1831-1836 The Poetical Works of James Beattie, Henry Howard, & William Falconer

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Three volumes. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This set contains: The Poetical Works of James Beattie, 1831. The collected poetry of James Beattie, a Scottish poet, moralist, and philosopher. With titles such as: Ode to Peace, The Triumph of Melancholy, and The Wolf and Shepherds, with a life of the author. The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1831. The collected poetry of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, an English nobleman, politician and poet, considered one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. With titles such as: The Constant Lover Lamenteth, The Means to Attain Happy LIfe, and An Epitaph on Clere, with a life of the author. The Poetical Works of William Falconer, 1836. The collected poetry of William Falconer, a Scottish epic poet concerned mainly with life at sea. With titles such as: The Shipwreck, Elegy, and The Demagogue, with a life of the author.