Arnold, Morris, Swinburne, Allingham, Rossetti, Mac-
Donald, and others; as well as to those publishers who
have allowed me to reproduce some poems of which
they possess the copyright.

It is my hope that this volume may be welcomed, not

only by the "maids" for whom it is primarily intended,

but by all those persons-and how numerous they are,

I need not say-who are sensible to the "passion" of

which it treats.

October 17, 1873.

W. DAVENPORT ADAMS.

IN PRAISE OF VENUS (William Morris), i.

WHAT LOVE IS:

The Shepherd's Description (Sir Walter

A Sickness full of Woe (Samuel Daniel), iii.

LOVE THE ADVENTURER (Anonymous), iv.

FANCY (William Shakespeare), v.

LE PUITS D'AMOUR (Elizabeth Bullock), vi.

A WELL OF LOVE (George MacDonald), vii.

LOVE THE RANGER (Thomas Campbell), viii.

WHAT LOVE HAS DONE (Beaumont and Fletcher),

An Ever Fixed Mark (William Shakespeare), x.
Still the Same (Sir John Suckling), xi.

THE SIGNS OF LOVE:

The Perfect Lover (Sir John Suckling), xii.

Can this be Love? (George, Lord Lyttelton), xiii.

THE LOVELINESS OF LOVE (Thomas Hood), xiv.

LOVE'S THOUGHTS (Percy Bysshe Shelley), xv.

LOVE'S EMBLEMS (Beaumont and Fletcher), xvi.

LOVE-LIGHT (Hartley Coleridge), xvii. .

LOVE'S LOVERS (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), xviii,

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LOVE'S ECHOES (Alfred Tennyson), xix.
THE LOOK OF LOVE (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), xx.
LOVE'S COLOURS (C. C. Fraser-Tytler), xxi.
THE SWEETS OF LOVE (John Dryden), xxii.
LOVE'S SORROws (Thomas Campbell), xxiii..
LOVE'S ETERNITY (George MacDonald), xxiv.
LOVE'S GOOD-MORROW (Thomas Heywood), xxv.
LOVE'S SERENADE:

My Lady Sweet, Arise! (William Shakespeare),
xxvi. .

Awake, Awake! (Sir William Davenant), xxvii.

THE CALL TO LOVE:

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Come, then, Belovèd (William Morris), xxviii.

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love (Chris-

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The Nymph's Reply (Sir Walter Raleigh), xxx. 24

THE TIME FOR LOVE:

'Tis not Hereafter (William Shakespeare), xxxi. 25

Why delay? (Edmund Waller), xxxii.

THE HOUR OF LOVE:

Leonard (Sir Walter Scott), xxxiii..

County Guy (Sir Walter Scott), xxxiv.

LOVE'S PRESENT (Augusta Webster), xxxv..

LOVE'S SEASON, SPRING (William Shakespeare),

xxxvi.

TRUE LOVELINESS (Anonymous), xxxvii.

LOVE'S IDEAL (William Browne), xxxviii.

LOVE'S ATTIRE:

A Sweet Neglect (Ben Jonson), xxxix.

Not too Precise (Robert Herrick), xl.

Julia in Silks (Robert Herrick), xli.

Beauty's Self (Anonymous), xlii.

LOVE'S RESTING PLACE (Thomas Lodge), xliii.

LOVE OMNIPRESENT (Thomas Lodge), xliv.

LOVE EVER-PRESENT (Thomas Hood), xlv.

LOVE'S ASPIRATION:

For her dear Sake (Graham of Gartmore), xlvi. 35

LOVE'S ASPIRATION-continued.

A Prayer to Fortune (James Thomson), xlvii.
LOVE'S DEVOTION (Robert Browning), xlviii.
THE CHORD OF LOVE (William Caldwell Roscoe),
xlix..

LOVE THE PURSUER (Robert Browning), 1.

LOVE'S PETITION:

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To Love Little, but Long (Anonymous), li.

Diaphenia (Henry Constable), lii.

Say Nay! Say Nay! (Sir Thomas Wyatt), liii.

Not too Angry, nor too Kind (Ben Jonson),

Forget not Yet! (Sir Thomas Wyatt), lv.

True Man, Fair Woman (Robert, Earl of

Essex), lvi.

The Soldier going to the Field (Sir William

Davenant), lvii.

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To send back his Heart (Sir John Suckling),

More Love or more Disdain (Thomas Carew),

lix.

Fair, Sweet, and Young (John Dryden), lx.
Peace in Love (Aphra Behn), lxi.

A Parting Lover (Matthew Prior), lxii.
Beauty's Province (William Shenstone), lxiii.
Love and Friendship (James Thomson), lxiv.
Only Me! (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), lxv..
A Golden Chain (Richard, Lord Houghton),
lxvi.

Waiting (Rose Terry), lxvii.

You'll love Me yet! (Robert Browning), lxviii. 51

LOVE'S SURRENDER (Alfred Tennyson), lxix.

LOVE COMPLYING (John Dryden), lxx.

LOVE'S FRUITION:

The Happy "Yes" (Alfred Tennyson), lxxi.

Dropt, a Flower (Alfred Tennyson), lxxii.

The Smile of Love (Alfred Tennyson), lxxiii. .

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LOVE'S FRUITION-continued.

Love's Echoes (Thomas Moore), lxxiv.

How Genevieve was won (Samuel

Coleridge), lxxv.

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What is a Kiss? (Robert Herrick), lxxvi. .

Reciprocation (Percy Bysshe Shelley), lxxvii.

The Whispered "No" (Samuel Taylor Cole-
ridge), lxxviii.

Jenny kissed Me! (Leigh Hunt), lxxix.

LOVE'S TIME OF ROSES (Thomas Hood), 1xxx.

LOVE'S GARDEN-WAITING (Alfred Tennyson),

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LOVE'S GOOD-NIGHT (Percy Bysshe Shelley), lxxxii. 64

LOVE'S DISSEMBLING (Matthew Prior), lxxxiii.

LOVE'S APRIL DAY (William Shenstone), lxxxiv.. 65

LOVE'S EXCUSE (William Caldwell Roscoe), lxxxv. 66

LOVE'S SUNSHINE AFTER STORM (Robert Brown-
ing), lxxxvi.

LOVE'S RECONCILEMENT (John, Duke of Bucking-
ham), lxxxvii.

LOVE'S EXCHANGE (Algernon Charles Swinburne),

lxxxviii.

LOVE'S PRAISES:

His Lady's Beauty (Henry, Earl of Surrey),

lxxxix.

Beauty prefigured (William Shakespeare) xc..

Love's Eternal Summer (William Shakespeare),

xci.

Nature's Theft from Love (William Shake-
speare), xcii.

Fair, Kind, and True (William Shakespeare),

xciii..

Sylvia (William Shakespeare), xciv.

Rosaline (Thomas Lodge), xcv..

Campaspe (John Lyly), xcvi.

Celia (Ben Jonson), xcvii..

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