Mr. L. R. Hamberlin and Professor Leslie Waggener.
Chief-justice Logan E. Bleckley, of Georgia, a man of letters
as well as of law, very kindly put at my use his correspondence with the poet,
the original draft of `Corn', and his criticisms upon the same.
My chief indebtedness, however, is to Mrs. Sidney Lanier,
who has been most generous with her time and her husband's papers.

Morgan Callaway, Jr.

University of Texas, October 1, 1894.





Contents



Introduction
I. A Brief Sketch of Lanier's Life
II. Lanier's Prose Works
III. Lanier's Poetry: Its Themes
IV. Lanier's Poetry: Its Style
V. Lanier's Theory of Poetry
VI. Conclusion

Poems
Life and Song
Jones's Private Argyment