The Course of Time

The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827.^[2] It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish poet Robert Pollok. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America.^[3]

The Course of Time

Author	Robert Pollok
Illustrator	John Tenniel, Myles Birket Foster, and J. R. Clayton (1857 edition)[1]
Language	English
Genre	Blank verse poetry
Publisher	William Blackwood and Sons[1]
Publication date	1827
Publication place	Scotland

Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.

An illustrated edition was published in 1857, featuring the work of John Tenniel, Myles Birket Foster, and J. R. Clayton.^[1]