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...anonymous "Sonnet" deserves much praise for its quiet elegance of diction, and "An Oxford Poem" is interesting as a clever parody on Mocaulay's Lays...
...only verse of the number is a sonnet entitled "Twilight." Although it is has been the theme of a few poems during the past ten centuries, yet it is always pleasant to see new political light shed upon the darkness of the subject. There is a touch of originality here and there, the principal simile is felicitious and the diction is the whole, good - although we doubt whether birds sing "songs of jest...
...Moody's "Harmonics" is a sonnet of Shakspearean form. It evidences an originality of thought, a delicacy of conception, and a strength of diction which have not always been united before in its author's poems...
...both of the two poems are far from mediocre. "Two Ships" has much of the poetic in it and the simile of the poem is apt. The strength which it possesses is somewhat crude and several lines are marred by bad accentuation, a fault noticeable in the author's "Sonnet," published in the Advocate some weeks ago. "To L. M.," is not so good as some of the verse Mr. McCulloch has written but it is a pleasant fancy and its poetry mirrors the sentiments of many men at this springtime season...
...Corbin's "The Answer" is the only excellent bit of verse in the number. Though it is a translation, it is charmingly, simple and graceful. It would be just as well if the author of "Sonnet" had a more appropriate title for his verse. Most men who are at all familiar with poetry are not unaware that fourteen lines of a certain metre and rhymed in a certain way constitute a sonnet. This particular "Sonnet" has several lines badly accencentuted and some expressions hardly poetical. The "Triolets" are neither delicate nor dainty although they are as good as many...