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You understand itta ? I have said enough ?• . ? ii Fesh ^ Nsbvr ^ kj ; dear Aureole ! - > ¦ ! Par 4 ^ ' r Festus , tet Wry Jiarfd—This hanvNie-Tn your own—> my own true friend- ! ' ' A ] 3 rilel battd in ' hafnd with you , Aprile !
Fest . And-this was Paracelsus V Having endeavoured to convey some notion of the purpose and plan of this masterly poem , we will add a few word § on the execution , only premising that the character of Fostu , s is itself a study . Though subordinate he , j s not insignificaat Heisnoimere naan of straw , or walking , gentleman , introduced to break a long soliloquy . True to his own * 5 oneeptions of right and wrong , and yet faithful
to the extraordinary being who never fails to command his reverence and puzzle his comprehension , he is an embodied commentary on Paracelsus / # hich might very well be adopted by a respectable critic , aftd save trouble . Michal is a lovely sketch . Aprile only appears to die like the swan in melody ; but the melody is very exquisfte . We niust extract the following lovedream :
• Apr . I woukt love infinitely , and . be loved . , First : I would carve in stone , or cast in brass , The forms of earth . No ancient hunter lifted Up to the gods by . his renown ; no nymph Supposed Uie-sweet soul of a woodland tree , Or sapphirine spirit of a twilight star ,
Should be too hard for me ; no shepherd-king , Regal for his white locks ; no youth who stands Silent and very calm amid the throng , , , His right hand ever hid beneath his robe , Until the tyrant pass ; no law-giver ; . . : No swan-soft woman , rubbed with lucid oils , , ,
Given by a god for love of her—too hard ! ; , ; Every passion sprung from man , conceiv ^ ecl by maaf , Would I express and . clothe , in its fit farm * - ¦ ' ¦ ' - Or show repressed by an ungainly form ,. .. Or blend with others struggling . in one form . Oh , if you marvelled at . some mighty spirit With a fit frame to execute hta will— : . . *
Kven unconsciously to work . his / yi \\— : * ,. ... ; You should he moved no leas bc 9 i 4 & 8 QiUeL , 8 tC 4 Hig » f / Bar ^ i spirit fettered , ta a . stubhorn . body ^ y .. .: , i y / , :,.. jv Endeavouring . ' ^ BMUu ^ M ^^ lp ^^ J ^ ; t 2 t r / / A With its owp § pleDdqijff , l ; , ^ * W l < VJ ^ 4 ^ i > i > iT And I would « av thia 4 one . V ^ m ^ ittbL ^ prtfABrf r
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1835, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2651/page/33/
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