New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-07
SWINBURNES PARODIES.
A BOOK LONG SINCE OUT OF PRINT.
From The London Spectator.

BOOK LONG SINCE OUT OF PRINT.
From The London Spectator.
Before we leave the subject OF parodies cannot re-,
collection of verse of this knd entitled specimens
OF Modern Poets the Heptalogia Or IN. seven rs s
Sense, Cap with seven Ees' chatto q "mni's,
1880. II Is We believe. an open SECRET tna' '" NJ
specimens Of modern poets We're writlsn !" cent mi
1t contains poem In imitation OF the author OF
lana." In any case, the specimens are ekceieT ThS
done, and by a master OF style and RHYTHM. my ny
book opens with "The Higher Paniheism IN q .,u..
she'll" Exquisite II the imitation OF icilS no n
wagner metaphysical manner contained IN the c"upe'
Doubt Is faith in the main but faith o" the Whole u
We cannot believe by faith but could we believe
Delicious the mixture Of a country metaphor and
the higher mathematics In.
Why and whittier and h'wi for barley ana rye 0fe
Neitnsr Straight lines yet over is under
Then follows human application Oh Inc doc'rihc :
Body sad spirit are twins; God only knows which
Tho soul sana,s down in the flesh like drunk
in . ditch.
The spirit OF Browning's later manner exhibited
hit oil in "John Jones' The beginning. AT the
Piano. Just catches the abusive method whlch
lowered In "Dramatis Personae:
Love me and leave what love bids retrieve me
Junss s rs; al grasp Ms SS1ss eyed once above nc
Fall falls when summer leaves grow false
cards packed for storms play.
Perhaps, however. the best of all is the Imitation
Of Mrs. Browning. Not only Is that poets appalling
habit Of clipping old words, nvenilng new ones VI
forging hideOus compounds and OF fhyung al! 'ilns
to unytLingsins OF commission which must nave sunn
irrepirably lesser enthusiastically initiated put
get exactly the verbal atmosphere OIL the au'i'o
Of Aurora Leigh" in such verses as:
All mems poets mems conventions crust you rouim
And A the WORLDS Wheels grind your spirits down the
dust ye overtrod.
Mr.. swinbnrne's admiration for Mr. Coventry . pae,
more Is we'll known. and therefore 1t Is ohy naliM
10 find I'm this volume 1.-The Person OF the iio'ae,
with the sub heading "The Monthly Nurse. in
maunders on To the mother and nurse In the loiio"s
mcllliuOus strain:
Let love that does not look believe
Let knowledge that believes not. look
Truth pins her trust on falsenooa siccNe'
While reason blunders by the book
He is however cut short In his haraheue y!
the ll-pOwerful person In the house
Then Mrs. Prig addressed d, me ne tn thus
Sir; you'll BE asyl'e nah os M ne; ns
It's belle; he wants his tea
We cannot quote anything from the parodies on
Roeetti or on MIR. SwInbuIne himself, but we mu IT.,
mention the Last Words Of eevcnh-i;ite Ioe' III
which the magnificent social tone of the late L"ra
iytton,s verse is very well Knocked. The air OF
"the Legations" the scraps OF French me genera ~
talk of Duchesses, and OF the glded BohemanS OF
the third Empire which Owen Meredith ahecIed; md
caught with great success. We cannot however nua
Their exploration In the "lItptaloeia' to those WHO
are lucky enough to this rare ana curious
box long since out Of print. AT the same ume W., we
cannot help expressing regret that some 9 NV y
way capable Of offending the general reader. mat h
there is no real harm ill them. we fully admit pur
many worthy persons would nevertheless De Nef!
much shocked by coming across them