A History of English Poetry Author:William John Courthope Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SIR CHARLES SEDLEV His birth, education, history, and character. "The mannerly obscene." Character of his poetry. His verses, " Love still has someth... more »ing of the sea." CHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSET His birth, education, history, and character. "The best good man with the worst-natured Muse": specimens of his satire. His graceful lyrical gift. Specimen of his lyric poetry. JOHN SHEFFIELD, EARL OF MULGRAVE, AFTERWARDS DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE His birth, education, history, and character. Author of the Essay on Satire. Specimens of the Essay. Essay on Poetry. Specimens of Mulgrave's didactic criticism. Anticipations of Pope. WENTWORTH DILLON, EARL OF ROSCOMMON His birth, education, history, and character. His moral superiority to his companions. Ode on Solitude. Essay on Translated Verse. Influence on Pope. Specimens of Roscommon's poetry. THE COUNTRY PARTY Attitude of expectation and of opposition to the Court Party. CHAPTER XVI JOHN DRYDEN AND THE SATIRISTS OF THE COUNTRY PARTY Dryden's birth : education at Cambridge. " Heroic Stanzas On Cromwell." The genius of the Protectorate not favourable to the metaphysical style. Rise of the panegyrical manner after the Restoration. " Panegyrical Poems." chapter{Section 4Astraa Redux ; Lines on the Coronation ; Address to the Lord Chanfellor Hyde ; To the Duchess of York ; Annus Mirabilis. Mixture of the styles of Cowley and Waller. Dryden gains his livelihood by writing for the Stage. Is made Poet Laureate. Causes of the decline of the panegyrical style. Naval victories of the Dutch. Banishment of Clarendon. Formation of the Cabal Ministry. Dissolution of the Cabal Ministry and ascendancy of Danby. Subordination of England to France : Roman...« less