Word: penchant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...poems Mr. Norris contributes two: "At the Window" and "Tryst." The latter, a musical, romantic, little piece, is quite excellent; the former is not so good; Mr. Norris lets his penchant for the pictorial run away with him. It is true he speaks no more of the sea as "an enchanted moan," but allows the moon to shine brightly on a snowy hill above which is a black sky. Nevertheless, a pretty movement runs throughout, the idea is splendid, and the verses are well finished...