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...last Tennyson was progressive. His thought was more profound, and his diction more energetic. There is no need of a softening of criticism as we read his last volume. This little book of less than a thousand lines possesses more than a sentimental value. It shows to the full Tennyson's bread+++h, variety, suggestiveness, and purity of diction...
...done out of jealousy and the other for revenge, and "The Lilac Witch" suffers more from the comparison which it invites than does "Lord Angus." Still the story is much above the average, and is decidedly better than the last one by the same author, both in diction and form...
...article which is so exceptionally good is W. V. Moody's "The Lady of the Fountain." It is in blank-verse form, interspersed with prose of decidedly poetic diction. The poetry is very musical in its rythm, and contains many good lines, while the prose is almost as musical as the poetry. The whole thing is manifestly influenced by Tennyson if not actually in imitation of him, but as it does not pretend not to be, this fact can hardly be said to lessen its value...
...Advocate's usual standard, although the triolet entitled "Leigh Hunt" is much the better of the two poems. "A Winter Song" could hardly be called a poem, however, for there is not a poetical image, simile, or turn of thought in the whole song, and the Shakspearian specificness of diction at which the author aims cannot be said to be happily attained...
...reads the charming "Sonnets" which Mr. Santayana contributes to this number of the Monthly, there comes an earnest wish that more of its author's work might be published. For all of the five sonnets charm one by reason of a quiet but exquisite elegance of diction, a poetical serenity of thought, and touches of soulful aspiration. Of the five, the first three appear to us to be the best, although perhaps at the most such culling is invidious distinction...