III. _The Trial Scene in the "Merchant of Venice."_ SHAKESPEARE 40 IV. Of Boldness. BACON 53 V. _To Daffodils._ HERRICK 55 VI. Of Contentedness in all Estates and Accidents. TAYLOR 56 VII. _To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars._ LOVELACE 61 VIII. Angling. WALTON 62 IX. _On the Morning of Christ's Nativity._ MILTON 67 X. Character of Lord Falkland. CLARENDON 76 XI. _Veni, Creator Spiritus._ DRYDEN 81 XII. _Lines printed under the Portrait of Milton._ DRYDEN 82 XIII. _Reason_ DRYDEN 83 XIV. On the Love of Country as a Principle of Action. STEELE 83 XV. The Golden Scales. ADDISON 88 XVI. Misjudged Hospitality. SWIFT 93 XVII. _From the "Essay on Man."_ POPE 96 XVIII. _Rule, Britannia._ THOMSON 101 XIX. The First Crusade. HUME 102 XX. _The Bard._ GRAY 111 XXI. On an Address to the Throne concerning Affairs in America. CHATHAM 116 XXII. From "The Vicar of Wakefield." GOLDSMITH 127 XXIII. Meeting of Johnson with Wilkes. BOSWELL 133 XXIV. The Policy of the Empire in the First Century. GIBBON 142 XXV. On the Attacks upon his Pension. BURKE 147 XXVI. Two Eighteenth Century Scenes. COWPER 155 XXVII. From "The School for Scandal." SHERIDAN 159 XXVIII. _The Cotter's Saturday Night._ BURNS 171 XXIX. _The Land o' the Leal._ LADY NAIRN 177 XXX. The Trial by Combat at the Diamond of the Desert. SCOTT 179 XXXI. _To a Highland Girl._ WORDSWORTH 202 XXXII. _France: an Ode._ COLERIDGE 205 XXXIII. _Complaint and Reproof._ COLERIDGE 208 XXXIV. _The Well of St. Keyne._ SOUTHEY 209 XXXV. _The Isles of Greece._ BYRON 211 XXXVI. _Go where Glory Waits Thee._ MOORE 214 XXXVII. _Dear Harp of My Country._ MOORE 215