NATURE KNOWLEDGE IN
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THE LONE HERON.

"Nigh upon that hour
When the lone hern forgets his melancholy,
Lets down his other leg and stretching, dreams
Of goodly supper in the distant pool."

-TENNYSON.

IN MODERN POETRY

BEING CHAPTERS

ON

TENNYSON, WORDSWORTH MATTHEW ARNOLD AND LOWFLL

AS

EXPONENTS OF NATURL-STUDY

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ALEXANDER MACKIE, M.A.

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