BEING A COLLECTION OF THE CHOICEST

ANECDOTES

RELATIVE TO THE

POETS OF EVERY AGE AND NATION.

TOGETHER WITH

SPECIMENS OF THEIR WORKS AND SKETCHES OF THEIR
BIOGRAPHY.

WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY

RICHARD RYAN,

AUTHOR OF "POEMS ON SACRED SUBJECTS," "BALLADS ON THE
FICTIONS OF THE ANCIENT IRISH," &c. &c. &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER,

PATERNOSTER ROW,

1826.