The Poet Laureates - Volume 1

Poet Laureates - An Introduction - Volume 1

John Skelton - An Introduction

Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale by John Skelton

A Prayer to the Father of Heaven by John Skelton

My Darling Dear, My Daisy Flower by John Skelton

Edmund Spenser - An Introduction

One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand by Edmund Spenser

Amoretti (Extract) By Edmund Spenser

Samuel Daniel - An Introduction

Fair Is My Love and Cruel as She's Fair by Samuel Daniel

Beauty, Time and Love by Samuel Daniel

Ben Jonson - An Introduction

On My First Son by Ben Jonson

The Forest Song to Celia by Ben Jonson

To Heaven by Ben Jonson

Sir William Davenant - An Introduction

To the Queen by William Davenant

A Song by William Davenant

Ladies in Arms by William Davenant

Morning Song by William Davenant

Praise and Prayer by William Davenant

To a Mistress Dying by William Davenant

John Dryden - An Introduction

Incantation to Oedipus by John Dryden

A Song for St Cecilia's Day by John Dryden

Hymn for St John's Eve the 29th June by John Dryden

Thomas Shadwell - An Introduction

Nymphs and Shepherds by Thomas Shadwell

Prepare Prepare by Thomas Shadwell

Dear Pretty Youth by Thomas Shadwell

Nahum Tate - An Introduction

Whilst Shepherds Watch'd by Nahum Tate

The Tea-Table by Nahum Tate

The Introduction by Nahum Tate

Nicholas Rowe - An Introduction

Collin's Complaint by Nicholas Rowe

Jane Shore (An Extract) By Nicholas Rowe

The Brave by Nicholas Rowe

Laurence Eusden - Intro

A Poem Inscribed to the Queen by Laurence Eusden

The Origin of the Knights of the Bath (Extract) By Laurence Eusden

Colley Cibber - An Introduction

The Blind Boy by Colley Cibber

William Whitehead - An Introduction

The Je Ne Sais Quoi by William Whitehead

The Youth and the Philsopher by William Whitehead

Thomas Warton - An Introduction

Solitude at an Inn by Thomas Warton

To the River Lodon by Thomas Warton

Ode to Sleep by Thomas Warton