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LATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
PARRY & McMILLAN,
SUCCESSORS TO A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART.
1857.
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Recis
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
476980
ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1909
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
WILLIAM B. REED,..:
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.•
CONTENTS.
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LECTURES ON ENGLISH POETRY.
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LECTURE, X.
BURNS, (WITH 'NOTICES OF JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS.)
Monotony of Pope's verse-The revival of a truer spirit of
Poetry Chatterton - Merit of Cowper-Dr. Johnson's lite-
rary dictatorship — His "Lives of the Poets"- Sir Egerton
Brydges's criticism on them-Cowper's judgment of them
—Johnson's incapacity for poetical criticism-Johnson's
judgments on Cray-“London”—“Vanity of Human Wishes"
-Percy's "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" — The
character of this poetry--Robert Burns His boyhood-
Early trials-Mossgeil Farm The freshness of his poetry-
Its universality-Wordsworth's lines- "The Mountain-Daisy"
"The Field-Mouse"-" Cotter's Saturday Night"-"Tam
O'Shanter"- Mary Campbell-Morality of Burns's poetry
-The Bard's Epitaph-Wordsworth's Lines to the Sons
of Burns........ ............. Page
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LECTURE XI.
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE.
The present age not an unpoetical one-Five names worthy
of distinction-Samuel Rogers-The "Pleasures of Memory"
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-Rogers's "Italy"- Galileo and Milton - Moore's
Irish patriotism-The true question respecting poe
position-Lamb's lines on the "Old Familiar Faces
career of authorship-Scott the second in rank o
poets-His childhood at Sandy Knowe-His early
His interview with Burns-Influence of the Sto
Rebellion of 1745 on his genius-His love of natur
-The minstrelsy of the Scottish border-Hallam
on the Scottish ballads-Story of "Christie's Wil
Lay of the Last Minstrel"-Scott's merit as a I
fluence of the French Revolution on his mind-66
-"The Lady of the Lake"-Decline of his poetical
"Bonny Dundee"-" Battle of Otterburne"- His
to Italy.
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LECTURE XII.
COLERIDGE.
Advantage of connecting critical with historical cons
--Spenser and his age--Spirit of the French Rev
Contrast between the American and the French Rayg
Its influence over thought and action-Coleridge's
-Nature of Lyrical poetry — Early developments
ridge's genius. His philosophy-His critical par
consciousness of his own poetical, endowment His
at Christ Church Hospital-Monody.on Chatterton-
of nature-Ode on Dejection-Translations of Schille
dies" The Ancient Mariner"-" Christabel"- Its
beauty-His epitaph.....................................
LECTURE XIII.
SOUTHEY, (WITH NOTICE OF CHARLES LAMB
Charles Lamb, the friend of Coleridge and Southe
Old Familiar Faces"-"Elia"- Robert Southey-0
of his prose-His complete poetical works-His m
rangement-Personal interest of his poems-Satirica
-"Wat Tyler"—" Joan of Arc"-The product of imagination
is often truth" Madoc"-" Roderic". -"Thalaba"-"The
Curse of Kehama"- Scriptural character of "Thalaaba"-
Keble's "Christian Year"- Story of "Thalaba and Oneiza"
-Southey's Odes-"The Retreat from Moscow"-"The Tale
of Paraguay❞— His playful poetry-Ode on the Portrait of
Bishop Heber............................ ............ Page 127
LECTURE XIV.
BYRON.
A catholic taste in literature Difficulties of a course of
critical lectures-Southey and Byron-The spirit of criticism
the spirit of charity-Rogers's plea for Byron's memory-
Popularity of his poetry -"English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers"- -"Childe Harold"- His love of external nature
-Formation of his literary character-Admiration for Pope-
Success of "Childe Harold"- His Oriental tales - Literature
of the last century - Story of Byron's marriage - Noctes
Ambrosianæ Contrast between the "Corsair" and the
"Prisoner of Chillon"- "The Dream"- Materialism in his
poetry- Manfred -Venice-The Dying Gladiator - Strains
for liberty- Beauty of womanly humanity-"Sardanapalus"
-Byron's selfishness-His infidelity.....
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LECTURE XV.
WORDSWORTH.
Difficulties in the way of a proper appreciation of contem-
porary genius-Candour rare in criticism-Controversy in
regard to Wordsworth's school of poetry-Comparative criti-
cism between the poetry of Wordsworth and Byron-Cor-
respondence of Wordsworth's life with the spirit of true
poetry-Continuity of his moral life-Recollections of his
childhood-His love of nature and of man-His sympathy
with the French Revolution-His seclusion - Communion
with his brother-poets- Aim of his career of authorship-