THE

SACRED POETS

OF

ENGLAND AND AMERICA,

FOR

THREE CENTURIES.

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EDITED BY RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

Ellustrated with Steel Engravings.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY.

PHILADELPHIA:

GEO. S. APPLETON, 164 CHESNUT STREET.

M DCCC XLIX.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848,

BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.