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f Ea.ls,s,"a .s s5s%s"i ~iii 1sa.n" !, sa%. fro"
Our our SSSd' Slood to % wstsr ssssT'
Heat to nre
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And we Nigh, gladly share the he fruitful stir .,
Or o With sns s1ss ss% ssan x! s f Sf s air.
but mind. but thought,
i nss, w avs ts Sss% nr sssr Dsr
Mnat viii rscsivSthem who WI enll iaem homss
sat shall tie ss =. tue;
And they they vii ;. ""r ,ors s a. they
And never lei US clasp and feel the AL, ..,,,.,
R, a tHr|Ss Mr. s sr he orn. ian ana ss and sitting wells
4%d .GSii tssI ,'S =, .x"Hx r. e , ,niTi
M R.sd w ana n s h"asl 1 and sa
% 0yrr tne M unnll.ed Gnopenns rinTTlh
VII blow ; % u. srrssy ] Tsek 10 Sc" @ and enr,h
An% A tsn ars Tsre 1s @ +. trH ii TE rc,".n
Back to this meadow OF r.Ian,s,
And And S% ff nu"an s s" s'.'" D'
TO through the sad probation all again;
%aI MA ssys s mefs psr s ,San Ir:s: '''A
VIII VII ron fosl oal our ;n sni., 10 .n ,.nsey
wiiI make onrs.l,r. hnri,r 20 nc 'i.ssrned
AID we o n ~ ny r rttT Nn,, to .r nes .
And III" rr"iy M n viii ,y'u.k is hn"k A''"'"''''
Knead us IN ts hot hand, and cliange our nature.
Aud Ne shn feet our powers ~ ell r. Dag.
and nd rally M & h, .s for ~ "s M iIr sn,s .;; ~;
And be Astrav iorevor
AS we have said. there nro traces Of a dra-
matte intrntionin ''Tristram nnd'Iseult." which
may be defined however. ns essentially n mar
rative com position with lyric interludcs As re-
gards theme and onbod ment. nothing could be
more unlik" the poem from which we have been
, quoting. 1t is not easily conceivable how tho
hand that drew Enpedoaies on Etna could por-
| tray the longing and the rapture OF Tristrnm's a
passion. or sketch with so much alriness and
dainty grace tho figure OF Fay Vivian. Tho
render. we imagine. will prefer the following
| picture with its Chauceri~n freedom and lighl-
| ness of touch to Tennyson's elaborate t.eat-
\ ment of tho same subject:
! wha, tale did Iseulr to the cltildren s,y.
\ Under the hoIlics. thai bright wintor's dayi
| she told them Of the fairy hsunted land.
n%sy sYsna az n. .ss H.s 1' ia .ay. Of ,, ~ H..
I Of the dsrp forrsi ra,lr- u ir.oo.iipndr.
Whsrs Ssri" Sy 'Io snsi"n'ed nor" tree Sleeps '''s''
AR, x ~ "m S"s tn~ wv ~.." s dsy. sy yTn r.s
,s va. wa q, q" Zoo. ard ,hA, "a = ny NJ FREUD
s "S: sa:;y "!s: Z" ' .' 1r u s
In; l"%ssssS iSs .I"Ss Ioss: q yista"s hail.
r.sa S,,h %Es.SS slss .d SsT,.Sr
| A hricr In ihnt taIgl.d wilderness
Had scored her white right han,i, which she allows
| 10 resi ung.0t-d Oh her green riding drers.
| The other MArtrd oil the dronpiuy buug,r
Hut still she u ,itrd on, win her bne eyes
%e4 @ or .d M"I s r"s hsF II S s a..o.
| The spirit U the wo"ds wnr IN her face;
"sS n wsnn a H. 'rs Ss S1, E s ws
AMI he grpw fond. aud eager 10 obey
| His mistress, use her empire as shu may.
Before coming to those capital products o
his genius which the author himself has mod
eStly denominated narratives but which In al
ther features, except possibly. that of length
are veritable epics. let us pause for Is mOmen
over two poems. which are not only striking II
themselves. but possess certain biographical
interest One OF these Is tho mOnody on Ar
thur Hugh Clough. which promises to ranl
| with Miltnn's Lycidas. with Shellcy's tribut
4 to Keats. and with Tennyson's monument I,
his friend Haliam. among the sweetest An,
nobost commemorative poems in our angua:
For those who know Oxford well the lines ar
full OF winsoine and tender local touches. an
never have the path to Cumnor and the rambl
by the two Hnkseys been followed by two wor
thier sons OF Engand's Aea.l.me Than wer
CE,ugh and Arnold In the glowing and bucyan
prime of their youiig uanhood:
| Ruus II not here. the track by chiIisworth Farm.
| fast thv high wOOi, Ia where iir elm tire
| The hill i'rhlnd whose ridge the tnn-et hnmrsf
| The signal clM that luUk Oh llsry Downs,
The tne tho three lone WEAR. The yout fui ThAnleaf
| This water eve 10 waru.
Humid thr hiri leaders, set hNH ~ sTf nH.
. The tender purple spray On eopAe and brleFi