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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 CHAPTER

ON

TENNYSON, WORDSHORTII MATTHEW ARNOLD AND LOWELL

AS

EXPONENTS OF NATURL-SILDY

RY

ALEXANDER MACKIE, M.A.

AND

AUTHOR OF ANNOTATED EDITIONS OF MACAULAY'S " WARREN HASTING