The sun., 1915-10-03

daily upon me, that by labor and in
tent study. which I take to be m
portion in life, joined with the stron,
| propensity of nature, I might perhap
leave something so written to afte
times, as they should not willingly lie
1t die"
| 1t is true that Shakespeare men
| toned that his verse should outlas
monuments and a large claim upor
Immortality was part of the Eliza
bethan stock in trade. yet they wrote
for the audiences who focked to heal
them then and there. Shakespeare
even flung II in their faces in his
titles that he was bidding for i'm.
mediate popularity in "As You Like
IT, and Much Ado About Nothing =
Milton was un-Elizabethan in his
uncompromising austerity From the
Elizabethan tradition he adopted the
pastoral elegy. the sonnet and the
masque. and 1t Is only necessary t.
read "Comus" in connection with THE
shepherds Calendar" "Old Wives
Tale" Fletcher's Faithful shep-
herdess," Jonson's pleasure Recon
ciled to Virtue" Cupid and Campaspe'
to see how he ennobled whatever form
he touched.
As to Millions treatment Of nature,
Mr.. Thompson says:
The httle glmpses that the poems give
OF natural scenery are as real as they are
charming. The cottage half hidden by the
oaks the little window ringed with
creepera the hedeerow elms the noun
tains and the shore and the nightingale le
among the trees-all are there. Instead
Of the fancifui pleasures OF an unreal ex-
istcnce Milton describes the true delights
Of n man OF taste and sensibility and the
real pastimes OF rural England.
In accepting this statement one
naturally remembers Mark Pattison's
argument to the contrary. When Mil
ton says Of the skylark:
Then to come In spite Of sorrow
And at my window bid good morrow
Mr.. Pattison notes that the skylark
never approaches q human dwelling
az the robin does Also in analyzing
the two odes, ne adds that cglantine
is not twisted. that the cowslip Is not
wan. or the violet glowing or the
reed balmy. Also that Lycidas's hearse
would not likely be strewn with prlm-
rose. woodbne. daffodil and Jasmine. as
woodbine and jasmine bloom when
primrose and daffodil are gone: also
that the pine is not rooted deep as
high" but spreads its roots ont near
the surface. Again he notes that
lightning does not scar the tons of
trees and that. all in all. Million did not
write with his eve on tho object and
offer faithful realism. nm tho contrary
he described hes, bis own mental
r.ac,iops in tho face ~ r,,uro Io,..
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