The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-25
1.-THE FAERE ouEENE"---ONE OF THE GREATEST OF FOEw

quite ss.0os - u#~
~i.t not be ~rPvtzt
Law ava In Ill
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FaGE. and oths-a
unls - "tedIogsgeA4
ahsence 90 true p>e
you viii fua g~vat s
and In tNc f4vs-r
Spenser rose g. s
he began pGbilrat
ably his a@csGt Was
ser than DsR, - @ee
itsh po~<s troug
hurae lfc catao r.
u appears atn.I fe
best cultures reAu
owing a. th1 dS.v!
wrought IL the Yns-
SpenscT VAS TsRtv ..Ea
language Ani charm
meet che rrla'rewsre
captive AL reader
measure 81 ~SarDrcrf..
extremely engaging
then As Il does ~
of poetry now Howe
the new stAuEz Nigh
ceptaucC nj once and H#e
work OF TcDuyson I.~
IL n found gr.at
Tnornson. u Ia. Shr.#a. -
and Lord Twnnyror
this stanEa % the 8~
readers BYRON usey
effect IN ~Chiles llara
Juan ! menCortE
Rilegoricai per~ona Z
ventures. in his sv,as
first three Hooks. ...
Church OF England ana
Fourth. arc all un4crst
scented. In the last tsrt.
IS contained Legends II
Triamond. or F~ricutsHf-
Justice. and Sir Calas.s
"A double allesor
these cantos. a. IN the grew.
Thomas Campbell. rsn
poet had IN exalted Tler
He said: His comma
is wide. easy. and Ia~4r-.s..
threw the soul Of hurma.r
verse. and made it NOR
tenderly and magplfteeuEs
than II was ever bcfsrs .-
few exceptions. than lt mss .r
since But we e.
find more airy and cNha4r.
OF the visionary thing. or r.r
OF senument,or inner nuvr lr
OF lan6 uagc. thar In tas
English poetry" Thcr, So
too much or B~ueetnc@s taHr.
honied phrasfnE ana tr...-.t
ance in the great poet. la. t.
mains o wonder OF the c,r-.r.s
fcssor shay wroic as lutstlr..L
criminatingly Of Spencer a .r
| have knowledge or He w.s .
well AS percepuNc. f~A<tnAt.. ~
an balanced. lie says Tho ...,r .
in this admirable poet IS a.e
~inseparable from allcEay .r a-
and particularly allcgo3 D.. s
Gated as that of Spcrser. vt- q.
feigned resemblance often r..-.s-,
several distinct and diror,rt t.H 4.
objects. II can not bc der.e. .
there Is a great want Of huwa
est In the 'Faerie Queen, ana ,
parts OF his drama have r-
no perceptible conncctou N.-. a
other or bearing upon tho ,.
catastrophe" This is admirable u.
cism. alike sound and dl@rrm
as / regard IL.
Is Spenser the greatest ~ r."
lish poets since Shakcspeatc a
given the opinions OF his r,
from several writer's OF distinct +
believe that none save Jallsr s
him at the head. I hHy. tE
since / read Millions Fuhliwt PAN
disc Lost" for the first tim, vaa e.
my teens. while a stufeut az '.t @
versity OF North Carolina tgaf 81 s
greatest ] first read Nnsau'e7s p.
witching. enhancing. rich.
elegant essay on John Milton. ~raf
ny him before he was twenty Ers-'
OF age when a student. thai a.Er So
ton was after Shakcspeare t-r
the splendid array Of all EurllM
I have not changed my en
through all the years bat have ST.
lowed 1853. After reading the gs
eous. magnificent creation ~ I3us
Spenser from first 20 last words ~
main a believer still ia tho E-a
OF and superiority Of Milton
poetry or several kinds. and gra So
Il prose writer. and Of the first r
tude. If you would see what q s
great critic can do for au aIfr1-
genius. turn 70 the two lara. .
or English Literature" bE IT,
and read what ne ha. et
OF Edmund Spencer. n.a..
easily a column OF the New and o.
server with most f~anciuat.rr @
tons. but my space would tp aa
1t. ] would be glad to sha# lf
grandly and richly the F.ar !
OF our oct. Read T.rf
both volumes upon the fmwar. .s
lishrnan and you VIII be nharue. III.
wrote also most Impressive IN
ton.