The works of Spenser, in six volumes : with a glossary explaining the old and obscure words : to which is prefix'd the life of the author, and an essay on allegorical poetry /
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Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand,
MDCCL [1750]
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Table of Contents:
- Volume 1. The life of Mr. Edmund Spenser. An essay on allegorical poetry, with remarks on the writings of Spenser. A glossary explaining the old and obscure words in Spenser's works. A letter of the author, explaining his Fairy-Queen. Verses to the Author of the Fairy-Queen. Verses of the Author, with his Fairy-Queen, to several person of quality. The first book of the Fairy-Queen.
- Volume 2. The second book of the Fairy-Queen. The third book of the Fairy-Queen.
- Volume 3. The fourth book of the Fairy-Queen. The fifth book of the Fairy-Queen.
- Volume 4. The sixth book of the Fairy-Queen.
- Volume 5. Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubberd's tale. Amoretti, or Sonnets. Poems. Prothalamion; or a spousal verse. Four hymns (An hymn in honor of love; An hymn in honor of beauty; An hymn of Heavenly love; An hymn of Heavenly beauty). Daphnaida: an elegy upon the death of the noble and virtuous Douglas Howard. Muiopotmos: or, the fate of the butterfly. The tears of the Muses. The visions of Petrarch. The visions of Bellay. The ruines of Rome. Visions of the world's vanity. Astrophel: a pastoral elegy upon the death of the most noble and valorous knight, Sir Philip Sidney. The mourning muse of Thestylis. A pastoral aeglogue upon the death of Sir Philip Sidney Kt. &c. An elegy; or, Friend's passion for his Astrophel. An epitaph upon the right honourable Sir Philip Sidney Knight, Lord Governour of Flushing.
- Volume 6. The ruines of time.