Chapter 1

CHAP.

I. ALEXANDER POPE 27

II. MATTHEW PRIOR--JOHN GAY--EDWARD YOUNG--ROBERT BLAIR--JAMES THOMSON 65

III. SIR SAMUEL GARTH--AMBROSE PHILIPS--JOHN PHILIPS--NICHOLAS ROWE--AARON HILL--THOMAS PARNELL--THOMAS TICKELL--WILLIAM SOMERVILLE--JOHN DYER--WILLIAM SHENSTONE--MARK AKENSIDE--DAVID MALLET--SCOTTISH SONG-WRITERS 96