905 LECTURES ON POETRY W. MACKAIL J. . EDINBURGH'AND ST. ANDREWS FORMERLY FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE AND PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LQNGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1911 All rights reserved TO MARGARET 256355 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ix .1 THE DEFINITION OF POETRY . . . . POETRY AND LIFE 23 VIRGIL AND VIRGILIANISM 48 THE AENEID 72 . . .93 ARABIAN LYRIC POETRY . . . . . ARABIAN EPIC AND ROMANTIC POETRY .123 . . THE DIVINE COMEDY 154 SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS 179 THE NOTE OF SHAKESPEARE'S ROMANCES 208 . . . THE POETRY OF OXFORD .231 . . . . . IMAGINATION 259 KEATS 281 , . THE PROGRESS OF POETRY 309 vii