Word: bourget
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...good conceptions are worked out. As a whole, however, the "Legend" is strained, and the vagueness and mystery in it, instead of giving color to it, are carried to far and make it utterly meaningless. The poetry in this number is good. "Flowers." the translation from Paul Bourget, is well rendered, and gains in effectiveness by being put into blank verse. In ' O Tempora," a pretty idea, well expressed, is hurt by faulty metre. A second strong poem, of deeper thought, is burdened with the pedantic and heavy title "Address." The fourth poem is a clever bit, announced as coming...