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Excerpt from Oxford and Poetry in 1911: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre on June 2, 1911Mr. Vice-Chancellor,To be given the right, and therefore the duty, to speak in this place, and from this Chair; to speak for Oxford and on the high theme of Poetry, is indeed to be accorded a position which might well overweight even the most competent and confident.Only to aspire to be Professor of Poetry is, as an old friend said to me a short time ago, an honour.Oxford has given me many honours. Some here may remember the 'smooth-tongued scholar' in Marlowe, who saysmy gentryI fetch from Oxford, not from heraldry.Without adopting these words in their literal sense, I would say assuredly that Oxford has given me all the best honours I have, and those I would most care to have.To strive to serve her is my privilege. May her own inspiration aid me and the traditions of this Chair! The traditions of this Chair. What are they? It has many, some old, some new.There is one, a lost tradition, which I have been asked to revive, and to address you in Latin, to shroud, shall I say? my deficiencies in the 'decent obscurity of a learned language'.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.