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...itself have a quaint charm; but why is the man glad? Was he afraid of the mouse, or was he only too lazy to sweep up the crumbs himself? G. K. Munroe's "Castles" has undeniable music, but most of the sense is beyond me. H. T. Pulsifer's sonnet on Lincoln is, like much of the verse on the theme published during the last month, a trifle too high-pitched to suggest absolute sincerity; and to be insincere about Lincoln is a crime. The American people have doubtless been much moved in recalling their great hero...
...weird, solemn picture in "The Caravan" is impressive, the wording is good (preponderance of monosyllables), and the vagueness gives the imagination free play. The interrogation points in the second and third stanzas should be omitted. The conception in "The Flower Stall" is good; the poem needs verbal revision. The sonnet entitled "Love and Fate" is worthy of praise for the correctness of its construction, the thought moving steadily and naturally to the culmination, and for the dignity of the language. A vigorous plea ("Yoke-fellows") for loyal service in the cause of the Ideal and a pithy, pleasing love-song...
...poetry, Mr. Nickerson's "Ballad" is pretty in thought and execution. Mr. Bell's "Sonnet" has lost its fifth line somewhere on the way to press--an important line giving the clue to the protagonists of the octave. But even without knowing exactly who or what they are which "amid the darkness shine," one is justified in saying that it is a good piece of verse displaying Mr. Bell's usual facility in handling the sonnet form. "Before Morning" by T. S. E. fails in effect; one is jolted, not impressed. "Marah" by Mr. Pulsifer is better. Mr. Greene...
...Last Chapter of 'Smith's Decline and Fall of the World" suffers from an excess of imagination. Occasionally one finds vivid flashes, such as the incident of the last man and woman, but, as a whole, the conception is chaotic. Mr. Alken's sonnet, with its dramatic, almost conversational tone, is more novel than thoroughly effective. But the impression that it leaves of the rapscallion Villon is clear...
...verse, Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez contributes a Christmas sonnet in dignified yet not quite comfortable English; Mr. Greene a quatrain, which, like most attempts at packing poetry, wants ease and life; Mr. Aiken a longer poem ("The Spirit of Christmas Eve"), which shows little individuality, and not much responsiveness in vocabulary. Mr. Wheelock appears twice in this number, neither time in a Christmas spirit and neither time at his best. "The Return after Death" is ambitious and in spots effective, but suffers from want of metrical skill and from occasional weakness of word. The "Song," though less faulty, is also less...