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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 55
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Poems: By Jean Ingelow. London—Longman A...
" Crowds Crowds of of bees grasshoppers are giddy with skip clover at our , feet ;
Crowds of larks at their matins hang over , Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet . " trik Perhaps the there reader is as not so another intensel poem poetical in the as book this firs which tcalled will
s Divided e . " It is of imagination y all compact . " Two , lovers w on anderin either g side together till , t join heir hands hands across must sever a tiny over stream its , widenin and walk g
course . They feel " A Cross little pain to me as now the — beck for its grows wavelets wider swell ; ; beside here
' I not cross' —and the voice - may Faintly reacheth , though heeded well . " No "backward path ah ! no returning ;
; ' Come No Come second to ere me it now crossing darkens , for the that ¦ ' ;— west No ripp ! is le ah ' burning s , flow no ! . " ¦ ;
row It i is an severance old , old story the , walking on to the u desola of te this " day beg b inning y day — , the the
g sweep But were in for ng ing this the ou song t first into of time the , imagery sea smitten of forgetfulness it with is fresh the as pai , of thoug n the of " river divided human of par " hearts love ting . . be less and
B imag musical ut ina thoug t ive h expre , t t hey ss poem ion are , s some tha dee t t follow imes per in even t houg more h t t and finished t feeling he striking t . , ht more Into of
bhe poem called " Honours , " and a few into the hers hi , service houg s of poetry : ic h ted e age ; and imp been ortant thoug pressed part h there , in as the is it were evidence culture , of tha the t t poet ha g t t herself hought has t is
3 ; he ut general a an crude power product of , excep her from verse t the wh . In unconsciousl the is massimila poem y we exhi t have ed b in ited , men f in t -
ionedit stands apart poetry , x ac , md 3 f thi thoug s , h owever worth there somethin is g so littl thou et g ht t , is but nothin one g ot as her poetry poem .
_jould las iven be , cited us oe which t , ure it has and vitally simle . touched , And it . is For in the her rest simp , she t p
hemes g that she p exhibits ry p that power to most advantage . " The Supper at the Mill" is an example of this t . It f is the a dialogue evenin ,
_iarried aeal . on The in wh a , ol co e tt scene age dur is i most ng the vividl prepara y and trut hfully painted g _, lie infant is being lulled to sleep , the songs which serve for
_ullabies are truly exquisite . Here is the grandmother ' s song . " When the sparrows build and the leaves break forth ,
For My I know old sorrow there wakes is dawn and in cries the far , far north And a scarlet sun doth rise ; , ,
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Notices Of Books. 55
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 55
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 55, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/55/
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