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sphere we meet�察�Unseen�察�unknown�察�and greet as angels greet。; 

       How   comes   it   that   in   the   fierce   fighting   days   the   soldiers   were   so 

tuneful�察  �and   such   scholars�拭     �In   the   first   edition   of   Lovelace's   ;Lucasta; 

there is a flock of recommendatory verses�察�English�察�Latin�察�even Greek�察�by 

the   gallant   Colonel's   mess´mates   and   comrades。           What   guardsman   now 

writes like Lovelace�察�and how many of his friends could applaud him in 

Greek�拭      �You�察�my Gifted�察�are happily of a pacific disposition�察�and tune a 

gentle lyre。      Is it not lucky for swains like you that the soldiers have quite 

forsworn sonneting�拭�When a man was a rake�察�a poet�察�a warrior�察�all in one�察�

what chance had a peaceful minor poet like you or me�察�Gifted�察�against his 

charms�拭       �Sedley�察    �when     sober�察  �must    have    been    an   invincible     rival 

invincible�察�above all�察�when he pretended constancy�此�

       ;Why   then   should   I   seek   further   store�察�And   still   make   love   anew�拭�

When change itself can give no more 'Tis easy to be true。; 

       How   infinitely   more   delightful�察  �musical�察  �and   captivating   are   those 

Cavalier singerstheir numbers flowing fair�察�like their scented lovelocks 

than the prudish society poets of Pope's day。                ;The Rape of the Lock; is 

very witty�察�but through it all don't you mark the sneer of the contemptuous�察�

unmanly little wit�察�the crooked dandy�拭�He jibes among his compliments�察�



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and I do not wonder that Mistress Arabella Fermor was not conciliated by 

his long´drawn cleverness and polished lines。                 I prefer Sackville's verses 

;written at sea the night before an engagement;�此�

       ;To all you ladies now on land We men at sea indite。; 

       They   are   all   alike�察  �the   wits   of   Queen   Anne�察  �and   even   Matt   Prior�察�

when   he   writes   of   ladies   occasionally�察  �writes   down   to   them�察  �or   at   least 

glances up very saucily from his position on his knees。                    But Prior is the 

best of them�察�and the most candid�此�

       ;I court others in versebut I love thee in prose�察�And they have my 

whimsies�察�but thou hast my heart。; 

       Yes�察�Prior is probably the greatest of all who dally with the light lyre 

which thrills to the wings of fleeting Lovesthe greatest English writer of 

vers    de   societe�察   �the   most    gay�察  �frank�察   �good´    humoured�察      �tuneful    and 

engaging。 

     Landor is great�察�too�察�but in another kind�察�the bees that hummed over 

Plato's cradle have left their honey on his lips�察�none but Landor�察�or a Greek�察�

could have written this on Catullus�此�

       ;Tell me not what too well I know About the Bard of Sirmio ´ Yes�察�in 

Thalia's   son   Such   stains   there   are   as   when   a   Grace   Sprinkles   another's 

laughing face With nectar�察�and runs on� ─�

       That   is   poetry   deserving   of   a   place   among   the   rarest   things   in   the 

Anthology。       It is a sorrow to me that I cannot quite place Praed with Prior 

in my affections。        With all his gaiety and wit�察�he wearies one at last with 

that clever�察�punning antithesis。          I don't want to know how 

       ;Captain Hazard wins a bet�察�Or Beaulieu spoils a curry; ´ 

       and    I  prefer   his  sombre     ;Red    Fisherman�察─      �the  idea   of   which    is 

borrowed�察�wittingly or unwittingly�察�from Lucian。 

     Thackeray�察  �too   careless   in   his   measures�察  �yet   comes   nearer   Prior   in 

breadth   of   humour   and   in   unaffected   tenderness。          Who   can   equal   that 

song�察   �Once   you   come   to   Forty Year�察─  �or   the   lines   on   the Venice   Love´ 

lamp�察�or the ;Cane´bottomed Chair;�拭                �Of living English writers of verse 

in the ;familiar style�察─�as Cowper has it�察�I prefer Mr。 Locker when he is 

tender and not untouched with melancholy�察�as in ;The Portrait of a Lady�察─�

and Mr。 Austin Dobson�察�when he is not flirting�察�but in earnest�察�as in the 



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;Song of Four Seasons; and ;The Dead Letter。;                   He has ingenuity�察�pathos�察�

mastery of his art�察�and�察�though the least pedantic of poets�察�is ;conveniently 

learned。; 

     Of contemporary Americans�察�if I may be frank�察�I prefer the verse of Mr。 

Bret Harte�察�verse with so many tunes and turns�察�as comic as the ;Heathen 

Chinee�察─  �as   tender   as   the   lay   of   the   ship   with   its   crew   of   children   that 

slipped   its   moorings   in   the   fog。    To   me   it   seems   that   Mr。   Bret   Harte's 

poems   have   never   ��at   least   in   this   country��   been   sufficiently   esteemed。 

Mr。 Lowell has written �─�The Biglow Papers; apart�� but little in this vein。 

Mr。 Wendell Holmes�察�your delightful godfather�察�Gifted�察�has written much 

with perhaps some loss from the very quantity。                 A little of vers de societe�察�

my dear Gifted�察�goes a long way�察�as you will think�察�if ever you sit down 

steadily to read right through any collection of poems in this manner。                      So 

do not add too rapidly to your own store�察�let them be ;few�察�but roses; all of 

them。 



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                           RICHARDSON 



    By Mrs。 Andrew Lang。 

     ��This   letter  is  excluded    from   this  version   of  the  eText   until  the 

copyright     status   of  Mrs。   Andrew      Lang's   work    in  the   UK    can   be 

ascertained。�А�



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                   GERARD DE NERVAL 



     To Miss Girton�察�Cambridge。 

     Dear Miss Girton��Yes�察�I fancy Gerard de Nerval is one of that rather 

select party of French writers whom Mrs。 Girton will allow you to read。 

But even if you read him�察�I do not think you will care very much for him。 

He is a man's author�察�not a woman's�察�and yet one can hardly say why。                      It 

is not that he offends ;the delicacy of your sex�察─�as Tom Jones calls it�察�I 

think it is that his sentiment�察�whereof he is full�察�is not of the kind you like。 

Let it be admitted that�察�when his characters make love�察�they might do it ;in 

a more human sort of way。; 

     In this respect�察�and in some others�察�Gerard de Nerval resembles Edgar 

Poe。     Not   that   his   heroes   are   always   attached   to   a   belle   morte   in   some 

distant Aiden�察�not that they have been for long in the family sepulchre�察�not 

that   their   attire is   a vastly  becoming shroud´   ´no�察�Aurelie   and   Sylvie�察  �in 

Les Filles de Feu�察�are nice and natural girls�察�but their lover is not in love 

with them ;in a human sort of way。;              He is in love with some vaporous 

ideal�察  �of   which   they   faintly   remind   him。   He   is�察  �as   it   were�察  �the   eternal 

passer´by�察�he is a wanderer from his birth�察�he sees the old chateau�察�or the 

farmer's cottage�察�or even the bright theatre�察�or the desert tent�察�he sees the 

daughters of men that they are fair and dear�察�in moonlight�察�in sunlight�察�in 

the glare of the footlights�察�and he looks�察�and longs�察�and sighs�察�and wanders 

on   his   fatal   path。 Nothing   can   make   him   pause�察  �and   at   last   his   urgent 

spirit leads him over the limit of this earth�察�and far from the human shores�察�

his   delirious   fancy   haunts   graveyards�察  �or   the   fabled   harbours   of   happy 

stars�察�and he who rested never�察�rests in the grave�察�forgetting his dreams or 

finding them true。 

     All this is too vague for you�察�I do not doubt�察�but fo

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