New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

quote the essential part Of his note on the frag-
ment we have just cited:
cannot help thinking that We have her" in
this incident of the Daughter OF II"n arr'y"1
i'm glorious apparel and borne alott iu i,r bower
Of vines an autObiographicaI r"miHtS''rc' "l L
somewhat similar incident in Milton > early llte
I mean his own first falling in love on May
Day, 1928 when in his nineteenth y'"sr THIS
created such an impression on him that L. h-S
recorded it especially in MS seventh FL MI.
ton there tells us that on this pirtlcu"tF iESl 81
May he was walking among the festive crowd,
who were in holiday apparel enjoying th-TH-
selves in some place of public resort. either n
London or Cambridge GOr he does not name the
town.. Suddenly his eyes met incautouSiy the
eyes of a fair lady who was being escorted by
a bevy of Others-a crowd OF gOddesses. H. calls
them-alOng the streets and roads The effect
was sudden and striking-it was intense love ait
first sight 1t is poeticalIy described in tn ian
guage and style of his early faEorIte, OVID, and
it went far as this:
Uror amans intus f1ammaqua totus cram
And them alas, she passed hy-was snat-hed
away from his sight. never t" be SEN AGAIN.
and the last look from those eyes d""ll Win
him for many years
The parallel is undoubtedly suggestive. but
neither this nor any other point of T"rsor..-L
introduced by Mr. BrrI.y I.- taken a- ...,-
elusive testimony in favor Of his assumption rs
to the authorship Of tn" book. Th~r.- Is .-..--r
fishing in the stream Of Thought Whi-h r..fa7
through Nova Soyma-T In TIN tr-sItru-.- r:
religious, educational, social and literary mat
ters there is much in the book to recall Milton
way Of thinking as shown in the works brar.us
his name. and the editors case finds further.
and very useful. support in the fact that uEr'n
no other figure in Puritan literature can certain
of these ideas be at all plausibly fIthtrrrI Tl..r
range is too wide for them to be trav-r-,G E-r-.
1t is sufficient to say that Mr. EegIey ;.a--
toward demonstrating their having a M..rr.:'
character. Especially and Very justly he
makes much of the spirit OF pure lofty AMI
selfish morality evident throughout all the y..r-
Gus scenes of this interesting and unaffected
book" In his introduction Mr.. I.-I~y quotes
Mark PattisOn's alIusion To the mrut1! quality
which became Millions poetic characteristics,
which the poverty of our language tri,- 10 rN-
press by the words of solrmnity. majesty. uo-
bility. Ioftiness." This quality u.r,...i5 N
Nova SoIyma." which is indeed al ,,.,uqIct
of the most exalted ideas. un th-. ojt.-- hand
when We look for it look for it lu his
great epic, seeking that accent which - half I
matter of sublime substance and har matter
of the grand style" the romance di-IPpuiuts
us. Something of the masSy weight of tur true
Milton is missing. To be sure. Nova Soyma"
dates from time very early in his career. but
even at the outset Milton showed that he had
it in him to marshall his periods whether in
verse or prose, with consummate majesty. Mr.
BegIey is on safer ground when he comes To the
poetry in the romance There IS i good deal
of literary theOrizing in the all. by the
way, in harmony with Millions familiar pre-
cepts-and in one chapter fragments are given,
to illustrate principles, of Armada Epic" IN
cOmmemoratiOu of Philips attack upon Eng
land Here are two extracts from Mr.. BegIey's
version:
With maSSy timbered sides the ships Of Spain
High on the surface of the burdeued deep
All numbering lie. in order close they form
Together chained: curved in such crescent shape
AS wears the Cynthian Queen of Night, ere yet
Her face is seven nights old. when her month
WaneS to the end. Forthwith in SPertiI,St sail
This crescent fleet OpPs wider still her horns,
And. with insatiate NAV. engOTSe them down
So. when some whirlpool with vast fOaminS
ring
In middle channel roars the raging gulf
Sucks underneath all things that Y, utITr HtIrr
Then finny tribes and Needless krtI= alike
Go twisting down into the jaws Of he'll
Than these no words could better pIr.rs.' move
The grisly King. Then. Oycrjuycd L. tlAy
His share in such wild deeds. that aWtu. shape
As answer. raised peal most horrible
OF eChOiuE laughter long and loud. fur " ~"
Than rumbng of twin CuntrniIuS ~vIS-
or when the pregnant thund 'r-cluUd< GI~Tlu'i"
From hill to hill a tTrmar along
The Arctic ground the mountain tops We're EtAt
BY that dread peal: IL fiIwrd the rt-rfsl. .t'.
Thick a. il lay upon the t'rrri ~ 81
T. Heaven itself did Jrvu.hlr t' Jhr -
These lines are well calculated to WIN sym
pathy for Mr. Beglry's belief touching IheE