THE SONNET.

THE SONNET

ITS ORIGIN, STRUCTURE, AND PLACE

IN POETRY

WITH

Original Translations from the Sonnets of Dante,
Petrarch, etc.

AND

REMARKS ON THE ART OF TRANSLATING

BY CHARLES TOMLINSON, F.R.S.

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1874

TO THE

BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF

HER ACTIVE SYMPATHY

WITH THE AUTHOR DURING A GREAT TROUBLE

THIS VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.