Nuper ventosa isthæc et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna
surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Oxford:
THOS. SHRIMPTON & SON, BROAD STREET.
1872.
Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. A table
of contents, though not present in the original publication, has
been provided below:
INTRODUCTION.
OF THE NATURE OF POETRY.
RECIPES.
HOW TO MAKE AN ORDINARY LOVE POEM.
HOW TO MAKE A PATHETIC MARINE POEM.
HOW TO WRITE AN EPIC POEM LIKE MR. TENNYSON.
HOW TO WRITE A POEM LIKE MR. MATTHEW ARNOLD.
HOW TO WRITE A POEM LIKE MR. BROWNING.
HOW TO WRITE A MODERN PRE-RAPHAELITE POEM.
HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE POEM LIKE MR. MORRIS.
HOW TO WRITE A SATANIC POEM LIKE THE LATE LORD BYRON.
HOW TO WRITE A PATRIOTIC POEM LIKE MR. SWINBURNE.
CONCLUSION.