THE

BEAUTIES

OF

ENGLISH POESY.

THE

BEAUTIES

OF

ENGLISH POESY.

SELECTED BY

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for WILLIAM GRIFFIN, in Catharine
Street in the Strand. 1767.

[P. 6s. B.]

PREFACE.

M

Y Bookseller having informed me that there was no collection of

English Poetry among us, of any estimation, I thought a few Hours spent in making a proper selection would not be ill bestowed. Compilations of this kind are chiefly designed for such as either want leisure, skill, or fortune, to choose for themselves; for persons whose professions turn them to different pursuits, or who, not yet arrived at fufficient maturity, require a guide to direct their application. To our youth, particularly, a publication

of