Word: tonic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...poetry is tonic; to quote from Mr. McLane's admirable review of Masefield's "Enslaved," it is "piercing, clear poetry." F. W. MacVeagh's "Poem" is a brilliant bit of repression, phrased with that quiet, haunting conciseness which E. A. Robinson has celebrated. Mr. McLane's "Anniversary" is tender dedication to Fadeless Love and Beauty. In "A Symbol" Mr. La Farge sails the old glamorous seas to Xanader, quite as his swashbuckling Pirate does in "Santa Spirita Harbor." Merle Colby magically weaves the burthen and repetand of "Days Falling," or in "The Singer" takes up the old ballad...
There is no better tonic than George Bernard Shaw. He always comes as a refreshing draught of bitter-sweet cynicism and charlatanism, mingled with a well-disguised strain of humanity. And of all his medicines, none is more rejuvenating than Pygmalion...