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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. ' 65

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    . « *» . Andromedaand Other Poems, By Ch...

    upon as general truths : they will be esteemed only as bribes , paid by the supposed rich offender to the poor man who has suffered from

    his tyranny , and will convert that feeling " , which might have been transient , into lasting hatred . We submit above all , that this is

    not the especial or proper duty of a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England . A Fable should have a better moral .

    But we willingly dismiss this part of the subject , in order to enjoywith the reader , the best and more amiable portions of Mr .

    , Kingsley ' s poetry . We regret that he should have bestowed so much talent upon the _Andromeda . ' Perhaps the difficulty of the task

    constituted its incitement . Otherwise , no one knows better than the author that , besides being very tedious , the English hexameter is

    almost impracticable . The pure dactyl is attainable in comparatively few instances , and the best evidence of this fact is , that Mr . Kingsley ,

    with great wealth of language and considerable command over verse , has failed , in the majority of instances , to give us the proper

    termination of the hexameter line . The poems which please us most in the volume , are ' The Sands of ' '

    Dee' The Three Fishers * Ode to the North East Windy and 6 _jlirl , y Beacon . Had it not been for its harmful tendency we

    ' should have added ' The Bad Squire ' We must quote the ' Ode to the North East Wind , ' a fine vigorous '

    piece of writing . * The Sands of Dee , is a song already well , and it cannot be too well , known . Were it not that it resembles the

    ancient ballads a little too much , it would alone entitle the author to a distinguished place amongst the poets of the day .

    _" ODE TO THE NORTH EAST WIND . "

    " Welcome Shame , it wild is to North see Easter !

    Odes Nq _' to er every a verse zep to h thee yr ; . " Welcome O ' er tlie , black German North foam Easter !

    ; O ' er the Danish , moorlands From thy frozen home . u Tired we are of summer

    Tired of gaudy glare , , Showers soft and steaming , Hot and breathless air .

    u Tired of listless dreaming Jovial Throug wind h the of winter lazy day :

    Turn us out to play . " Swe Crisp ep the the golden lazy d reed yke - ; beds ;

    Hunger Every , into plung madness ing pike _,

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    Notices Of Books. ' 65

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . ' 65

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 65, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/65/