student ought to know. One of these terms is amœbæan, amabæan poetry being dialogue poetry composed in the form of question and reply. The original Greek signification was that of alternate speaking. Please do not forget the word. You may often find it in critical studies in essays upon contemporary literature; and when you see it again, remember Theocritus and the school of Greek poets who first introduced the charm of amœbæan poetry. I hope that this little lecture will interest some of you in Theocritus sufficiently to induce you to read him carefully through and through. But remember that you can not get the value of even a single poem of his at a single reading. We have become so much accustomed to conventional forms of literature that the simple art of poetry like this quite escapes us at first sight. We have to read it over and over again many times, and to think about it; then only we feel the wonderful charm. INDEX "A dry cicale chirps to a lass Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 83 "A Ma Future," 51 "Amis and Amile," Introduc- "Arabian Nights, The," 268 Arnold, Sir Edwin, 50, 51 "A simple ring with a simple "Atalanta in Calydon," 258 "Kalevala, The," Introduction, Keats, John, Introduction, 46, "King Solomon and the Ants," "La Demoiselle,” 209 "Lady of Shalott, The," 226 "Life and Literature," Intro- de Lisle, Leconte, 87 Longfellow, Henry Wads- Macaulay, Thomas Babington, "Ma Libellule," 205-209 Meredith, George, Introduc- "Mimnermus in church," 281, "Nay but you, who do not "Never the time and the "New Ethics, The," Introduc- "New Year's Day, A," 295 "Ode on the Spring," 202 "Pansie," 58 "Patchwork," 50 Pater, Walter, Introduction, Patmore, Coventry, 37, 159 Poe, Edgar Allan, 254 Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur "Reparabo," 286 Rossetti, Christina, 35, 36, 55 Ruskin, John, 105, 150 "Saga of King Olaf, The," 106 Sainte-Beuve, 323 ΙΟΙ "Scheveningen Avenue," 308 "She was a phantom of de- "Song in time of Revolution, "Song of Hiawatha, The," 228, 231, 254-257 "Stay near me, do not take thy Stetson, Charlotte Perkins, 187 Symonds, John Addington, 47, "Thou canst not wave thy "Two Fragments of Child- "Two Voices, The," 175 "Unknown Eros, The," 37 Vigfusson, Gudbrandt, 106 "Voice of the summer wind,” Watson, William, 81, 159 27 لهاد |