CORNELL STUDIES IN ENGLISH

EDITED BY

JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS

LANE COOPER

CLARK S. NORTHUP

THE INFLUENCE OF HORACE ON THE
CHIEF ENGLISH POETS OF THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY

A THESIS

PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CORNELL
UNIVERSITY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

BY

MARY REBECCA THAYER

LVX ET

ארויס
רחמים

VERITAS

NEW HAVEN

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

MDCCCCXVI

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PROFESSOR LANE COOPER

IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS ENCOURAGEMENT, COUNSEL, AND AID