Excerpt from English Lyrical Poetry: From Its Origins to the Present Time This book represents, in part only, a series of sixty lec tures delivered annually since 1899 to members of the Senior Class at Yale College. The writer trusts that it may not only prove of interest to lovers of poetry, but that it may be of use in college courses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.