Word: keatsian
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...spirit Ephraim brings his pupils good news about the cosmic dance of souls, though he warns that if the world is destroyed, heaven would vanish. The same Keatsian reverence for earthly pleasures pervades Merrill's poem. Words are to be cherished because they open magic casements...
...charming, Keatsian and somehow like every other poem tossed off by a carefree youth in the flush of summer...
...made to combine and to complement each other and the text; probably, therefore, (though no one can be sure who is finally responsible for what) this Twelfth Night is a directorial success. Mr. Benthall's work lacks variety of mood and interest, and overstresses the play's quality of Keatsian languor and softness; yet, in its way, like Olivia's face, "'tis beauty truly blent...
Discipline or Driver Training? The question such a Keatsian grand jury should ask itself: Does it want the oldfashioned, facts-and-mental-discipline sort of education, or does it want life adjustment, "to make children unselfish and interested in others"? Keats is for facts and discipline first. Throughout the book he scores against the life adjusters, who do not believe that mastery of a subject is very important, who give "open-book tests" in basic courses and proudly call their high schools "cafeterias of learning," who offer such dessert courses as "sewing, cooking, interior decorating, teaching, garage repair, driver training...
...devout Roman Catholic practising Christian Science somehow lacks interest. The Advocate's fragments of Professor Whitman's translation of The Alcestis, with their alliteration and charming metre, seem very well done. Aside from this, however, this issue's poetry is unexciting. Paul Flanigan has written a "pretty" sonnet, expressing Keatsian sentiments with rather abstract words. There is also another of Andre Gregory's hoaxes. This one is about a sea-walnut. John Ratte's cover is, as usual, architectural...