On poetic interpretation of natureFront matterReading editionChapter navigation16 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.Chapter I · THE SOURCES OF POETRY.Chapter II · THE POETIC FEELING AWAKENED BY THE WORLD OF NATURE.Chapter III · POETIC AND SCIENTIFIC WONDER.Chapter IV · WILL SCIENCE PUT OUT POETRY?Chapter V · HOW FAR SCIENCE MAY MODIFY POETRY.Chapter VI · THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF NATURE.Chapter VII · PRIMEVAL IMAGINATION WORKING ON NATURE—LANGUAGE AND MYTHOLOGY.Chapter VIII · SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH POETS DEAL WITH NATURE.Chapter IX · NATURE IN HEBREW POETRY, AND IN HOMER.Chapter X · NATURE IN LUCRETIUS AND VIRGIL.Chapter XI · NATURE IN CHAUCER, SHAKESPEARE, AND MILTON.Chapter XII · RETURN TO NATURE BEGUN BY ALLAN RAMSAY AND THOMSON.Chapter XIII · NATURE IN COLLINS, GRAY, GOLDSMITH, AND BURNS.Chapter XIV · WORDSWORTH AS AN INTERPRETER OF NATURE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE.All chapters and sections (16)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.Chapters1234567891011121314BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1900◇PREFACE. →