The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume XI. The Period of the French Revolution. X. Burns. § 34. Robert Pollok. Our record closes with Robert Pollok’s Course of Time, published in 1827, a long elaborate dissertation in blank verse, modelled upon Milton, on human destiny, which professor Wilson considered, though not a poem, “to overflow with poetry,” and which, at one time, enjoyed much popularity in more serious circles, but which has now ceased to be read.   67