ESSAYS

ESSAYS

CHIEFLY ON POETRY

BY

AUBREY DE VERE, LL.D.

IN TWO VOLS.

VOL. II

ESSAYS, LITERARY AND ETHICAL

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1887

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TY

ARY

FEB 2) 1961

2) 1961

TO THE MEMORY OF

SCOTT AND SOUTHEY,

IN WHOSE POETRY

IMAGINATION EVER WALKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH

VIRTUE AND HONOUR,

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED