LECTURES ON POETRY,

&c.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New Street-Square.

ON

POETRY

AND

GENERAL LITERATURE,

DELIVERED AT

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION

IN 1830 AND 1831.

BY

JAMES MONTGOMERY,

AUTHOR OF

"THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD," "THE PELICAN ISLAND,"

&c. &c.

Poesy! thou sweet'st content
That e'er heaven to mortals lent,
Though thou be to them a scorn,

Who to nought but earth are born,

May my life no longer be

Than I am in love with thee!

GEORGE WITHER, in Prison.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.