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NOTICES OF BOOKS- 207
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Goblin M"A?*Ket, And Oilier By D Poems ....
green book which was on every table six months since , or the rising poet who is going to eclipse them both " immediately" in a
sensation volume of gilded magenta . At any rate , to you and me , dear readerMiss Christina Rossetti is a very worthy pupil in a very good
, school ; and imitation , when as in her case it comes simply from being imbued with the very spirit and mode of thought of the
master , is not only pardonable but very pleasant . But as we do not want to sneer at the public but to convert them ,
let us begin by saying to them—do not begin by reading Goblin Market itself ; you will like it very much when you turn to it after
reading some of the shorter poems , but just at first you will not care for it ; it is the most " quaint " in the book , and the tender
little moral is rung into your ears in such an elfish jingle of rhyme , and folded up in such a fanciful garbthat it will startle you more
than it pleases you . As in all really good , books of poetry , it is _difficult to select from this one , as very likely what will be tlie favorite with
one admirer will not strike or please another ; however we will choose two poemsalmost at randomone from the earlier or profane" half
• of the volume , , and the other from , what are called Devotional Pieces : and if you like these—get the volume , for there are many quite
as good . And if you do not like these , then get the volume , for there are many that may please you much better .
UP-HILL . Does the road wind up-hill all the way ?
Yes , to the very end . Will From the day morn ' s journey to niht take the friend whole . long day ? my
g , But is tliere for the night a resting-place ?
A roof for when the slow dark hours begin . May not the darkness hide it from my face ? You cannot miss that inn .
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night ? Then Those must who I knock have , or gone call before when . just in sight ?
They will not keep you standing that at door . Shall I find comfort , travel-sore and weak ?
"Will Of there labor be you beds sh for all me find and the all sum who . seek ? Yea , "beds for all who come .
"A BRUISED HEED SHALL HE _NOT BREAK . " I will accept thy will to do and be
Thhatred and intolerance of sin , And Thy y will thirsteth at least after to Me love : , that burns , within
The So will germ I render s and small fruitful beg , blessing innings in still th , y heart , Because thy will cleaves to the better part . —•
Alas , I cannot will !
Notices Of Books- 207
NOTICES OF BOOKS- 207
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/63/
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