PAGE INTRODUCTION. ix COWPER. The Diverting History of John Gilpin 1 BURNS. Tam o' Shanter 11 SCOTT. Lochinvar 19 WORDSWORTH. Michael 21 Lucy Gray 36 CAMPBELL. Hohenlinden 39 Battle of the Baltic 40 WOLFE. The Burial of Sir John Moore 43 BYRON. The Prisoner of Chillon 45 Mazeppa 58 The Destruction of Sennacherib 86 KEATS. The Eve of St. Agnes 88 TENNYSON. Dora 103 Oenone 108 Enoch Arden 117 The Revenge 146 BROWNING. "How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" 154 Incident of the French Camp 156 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 158 Hervé Riel 168 ROSSETTI. The White Ship 175 MORRIS. Atalanta's Race 187 LONGFELLOW. The Wreck of the Hesperus 211 Paul Revere's Ride 214 WHITTIER. Skipper Ireson's Ride 219 Barclay of Ury 222 Barbara Frietchie 226 HOLMES. Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle 230 NOTES 241 INTRODUCTION