New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21

wcrr roaming at ease in garden of flowers
! where between lilies and roses, slender white ana
/ rosy maidtns pace to and fro. Inc deie"ce vi
! TINS glamour Of facre' Is at hand III the I'M
| dying love Of the race for just such glamour
/ and in tho reliance OF the greatest poets upon
/ the association Of ideas. But the author Is pre-
| pared for this argument. He re!tcrates with
! some dovterItv that with n healthy minded poet
! the word has n positive meaning positive re-
lation to the poem I'm which It occurs ana SENDS
| more than vague vibrations to the centre OF
| consciousness. Apply this test test OF organic
! construction. to the men whom NorGau at
! tacks. and he is. Of course, not unreasonable N
| calling them degenerate one paus'S before ms
| s.ashing OF Rossctti. because Rossetti wrote too
much enchanting poetry to be put cut Of court
! as a mystic imbec.lc" SWnburne. also. is too
firmly established and by good right, too for
| him to be thrown overheard as a type OF worth
less "dab1lism" And to call Mr.. Ruskin Tor
| quemada Of literature. is t. lay the colors on
with a reckless brush. Working in his own
| metcr Nordau mus; necessarily find a scien-
tifc explanation for characteristics which are in
some degree patent to the Impartial student Of
| literature and art Rossett's art. whether as
poet or painter WAS sometimes beyond his con-
tro, and illustrative OF the mystical uncertainty,
| the fugitive location about which Nordau
| talks So savageiy. Swinburne is a master of
rhvthmlc EXPRESSION. but no one who has read bis
poems through and has studied his amazing
rnapsodios on the cd dramatists. could call him
a balanced thinker man whose ideas were
clearly and effectively arranged great dea! OF
Swinburne's force goes out in fume and fury,
and whether h. cNrams agains; the Russian
tyrant or apa;hc 1sizcs Victor Hugo. he IL
equally hystcrical and uncrtlcaL beautiful as
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