CHAPTER VII

Recent criticism has been rich in its discussions of the lyric. John Drinkwater's little volume on _The Lyric_ is suggestive. See also C. E. Whitmore's article in the _Pub. Mod. Lang. Ass._, December, 1918. Rhys's _Lyric Poetry_, Schelling's _English Lyric_, Reed's _English Lyrical Poetry_ cover the whole field of the historical English lyric. A few books on special periods are indicated in the "Notes" to