THE ART OF POETRY

Seven Lectures

1920-1922

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Humphrey Milford Publisher to the UNIVERSITY

Seven Lectures

1920-1922

BY

WILLIAM PATON KER

Fellow of All Souls College
Professor of Poetry

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1923

Printed in England

TO

ARTHUR LIONEL SMITH

MASTER OF BALLIOL