On poetic interpretation of nature
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF POETRY.4. CHAPTER II. THE POETIC FEELING AWAKENED BY THE WORLD OF NATURE.5. CHAPTER III. POETIC AND SCIENTIFIC WONDER.6. CHAPTER IV. WILL SCIENCE PUT OUT POETRY?7. CHAPTER V. HOW FAR SCIENCE MAY MODIFY POETRY.8. CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF NATURE.9. CHAPTER VII. PRIMEVAL IMAGINATION WORKING ON NATURE—LANGUAGE AND MYTHOLOGY.10. CHAPTER VIII. SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH POETS DEAL WITH NATURE.11. CHAPTER IX. NATURE IN HEBREW POETRY, AND IN HOMER.12. CHAPTER X. NATURE IN LUCRETIUS AND VIRGIL.13. CHAPTER XI. NATURE IN CHAUCER, SHAKESPEARE, AND MILTON.14. CHAPTER XII. RETURN TO NATURE BEGUN BY ALLAN RAMSAY AND THOMSON.15. CHAPTER XIII. NATURE IN COLLINS, GRAY, GOLDSMITH, AND BURNS.16. CHAPTER XIV. WORDSWORTH AS AN INTERPRETER OF NATURE.