samuel.
b. Bolam, Eng., circa 1670; d. London, Eng., 1718.
—1395.

Gay, John.
b. near Barnstaple Eng., 1688; d. London, Eng., 1732.
—32, 124, 620, 642, 730, 781, 883, 952, 1416, 1434, 1452,
1562, 1608, 1677.

Gifford, Richard.
b. 1725; d. North Okendon, Eng., 1807.
—1997.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
b. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 1749; d. Weimar, Germany, 1832.
—192.

Goldsmith, Oliver.
b. Pallis, Ireland, 1728; d. London, Eng., 1774.
—35, 58, 107, 189, 340, 341, 342, 345, 364, 466, 517, 639, 695,
707, 710, 733, 788, 849, 901, 1063, 1107, 1114, 1137, 1297, 1339, 1487,
1495, 1589, 1591, 1742, 1750, 1756, 1934, 1939, 2003, 2064.

Gould, Hannah Flagg.
b. Lancaster, Vt., 1789; d. Newburyport, Mass, 1865.
—1553.

Gray, Thomas.
b. London, Eng., 1716; d. Cambridge, Eng., 1771.
—103, 193, 216, 378, 382, 385, 443, 450, 613, 624, 704, 716,
720, 789, 832, 833, 863, 963, 1041, 1141, 1174, 1687, 1892, 1924,
2056, 2136.

Green, Matthew.
b. London (?), Eng., 1696; d. 1737.
—369.

Greene, Robert.
b. Norwich (?), circa 1560; d. near Dowgate, Eng., 1592.
—1105.


Halleck, Fitz-Greene.
b. Guilford, Conn., 1770; d. Guilford, Conn., 1867.
—493, 904, 1313, 1973.

Halpine, Charles Grahame ["Miles O'Reilly"],
b. Oldcastle, Meath, Ireland, 1829; d. New York City, 1868.
—756.

Harrington, Sir John.
b. near Bath, Eng, circa 1561; d. 1612.
—1947.

Harte, Francis Bret.
b. Albany, N.Y., 1839; d. London, Eng., 1902.
—433, 1306, 1739.

Havergal, Frances Ridley.
b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1836; d. Swansea, Eng., 1879.
—326.

Hay, John.
b. Salem, Ind., 1838; d. 1905.
—1367.

Hayne, Paul Hamilton.
b. Charleston, S.C., 1831: d. 1886.
—2095.

Heber, Reginald.
b. Cheshire, Eng., 1783; d. Trichinopoly, India, 1826.
—501, 934, 1295.

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea.
b. Liverpool, Eng, 1793; d. Dublin, Ireland, 1835.
—496, 717, 907, 1683, 1776.

Herbert, George.
b. in Montgomery Castle, Wales, 1593; d. Bemerton, Wales, 1632.
—24, 199, 250, 602, 687, 784, 1083,
1145, 1348, 1467, 1842, 1849, 1963, 2073.

Herrick, Robert.
b. London, Eng., 1591; d. Dean Prior, Eng., 1674.
—11, 42, 280, 461, 699, 1697, 1791, 1872, 1914, 1978, 1985.

Heywood, Thomas.
b. Lincolnshire, Eng., 1570; d. 1649.
—28, 920.

Hogg, James.
b. Ettrick Forest, Scot., 1772; d. 1835.
—801.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell.
b. Cambridge, Mass., 1809; d. 1894.
—233, 618, 649, 929, 1241, 1307, 1314, 1440, 1547, 1550, 1800.

Home, John.
b. Ancrum, Scot., 1724; d. 1808.
—265.

Hood, Thomas.
b. London, Eng., 1798-9; d. London, Eng., 1845.
—131, 229, 298, 463, 533, 583, 867, 1208, 1282, 1414, 1438,
1472, 1652, 1695, 1788, 1904.

Hopkinson, Joseph.
b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1770; d. 1842.
—976.

Howe, Julia Ward.
b. New York, 1819;....
—320.

Hunt, Helen [Mrs. Jackson].
b. Amherst, Mass., 1831; d. San Francisco, Cal., 1885.
—130, 1156, 1167.

Hunt, James Henry Leigh.
b. Southgate, near London, Eng., 1784; d. 1859.
—1613.

Hutchinson, Ellen Mackay.
—1640.


Ingelow, Jean.
b. Ipswich Eng., 1830; d. 1897.
—9, 180, 669, 1121, 1760, 2134.


Jefferys, Charles.
b. 1807; d. 1865.
—231, 245.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel.
b. Lichfield, Eng., 1709; d. London, Eng., 1784.
—132, 580, 590, 768, 815, 857, 945, 965, 989,
1003, 1111, 1940, 2037.

Jones, Sir William.
b. London, Eng., 1746; d. India, 1794.
—1064, 1322.

Jonson, Ben.
b. London, Eng., 1573-4; d. London, Eng., 1637.
—267, 548, 828, 1016, 1102, 1210, 1508, 1616, 1658, 1986.


Keats, John.
b. London, Eng., 1795; d. Rome, Italy, 1821.
—127, 159, 919, 1130, 1236, 1267, 1352, 1433, 1535, 1730, 1969.

Keble, John.
b. Coln-St.-Aldwynds, Eng., circa 1792; d. Bournemouth, Eng., 1866.
—1298.

Kemble, Frances Anne.
b. London, Eng., 1811; d. 1893.
—248.

Kingsley, Charles.
b. Devonshire, Eng., 1819; d. Eversley, Eng., 1875.
—15, 277, 290, 348, 516, 785, 823, 1031, 1161, 1360,
1519, 2105.

Kipling, Rudyard.
b. Bombay, India, 1865;....
—744, 2093.


Lamb, Charles.
b. London, Eng., 1775; d. London, Eng., 1834.
—311.

Landor, Walter Savage.
b. Ipsley Court, Warwickshire, Eng., 1775; d. Florence, Italy, 1864.
—263, 688.

Landsdowne, Lord [George Granville].
b. Bideford, Eng., 1667; d. London, Eng., 1735.
—835.

Larcom, Lucy.
b. Beverly Farms, Mass., 1826, d. 1893.
—840.

Lee, Nathaniel.
b. England, 1655; d. London, Eng., 1692.
—844.

Linley, George.
b. London, Eng., 1798; d. France, 1865.
—7, 1178.

Lofft, Capel.
b. London, Eng., 1751, d. France, 1824.
—53.

Logan, John.
b. Soutra, Scot., 1748, d. 1788.
—366.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.
b. Portland, Me., 1807, d. Cambridge, Mass., 1882.
—110, 141, 150, 177, 307, 321, 499, 632, 654, 738, 742, 780,
796, 942, 948, 1017, 1045, 1055, 1074, 1089, 1261, 1302, 1311,
1316, 1427, 1551, 1603, 1633, 1734, 1806, 1831, 1887, 1889,
2026, 2053, 2112, 2135.

Lovelace, Richard.
b. Woolwich, Eng., 1618; d. London, Eng., 1658.
—144, 1384.

Lover, Samuel.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1797; d. 1868.
—1483.

Lowe, John.
b. 1750; d. 1798.
—1217.

Lowell, James Russell.
b. Cambridge, Mass., 1819; d. 1891.
—304, 323, 335, 391, 503, 514, 611, 635, 810, 1012, 1054,
1226, 1420, 1923, 1970, 2088.

Lowell, Maria White.
b. Watertown, Mass., 1821; d. 1853.
—1981.

Lowth, Robert.
b. Winchester, Eng., 1710; d. 1787.
—1403.

Lyly, John.
b. Kent Eng., circa 1553; d. circa 1600.
—2060.


Macaulay, Thomas Babington.
b. Rothley Temple, Eng., 1800; d. Kensington, London, Eng., 1859.
—495.

Macdonald, George.
b. Huntley, Scot., 1824; d. 1905.
—2054.

Marlowe, Christopher.
b. Canterbury, Eng., 1565; d. Deptford, Eng., 1593.
—213, 1511, 1518, 1670.

Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis].
b. Bilbilis, Spain, 43; d. Bilbilis, Spain, 104.
—505.

Massinger, Philip.
b. near Wilton, Eng., 1584; d. on the Bankside, 1639-40.
—1411, 1817.

Mee, William.
—675.

"Meredith, Owen" [Lord Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton],
b. Herts, Eng, 1831; d. 1891.
—225, 540, 645, 866, 981, 1000, 1127, 1245, 1491, 1900, 2102.

Mickle, William Julius.
b. Dumfriesshire, Scot., 1734; d. 1788.
—946.

Middleton, Thomas.
d. 1626.
—16, 134, 1502.

Miller, "Joaquin" Cincinnatus Hiner.
b. Indiana, 1840;....
—371, 477, 647, 1030, 1185, 1828.

Milnes, Richard Monckton [Lord Houghton].
b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1809; d. 1885.
—890, 2041.

Milton, John.
b. London, Eng., 1608; d. London, Eng., 1674.
—1, 4, 18, 68, 77, 78, 80, 90, 112, 117, 120, 157, 170,
186, 187, 207, 275, 284, 288, 300, 312, 336, 356, 360, 373,
381, 383, 387, 397, 416, 429, 441, 445, 456, 468, 492, 515,
518, 520, 526, 539, 551, 563, 576, 595, 597, 600, 607, 608,
610, 628, 631, 634, 652, 667, 696, 701, 711, 712, 735, 740,
770, 797, 802, 804, 809, 847, 877, 880, 892, 895, 896, 931,
935, 956, 982, 991, 1001, 1018, 1025, 1037, 1052, 1057, 1060,
1077, 1081, 1085, 1094, 1100, 1160, 1169, 1173, 1184, 1187,
1192, 1213, 1215, 1220, 1248, 1255, 1260, 1287, 1310, 1320,
1325, 1331, 1371, 1380, 1397, 1399, 1402, 1406, 1421, 1439,
1447, 1454, 1494, 1497, 1500, 1505, 1509, 1512, 1525, 1569,
1597, 1611, 1612, 1628, 1650, 1654, 1660, 1661, 1665, 1693,
1740, 1758, 1777, 1783, 1840,
1844, 1873, 1906, 1908, 1919, 1936, 1949, 1975, 1999, 2013,
2015, 2020, 2034, 2035, 2038, 2046, 2069, 2084, 2097, 2100,
2108, 2138.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley.
b. London, Eng., circa 1690; d. London, Eng., 1762.
—585.

Montgomery, James.
b. Irvine, Scot., 1771; d. Sheffield, Eng., 1854.
—232, 1008, 1258, 1582.

Moore, Clement C.
b. New York, 1779; d. 1863.
—328.

Moore, Thomas.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1779, d. near Devizes, Eng., 1852.
—171, 221, 314, 436, 481, 547, 554, 655, 805, 812, 872,
1113, 1646, 1743, 1757, 1824, 1834, 1941, 2109.

More, Hannah.
b. Stapleton, Eng., 1745; d. Clifton, Eng., 1833.
—660, 859, 1638, 1955.

Morris, Charles.
b. 1739; d. 1832.
—212.

Morris, George P.
b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1802; d. New York City, 1864.
—2096.


Nairne, Lady Caroline Oliphant.
b. Gask, Perthshire, Scot., 1766; d. Gask, 1845.
—1058.

Noel, Thomas.
—202.

Norris, John.
b. Wiltshire, Eng., 1657; d. 1711.
—95.


O'Hara, Theodore.
b. 1820; d. 1867.
—181.

Otway, Thomas.
b. Tottington, Eng., 1651; d. London, Eng., 1685.
—2085.


Parnell, Thomas.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1679; d. Chester, Eng., 1717-18.
—1125, 2057.

Payne, John Howard.
b. New York City, 1792; d. Tunis, Africa, 1852.
—916.

Peele, George.
b. Devonshire, Eng., 1552-58; d. 1598.
—1846.

Percival, James Gates.
b. Berlin, Conn., 1795; d. Hazelgreen, Wis., 1856.
—727, 1049.

Percy, Bishop Thomas.
b. Bridgenorth, Eng., 1728; d. Drosnore, Eng., 1811.
—343, 2051.

Pierpont, John.
b. Litchfield, Conn., 1785; d. 1866.
—

2050.

"Pindar, Peter" [Dr. John Walcot].
b. Dodbrook, Eng., 1738; d. Somers' Town, Eng., 1819.
—269.

Pitt, William.
b. Hayes, near Bromley, Eng., 1759; d. 1806.
—1680.

Poe, Edgar Allan.
b. Boston, Mass., 1809; d. Baltimore, Md., 1849.
—173, 1531.

Pollock, Robert.
b. Eaglesham, Scot., 1799; d. Shirley Common, Eng., 1827.
—957, 1721.

Pope, Alexander.
b. London, Eng., 1688; d. Twickenham, Eng., 1744.
—2, 8, 45, 64, 70, 73, 82, 83, 93, 108, 122,
123, 136, 162, 188, 219, 260, 262, 276, 285, 289, 294, 299, 308, 329,
358, 398, 402, 409, 411, 430, 432, 435, 440, 452, 464, 478, 507, 544,
589, 609, 621, 643, 663, 668, 671, 682, 683, 685, 731, 737, 745, 767,
811, 829, 831, 855, 869, 886, 897, 902, 905, 922, 926, 932, 943, 950,
1038, 1047, 1048, 1061, 1067, 1092, 1146, 1152, 1182, 1195,
1197, 1218, 1238, 1250, 1263, 1266, 1280, 1288, 1329, 1356,
1364, 1369, 1392, 1400, 1413, 1417, 1418, 1423, 1441, 1444,
1459, 1474, 1482, 1485, 1492, 1514, 1517, 1542, 1543, 1548,
1558, 1564, 1574, 1592, 1618, 1623, 1631, 1636, 1645, 1725,
1765, 1766, 1775, 1803, 1837, 1863, 1974, 1989, 1995, 1996,
2000, 2014, 2058, 2067, 2087, 2113, 2115, 2117, 2123, 2127.

Pope, Dr. Walter.
b. circa 1630; d. 1714.
—1624.

Porteus, Beilby.
b. York, Eng., 1731; d. 1808.
—438.

Praed, Winthrop Macworth.
b. London, Eng., 1802; d. London, Eng., 1839.
—137, 1132.

Preston, Margaret Junkin.
b. Lexington, Va., 1635; d. 1897.
—911, 1292, 1954.

Prior, Matthew.
b. near Wimborne-Minster, Eng., 1664; d. Wimpole, Eng., 1721.
—69, 623, 962, 990, 1126, 1859.

Procter, Bryan Waller ["Barry Cornwall"].
b. London, Eng., 1787; d. 1874.
—1244, 1606.


Rabelais, Francois.
b. Chinon, France, 1488-95; d. Paris, France, 1553.
—546.

Raleigh, Sir Walter.
b. Budleigh, Eng., 1552; d. London, Eng., 1618.
—1305, 1691.

Read, Thomas Buchanan.
b. Chester, Penn., 1822; d. New York City, 1872.
—1796.

Rochester, Earl of [John Wilmot].
b. Ditchley, Eng., 1647; d. 1680.
—736.

Rogers, Samuel.
b. Stoke Newington. Eng., 1763; d. London, Eng., 1855.
—1172, 1175, 1240, 1546.

Roscommon, Earl of [Wentworth Dillon].
b. Ireland, 1633; d. London, Eng., 1684.
—512.

Rossetti, Christina Georgiana.
b. London, Eng., 1830; d. 1894.
—347, 726, 949, 1536, 1692.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.
b. London, Eng., 1828; d. London, Eng., 1882.
—1029, 1171.

Rowe, Nicholas.
b. Little Barford, Eng., 1673-74; d. London, Eng., 1718.
—1199, 2077.

Ruskin, John.
b. London, Eng., 1819; d. 1900.
—121, 1265, 1278, 1671.


Salis, J.G. von.
b. 1762; d. 1834.
—194.

Sargent, Epes.
b. Gloucester, Mass., 1812; d. 1881.
—2033.

Savage, Richard.
b. London, Eng., 1698; d. 1743.
—1424.

Saxe, John Godfrey.
b. Highgate, Vt., 1816; d. 1887.
—210, 861.

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von.
b. Marbach, Ger., 1759; d. Weimar, Ger., 1805.
—109, 497, 1007, 1273, 1477, 1629, 1712, 1915, 1927, 2083.

Scott, Sir Walter.
b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1771; d. Abbotsford, Scot., 1832.
—327, 509, 535, 702, 732, 826, 893, 1050,
1051, 1103, 1134, 1214, 1436, 1501, 1524, 1622, 1669, 1732,
1874, 2090.

Sedley, Charles.
b. Kent, Eng., 1639; d. 1701.
—291.

Shakespeare, William.
b. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1564; d. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1616.
—3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 37, 38, 41, 46,
47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 66, 67, 72, 74, 75, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 94, 96,
97, 99, 101, 111, 113, 114, 118, 119, 126, 138, 139, 140, 145, 152,
154, 155, 156, 165, 167, 168, 182, 190, 195, 197, 200, 201, 203, 211,
214, 215, 217, 220, 223, 224, 228, 235, 237, 241, 243, 253, 254, 255,
257, 259, 261, 266, 271, 272, 273, 278, 279, 283, 286, 287, 293, 295,
297, 306, 316, 318, 332, 334, 350, 353, 355, 361, 362, 367, 370, 372,
374, 375, 376, 377, 380, 386, 389, 390, 392, 394, 396, 399, 400, 410,
414, 415, 417, 418, 422, 424, 425, 426, 437, 439, 444, 446, 447, 453,
454, 455, 457, 458, 459, 462, 471, 472, 475, 480, 482, 483, 488, 489,
490, 491, 508, 513, 521, 524, 528, 529, 542, 543, 545, 550, 557, 558,
560, 564, 565, 567, 568, 569, 573, 575, 577, 578, 579, 581, 587, 601,
603, 616, 617, 636, 638, 641, 644, 653, 657, 659, 665, 666, 673, 674,
678, 679, 684, 686, 689, 690, 691, 692, 705, 709, 718, 722, 724, 750,
753, 754, 755, 763, 764, 774, 777, 792, 794, 795, 798, 800, 803, 808,

816, 818, 821, 824, 825, 827, 830, 838, 839, 845, 846, 853, 854, 856,
870, 873, 876, 885, 891, 894, 909, 921, 923, 924, 930, 938, 939, 940,
941, 955, 961, 966, 973, 977, 983, 984, 985, 988, 999, 1002, 1004,
1009, 1010, 1013, 1015, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1023, 1026, 1027, 1033, 1034,
1043, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1068, 1071, 1072, 1076, 1082, 1084, 1098, 1099,
1104, 1108, 1112, 1118, 1119, 1139, 1140, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1151, 1153,
1157, 1158, 1164, 1165, 1170, 1176, 1180, 1183, 1191, 1194, 1196, 1198,
1200, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207, 1212, 1219, 1225, 1233, 1235, 1242,
1247, 1254, 1259, 1269, 1270, 1272, 1274, 1279, 1281, 1283, 1285, 1286,
1289, 1290, 1291, 1301, 1308, 1309, 1317, 1318, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1332,
1333, 1338, 1341, 1342, 1357, 1359, 1361, 1368, 1370, 1378, 1386, 1388,
1389, 1396, 1398, 1408, 1409, 1415, 1422, 1426, 1430, 1443, 1448, 1451,
1456, 1458, 1463, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1476, 1484, 1486, 1488, 1489, 1490,
1499, 1521, 1527, 1528, 1532, 1533, 1544, 1552, 1555, 1565, 1566, 1567,
1572, 1578, 1579, 1581, 1586, 1587, 1590, 1594, 1595, 1598, 1605, 1614,
1615, 1619, 1626, 1630, 1635, 1641, 1643, 1644, 1649, 1653, 1656, 1662,
1664, 1674, 1681, 1684, 1685, 1689, 1690, 1696, 1698, 1700, 1701, 1706,
1707, 1708, 1714, 1720, 1722, 1726, 1727, 1738, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1754,
1755, 1762, 1768, 1769, 1778, 1782, 1789, 1790, 1797, 1798, 1801, 1802,
1804, 1805, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1816, 1820, 1829, 1835, 1838, 1841, 1843,
1845, 1848, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1866,1869, 1870, 1871, 1879, 1881,
1885, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1905, 1907, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1958, 1959, 1961,
1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2027, 2030,
2036, 2039, 2040, 2044, 2045, 2052, 2061, 2066, 2070, 2078, 2082, 2098,
2099, 2106, 2107, 2111, 2114, 2116, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2126, 2130, 2132,
2133, 2137.

Sheffield, John. [Duke of Buckinghamshire].
b. 1649; d. 1720.
—918, 2122.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.
b. near Horsham, Eng., 1792, drowned in the Gulf of Spezia, Italy, 1822.
—442, 502, 538, 596, 633, 899, 1024, 1294, 1363, 1503,
1823, 1928, 1991, 2008.

Shenstone, William.
b. Leasowes, Eng., 1714; d. Leasowes, Eng. 1763.
—987, 1736.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1751; d. London. Eng., 1816.
—2121.

Shirley, James.
b. London, Eng, 1594; d. London, Eng., 1666.
—23.

Sidney, Sir Philip.
b. Penshurst, Eng., 1554; d. Arnheim, Holland, 1586.
—1728.

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley.
b. Norwich, Conn., 1791; d. Hartford, Conn., 1863.
—1253.

Smith, Alexander.
b. Kilmarnock, Scot., 1830; d. Wardie, Scot., 1867.
—572, 1163, 1429.

Smith, James.
b. London, Eng., 1775; d. London, Eng., 1839.
—1676.

Smith, Samuel Francis.
b. Boston, Mass., 1808; d. 1895.
—1315.

Smollett, Tobias George.
b. near Renton, Eng., 1721; d. Leghorn, Italy, 1771.
—975.

Southey, Robert.
b. Bristol, Eng., 1774; d. Cumberland, Eng., 1843.
—147, 974, 2002.

Spenser, Edmund.
b. London, Eng., 1553; d. London, Eng., 1599.
—125, 302, 421, 510, 555, 998, 1011, 1120, 1181, 1224,
1264, 1540, 1719, 1882.

Sprague, Charles.
b. Boston, Mass., 1791; d. Boston, Mass., 1875.
—1249.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence.
b. Hartford, Conn., 1833;....
—296, 625, 1639.

Stevens, George Alexander.
b. London, Eng., 1720; d. 1784.
—1554.

Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.
b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1850; d. Island of Samoa, 1894.
—106, 183, 258, 915, 1257, 1319, 2065.

Stoddard, Richard Henry.
b. Hingham, Mass, 1825; d. 1903.
—84, 128, 310, 741, 1101, 1539.

Story, Joseph.
b. Marblehead, Mass., 1779; d. Cambridge, Mass., 1845.
—1377.

Suckling, Sir John.
b. Whitton, Eng., 1608-9; d. Paris, France, 1641-2.
—467, 640, 1122.

Swift, Jonathan.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1667; d. Dublin, Ireland, 1745.
—719, 721, 903, 1005.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles.
b. Holmwood, Eng., 1837;....
—1097.


Taylor, Bayard.
b. Kennett Sq., Penn., 1825; d. Berlin, Ger., 1878.
—476, 1044, 1088, 1813, 1888, 2068.

Taylor, Sir Henry.
b. Durham, Eng., 1800; d. 1886.
—449.

Taylor, Jane.
b. London, Eng., 1783; d. Ongar, Essexshire, 1824.
—1189.

Tennyson, Alfred.
b. Somersby, Eng., 1810; d. 1892.
—151, 166, 172, 246, 292, 319, 325, 333, 338, 584, 606, 626, 630, 648,
661, 779, 820, 881, 900, 927, 953, 1032, 1040, 1093, 1117, 1128,
1293, 1374, 1387, 1461, 1462, 1607, 1699, 1711,

1771, 1786,
1826, 1876, 1902, 2131.

Thaxter, Celia Leighton.
b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1835; d. 1894.
—1976.

Thomas, Frederick William.
b. Providence, R.I., 1811; d. 1866.
—10.

Thomson, James.
b. Ednam, Scot., 1700; d. Kew, Eng., 1748.
—36, 339, 522, 622, 693, 752, 913, 951, 959, 1206, 1343,
1479, 1480, 1545, 1780, 1785, 1787, 1827, 1839, 1883, 1971, 2062.

Tickell, Thomas.
b. near Carlisle, Eng., 1686; d. Bath, Eng., 1740.
—1560.

Tobin, John.
b. Salisbury, Eng., 1770; d. 1804.
—427.

Toplady, Augustus Montague.
b. Surrey, Eng., 1640; d. 1778.
—1523.

Trumbull, John.
b. Lebanon, Conn., 1750; d. New York City, 1831.
—864.

Tupper, Martin Farquhar.
b. London, Eng., 1810; d. 1889.
—1513, 1922.

Tusser, Thomas.
b. Rivenhall, Eng., 1515-23; d. London, Eng., 1580.
—324.


Usteri, Johann Martin.
b. Zurich, Switzerland, 1763; d. 1827.
—1898.


Vaughan, Henry.
b. Brecknockshire, Wales, 1621; d. 1695.
—706, 1148, 1464, 1952.


Wade, J.A.
b. 1800; d. 1875.
—1856.

Waller, Edmund.
b. Coleshill, Eng., 1605; d. Beaconsfield, Eng., 1687.
—63, 81, 230, 852, 1657.

Walton, Izaak.
b. Stafford, Eng., 1593; d. 1683.
—1457.

Warton, Thomas.
b. Basingstoke, Eng., 1728; d. 1790.
—92.

Watts, Isaac.
b. South Hampton, Eng., 1674; d. Theobalds, Eng., 1748.
—672, 882, 1223, 1559, 1570, 1737, 1972, 2021.

Webster, John.
b. circa 1570; d. 1638.
—1066, 1795.

White, Henry Kirke.
b. Nottingham, Eng., 1785; d. Cambridge, Eng., 1806.
—268, 401.

Whitman, Walt.
b. Long Island, N.Y., 1819; d. 1892.
—264.

Whittier, John Greenleaf.
b. Haverhill, Mass., 1807; d. 1892.
—532, 637, 760, 772, 1149, 1177, 1252, 1355, 1376, 1966.

Willis, Nathaniel Parker.
b. Portland, Me., 1807; d. Idlewild, N.Y., 1867.
—1135, 2048.

Winter, William.
b. Gloucester, Mass., 1836;....
—76.

Wither, George.
b. Brentworth, Eng., 1588; d. London, Eng., 1667.
—270, 2076.

Wolfe, Charles.
b. Dublin, Ireland, 1791; d. Cove of Cork, 1823.
—2028.

Woodworth, Samuel.
b. Scituate, Mass., 1785; d. New York City, 1842.
—244.

Wordsworth, William.
b. Cockermouth, Eng., 1770; d. Rydal Mount, Eng., 1850.
—34, 61, 163, 174, 178, 206, 256, 274, 301, 309, 473, 487, 523, 527,
571, 593, 662, 743, 757, 769, 806, 822, 834, 917, 937, 947, 958, 968,
970, 1022, 1042, 1096, 1186, 1324, 1353, 1366, 1381, 1432, 1446,
1453, 1520, 1526, 1530, 1627, 1632, 1634, 1666, 1753, 1767,
1774, 1781, 1784, 1807, 1815, 1875, 1953, 2007, 2124.

Wotton, Sir Henry.
b. Boughton Malherbe, Eng., 1568; d. Eaton, Eng., 1639.
—1116, 1715.


Young, Edward.
b. Upham, Eng., 1684; d. Welwyn, Eng., 1765.
—48, 57, 115, 179, 184, 363, 404, 434, 494, 525, 561, 980, 1070,
1385, 1410, 1455, 1465, 1471, 1602, 1729, 1763, 1810, 1860,
1868, 1918, 1956, 2071, 2079.

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