OF THE

Early English Poets,

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF THE

RISE AND PROGRESS

OF THE

ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE:

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY GEORGE ELLIS, ESQ.

THE FOURTH EDITION CORRECTED.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND
BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1811.