Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation.

Selected Contents by Theme xi Alphabetical List of Authors xxi Chronology of Events and Poetic Landmarks xxii Introduction xxv Preface to Third Edition xxvii Preface to Second Edition xxix Editorial Procedures xxx Text xxxi Acknowledgements xxxii John Pomfret (1667–1702) 1 The Choice 1 John Philips (1676–1709) 6 The Splendid Shilling 6 Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670–1723) 11 The Liberty 11 On my leaving London 13 To One who said I must not Love 14 The Emulation 15 Isaac Watts (1674–1748) 17 The Adventurous Muse 17 Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) 20 A Winter-Piece 20 Anne Finch (1661–1720) 22 The Spleen 22 Upon the Hurricane 26 A Nocturnal Rêverie 33 The Tree 35 To the Nightingale 36 A Sigh 37 To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters 37 Glass 38 The Agreeable 39 To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40 John Gay (1685–1732) 42 Friday; or, The Dirge 43 Trivia, Book II 47 The Man and the Flea 62 Thomas Parnell (1679–1718) 64 An Elegy, To an Old Beauty 64 A Night-Piece on Death 66 Oft have I read 68 Matthew Prior (1664–1721) 70 For His own Epitaph 71 An Epitaph 72 The Lady’s Looking-Glass 73 Non Pareil 74 On a Pretty Madwoman 75 True Statesmen 76 Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) 78 A Description of the Morning 79 A Description of a City Shower 80 Stella’s Birthday, 1719 81 Stella’s Birthday, 1721 82 Stella’s Birthday, 1727 84 A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86 The Lady’s Dressing Room 87 A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91 Strephon and Chloe 93 Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100 Alexander Pope (1688–1744) 114 Windsor-Forest 115 The Rape of the Lock 126 Eloisa to Abelard 145 To Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington 154 An Epistle to a Lady 160 The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167 An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172 An Essay on Man. Epistle I 183 The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) 204 Saturday. The Small-Pox 205 Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 208 Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210 The Lover: A Ballad 213 An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214 Verses Address’d to the Imitator of Horace (with Lord Hervey) 216 The Dean’s Provocation for Writing the Lady’s Dressing-Room 219 Verses on Self-Murder 222 A Hymn to the Moon 223 Aaron Hill (1685–1750) 224 Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224 Whitehall Stairs 226 The Singing-Bird 227 Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229 Richard Savage (c.1697–1743) 231 The Bastard 231 Unconstant 234 Martha Fowke (1689–1736) 236 The Innocent Inconstant 236 The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237 On Lady Chudleigh 238 Clio’s Picture 239 On being charged with Writing incorrectly 241 A Letter to my Love.—All alone, past 12, in the Dumps 242 James Thomson (1700–1748) 245 Winter. A Poem (1726) 246 Spring 256 John Dyer (1699–1757) 283 Grongar Hill 283 The Fleece, Book III 287 Stephen Duck (1705?–1756) 304 The Thresher’s Labour 305 Mary Collier (1688?–1762) 312 The Woman’s Labour 312 Sarah Dixon (1671–1765) 318 Strephon to the River 318 The Return’d Heart 319 To the Muse 319 From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321 Lines Occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323 Mary Barber (c.1685–1755) 324 To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription 324 Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328 The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330 Mehetabel Wright (1697–1750) 332 To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332 Wedlock: A Satire 333 Address to Her Husband 334 Anne Ingram (c.1696–1764) 337 An Epistle to Mr Pope. By a Lady. Occasioned by his Characters of Women 337 viii Contents (Short Titles) Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) 341 London 341 The Vanity of Human Wishes 350 On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359 Mary Jones (1707–1778) 361 An Epistle To Lady Bowyer 361 Of Desire. An Epistle to the Hon. Miss Lovelace 364 Elegy, On a favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368 After the Small Pox 370 Mary Leapor (1722–1746) 372 Dorinda at Her Glass 372 An Epistle to a Lady 375 The Enquiry 377 Man the Monarch 379 An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Upon her Play being returned to her, stained with Claret 385 Crumble-Hall 386 Mira’s Picture 391 Soto. A Character 393 Mark Akenside (1721–1770) 395 The Pleasures of Imagination, 1744, Book I 395 Thomas Gray (1716–1771) 412 Ode on the Spring 413 Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414 Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417 Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419 The Progress of Poesy 423 The Bard 428 William Collins (1721–1759) 433 A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433 Ode on the Poetical Character 435 Ode to Fear 437 Ode to Evening 440 Ode to Liberty 441 The Passions. An Ode for Music 446 Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449 Joseph Warton (1722–1800) 452 The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452 Ode to Evening 459 The Dying Indian 460 Thomas Warton (1728–1790) 462 The Pleasures of Melancholy 462 Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470 Sonnet: To the River Lodon 472 Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse, over the butcher’s shambles 473 Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474 Robert Lloyd (1733–1764) 478 The Cit’s Country Box 478 Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 482 Charles Churchill (1731–1764) 487 Night 487 Christopher Smart (1722–1771) 497 ‘My Cat Jeoffry’ 498 A Song to David 500 On a Bed of Guernsey Lilies 517 James Macpherson (1736–1796) 519 Fragments of Ancient Poetry: 7 and 8 519 Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) 523 Mynstrelles Songe 523 ‘Stay, curyous traveller’ 525 An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526 Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) 530 The Deserted Village 530 George Crabbe (1754–1832) 541 The Village, Book I 541 Ann Yearsley (1753–1806) 550 To Stella; on a Visit to Mrs Montagu 551 On Mrs Montagu 552 Clifton Hill 554 To Indifference 561 To Mr ****, an Unlettered Poet 562 Robert Burns (1759–1796) 565 The Rigs o’ Barley 566 To a Mouse 567 To a Louse 568 Holy Willie’s Prayer 570 Tam o’ Shanter 573 A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578 Anna Seward (1742–1809) 581 Sonnet. To Honora Sneyd 581 Sonnet. To the Poppy 582 Colebrooke Dale 582 Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825) 586 Corsica 586 The Mouse’s Petition 592 A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594 To Mr Barbauld 597 The Rights of Woman 598 To a little invisible Being 599 Washing-Day 600 To Mr Coleridge 603 William Cowper (1731–1800) 605 ‘Hatred and Vengeance’ 606 The Poplar-Field 606 Epitaph on a Hare 607 The Task, Book I 609 The Negro’s Complaint 627 Yardley Oak 629 On the Ice-islands 634 The Cast-away 635 Mary Robinson (1758–1800) 638 London’s Summer Morning 638 The Poet’s Garret 639 The Birth-day 641 Bibliography 644 Index of Titles and First Lines 650 Selected Contents by Theme 1 WOMEN’S ROLE IN SOCIETY Sarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11 The Emulation 15 Anne Finch, The Spleen 22 To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock 126 An Epistle to a Lady 160 Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238 Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312 Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330 Anne Ingram, An Epistle to Mr Pope 337 Mary Jones, Of Desire 364 Mary Leapor, Man the Monarch 379 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Rights of Woman 598 Washing-Day 600 2 BEAUTY AND VANITY Anne Finch, The Agreeable 39 Thomas Parnell, An Elegy, To an Old Beauty 64 Jonathan Swift, Stella’s Birthday, 1719 81 Stella’s Birthday, 1721 82 The Lady’s Dressing Room 87 A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91 Strephon and Chloe, 1–38 93 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, 1:121–48, 2:1–28 126 An Epistle to a Lady 160 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Saturday. The Small-Pox 205 Martha Fowke, Clio’s Picture 239 Anne Ingram, An Epistle to Mr Pope 337 Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 319–44 350 Mary Jones, After the Small Pox 370 Mary Leapor, Dorinda at Her Glass 372 Mira’s Picture 391 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:271–387 395 Robert Burns, To a Louse 568 Anna Seward, Sonnet. To the Poppy 582 3 LOVE AND COURTSHIP Sarah Fyge Egerton, To One who said I must not Love 14 Anne Finch, A Sigh 37 Matthew Prior, The Lady’s Looking-Glass 73 Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 210 The Lover: A Ballad 213 Aaron Hill, Whitehall Stairs 226 Richard Savage, Unconstant 234 Martha Fowke, The Innocent Inconstant 236 A Letter to my Love 242 James Thomson, Spring, 582–630, 983–1112 256 Sarah Dixon, Strephon to the River 318 The Return’d Heart 319 From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321 Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323 Robert Burns, The Rigs o’ Barley 566 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Barbauld 597 4 MARRIAGE Matthew Prior, An Epitaph 72 Jonathan Swift, Strephon and Chloe 93 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210 Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229 James Thomson, Spring, 1113–76. 256 Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330 Mehetabel Wright, Wedlock: A Satire 333 Address to Her Husband 334 Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Barbauld 597 5 MOTHERS AND CHILDREN Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour, 105–20 312 Mary Barber, Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328 The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330 Mehetabel Wright, To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 67–92 554 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To a little invisible Being 599 Washing-Day 600 6 HUMANS AND ANIMALS Anne Finch, To the Nightingale 36 John Gay, The Man and the Flea 62 Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest, 43–164 115 An Essay on Man, 1:77–90, 173–246 183 Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227 James Thomson, Winter. A Poem, 216–52 246 Spring, 336–442 256 Mary Jones, Elegy, On a Favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368 Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417 Thomas Warton, Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse 473 Christopher Smart, ‘my Cat Jeoffry’ 498 Robert Burns, To a Mouse 567 To a Louse 568 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Mouse’s Petition 592 William Cowper, Epitaph on a Hare 607 Selected Contents by Theme xiii 7 THE NATURAL WORLD Ambrose Philips, A Winter-Piece 20 Anne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26 A Nocturnal Rêverie 33 The Tree 35 Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115 James Thomson, Winter. A Poem 246 Spring 256 John Dyer, Grongar Hill 283 Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377 Thomas Gray, Ode on the Spring 413 William Collins, Ode to Evening 440 Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452 Ode to Evening 459 Thomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470 Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill 554 Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 582 William Cowper, The Poplar-Field 606 The Task, 1:103–454 609 Yardley Oak 629 On the Ice-islands 634 8 URBAN LIFE John Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6 John Gay, Trivia, Book II 47 Jonathan Swift, A Description of the Morning 79 A Description of a City Shower 80 Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Saturday. The Small-Pox 205 Aaron Hill, Whitehall Stairs 226 John Dyer, The Fleece, 3:224–348 287 Samuel Johnson, London 341 Thomas Warton, Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse 473 Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale, 44–73 582 William Cowper, The Task, 1:678–774 609 Mary Robinson, London’s Summer Morning 638 The Poet’s Garret 639 The Birth-day 641 9 HOUSES AND GARDENS John Pomfret, The Choice 1 Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214 James Thomson, Spring, 904–62 256 Samuel Johnson, London, 194–223 341 Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386 Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478 William Cowper, The Task, 1:210–51 609 10 RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR John Gay, Friday; or, The Dirge 43 Thomas Parnell, Oft have I read 68 Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237 John Dyer, The Fleece, Book III 287 Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305 Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312 Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386 Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530 George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill 554 Robert Burns, To a Mouse 567 11 SOCIAL CHANGE Anne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26 Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386 Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530 George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541 Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526 Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578 Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 582 William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 627 Mary Robinson, The Birth-day 641 12 NOCTURNAL MEDITATION Anne Finch, A Nocturnal Rêverie 33 Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66 Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, A Hymn to the Moon 223 Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242 Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419 William Collins, Ode to Evening 440 Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature, 200–32 452 Ode to Evening 459 Thomas Warton, The Pleasures of Melancholy 462 Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470 Charles Churchill, Night 487 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594 13 THE ROLE OF THE POET Isaac Watts, The Adventurous Muse 17 Anne Finch, To the Nightingale 36 To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40 Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100 Selected Contents by Theme xv Alexander Pope, The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167 An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172 The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses Address’d to the Imitator of Horace 216 Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227 Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238 On being charged with Writing incorrectly 241 Sarah Dixon, To the Muse 319 Mary Barber, To a Lady 324 Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy 423 The Bard 428 William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435 Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449 Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452 Robert Lloyd, Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 482 Ann Yearsley, To Mr ****, an Unlettered Poet 562 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Coleridge 603 Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 639 14 LITERARY PATRONAGE AND THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIP John Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6 Alexander Pope, The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167 An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172 The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192 Mary Barber, To a Lady 324 Samuel Johnson, London 341 The Vanity of Human Wishes, 73–90 350 Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361 Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Upon her Play being returned to her, stained with Claret 385 Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 639 15 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11 On my leaving London 13 To One who said I must not Love 14 Anne Finch, The Spleen 22 Matthew Prior, For His own Epitaph 71 Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100 Alexander Pope, An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses on Self-Murder 222 Richard Savage, The Bastard 231 Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242 Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305 Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312 Sarah Dixon, To the Muse 319 Mehetabel Wright, Address to Her Husband 334 Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361 Mary Leapor, An Epistle to a Lady 375 An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Mira’s Picture 391 Thomas Gray, Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414 Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419 Thomas Warton, Sonnet: To the River Lodon 472 Ann Yearsley, To Stella; on a Visit to Mrs Montagu 551 On Mrs Montagu 552 To Indifference 561 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Washing-Day 600 William Cowper, The Task, 1:103–80 609 16 RECOVERING THE PAST Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115 Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229 John Dyer, Grongar Hill 283 Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386 Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415 The Progress of Poesy 423 The Bard 428 William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441 Thomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470 Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474 James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry: 7 and 8 519 Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523 ‘Stay, curyous traveller’ 525 An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530 Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 582 17 CONTEMPLATING DEATH John Gay, Friday; or, The Dirge 43 Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66 Matthew Prior, For His own Epitaph 71 An Epitaph 72 Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86 Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses on Self-Murder 222 Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229 Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238 Mehetabel Wright, To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332 Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes 350 On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359 Mary Jones, Elegy, On a Favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368 Thomas Gray, Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417 Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419 William Collins, A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433 Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449 Joseph Warton, The Dying Indian 460 Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 73–92 554 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Mouse’s Petition 592 William Cowper, ‘Hatred and vengeance’ 606 Epitaph on a Hare 607 The Cast-away 635 18 MADNESS Anne Finch, The Spleen 22 Matthew Prior, On a Pretty Madwoman 75 James Thomson, Spring, 1004–1112 256 William Collins, Ode to Fear 437 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 206–96 554 To Indifference 561 William Cowper, The Task, 1:534–56 609 19 VISIONS Isaac Watts, The Adventurous Muse 17 Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto IV 126 Eloisa to Abelard 145 Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224 Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242 James Thomson, Winter. A Poem, 253–300 246 Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:151–221 395 Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415 The Bard 428 William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435 Ode to Fear 437 The Passions. An Ode for Music 446 Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature, 180–252 452 Thomas Warton, The Pleasures of Melancholy 462 Christopher Smart, A Song to David 500 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594 To Mr Coleridge 603 20 THE IMAGINATION Anne Finch, The Spleen 22 Jonathan Swift, The Lady’s Dressing Room 87 Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229 James Thomson, Spring, 443–79 256 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, Book I 395 William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435 xviii Selected Contents by Theme Thomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470 Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474 21 LIBERTY Sarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11 Anne Finch, A Nocturnal Rêverie 33 Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227 Richard Savage, The Bastard 231 Sarah Dixon, Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323 Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415 William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441 Charles Churchill, Night 487 Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica 586 William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 627 22 GOD IN NATURE Anne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26 John Gay, The Man and the Flea 62 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I 183 James Thomson, Winter. A Poem 246 Spring, 556–71, 849–903 256 Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:56–78 395 Christopher Smart, A Song to David 500 On a Bed of Guernsey Lilies 517 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594 23 WEALTH AND POVERTY John Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6 Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154 Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237 Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305 Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312 Samuel Johnson, London 341 The Vanity of Human Wishes, 21–8 350 Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478 Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530 George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541 Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578 Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 639 The Birth-day 641 24 ART AND NATURE Anne Finch, Glass 38 Jonathan Swift, A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91 Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154 Selected Contents by Theme xix Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214 Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237 Clio’s Picture 239 Mary Barber, Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328 Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452 Thomas Warton, Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474 Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478 William Cowper, The Task, 1:409–35 609 25 PORTRAITS Anne Finch, The Agreeable 39 Matthew Prior, An Epitaph 72 Non Pareil 74 Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86 A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91 Verses on the Death of Dr Swift, 307–484 100 Alexander Pope, An Epistle to a Lady 160 An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 193–214, 305–33 172 The Dunciad, 1743, 1:107–46 192 Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224 Richard Savage, Unconstant 234 Martha Fowke, The Innocent Inconstant 236 On Lady Chudleigh 238 Clio’s Picture 239 Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 99–120, 191–222 350 On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359 Mary Jones, Of Desire, 35–118 364 Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Mira’s Picture 391 Soto. A Character 393 Christopher Smart, ‘My Cat Jeoffry’ 498 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, 189–218 530 George Crabbe, The Village, 1:184–227, 276–319 541 Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 206–96 554 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica, 107–32 586 William Cowper, The Task, 1:534–56, 633–77 609 26 MUSIC Anne Finch, To the Nightingale 36 Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:109–38 395 Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy 423 William Collins, The Passions. An Ode for Music 446 27 LETTERS Anne Finch, To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters 37 Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145 Epistle to Burlington 154 An Epistle to a Lady 160 xx Selected Contents by Theme Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 208 Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210 An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214 Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242 Sarah Dixon, From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321 Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323 Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330 Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361 Of Desire 364 Mary Leapor, An Epistle to a Lady 375 An Epistle to Artemisia 381 Robert Lloyd, Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 482 28 POLITICS, POWER, AND THE STATE Anne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26 Matthew Prior, True Statesmen 76 Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86 Verses on the Death of Dr Swift, 299–484 100 Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115 Samuel Johnson, London 341 Thomas Gray, The Bard 428 William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441 Charles Churchill, Night 487 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530 Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica 586 William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 627 29 LYRIC Anne Finch, A Sigh 37 Matthew Prior, Non Pareil 74 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, A Hymn to the Moon 223 William Collins, A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433 Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523 Robert Burns, The Rigs o’ Barley 566

Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology  presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation.  In the new edition, the editors reflect current interests with the inclusion of prominent poets such as Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Johnson, Gray, Burns, and Cowper,  alongside a generous selection of  less familiar poems, providing a variety of voices and new directions for research and learning. This edition includes 46 new poems including a greater number of works by women poets, such as Mary Barber, Mehetabel Wright, Anna Seward and Mary Robinson; poems reflecting new ecological approaches to 18th-century literature; and poems on the art of writing.  As with previous editions, the anthology is accessible and user-friendly, with generous head notes, full foot-of-page annotations, an expanded thematic index, and a visually appealing text design. Featuring both classic poems and fascinating new discoveries, the third edition of Eighteenth-Century Poetry offers a lively and nuanced understanding of this extraordinary period to a new generation of students.

Fairer and Gerrard s third edition of Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the one and only anthology to use when teaching 18 th-Century British Poetry. The selections are judicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditional canonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male and female. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative. Bravissimo! John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania

"This anthology has already set the standard for presenting eighteenth-century poetry as accessible, historically embedded, and relevant to contemporary debates. Its new edition continues in this tradition, with Fairer and Gerrard responding to and anticipating the newest conversations around gender, material and popular culture. Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is staying on my desk."—Christina Lupton, Warwick University "Fairer and Gerrard's third edition of Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the one and only anthology to use when teaching 18th-Century British Poetry. The selections are judicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditional canonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male and female. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative. Bravissimo!"—John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania