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    of Messrs . Uassell &( Jo . s serials .

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    Mr . W . E . Henley's 'Book of Verses ' has upon us the invigorating effect of a

    tonic . Too much of the , poetry of the last decade has aimed at nothing higher than

    prettiness reference of phrase to the , and facts — , so of far life from has having been — any - -

    based dpb f ^ ph entirel ^ pp > y on . - - worn - -out . / conventions 4 Xi a , . With ^^ . ^_ this inhuman artificiality Mr . Henley ' s verses

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    of contempora expression ries has in ma something stery of sty to le say and which vigour is

    worth listening , to . The , series of 'Rhymes and _ Rhythms , ' called pp > ' In ph Hosp dpb ital , ' is , we _ ven-* —

    ture to . say , without parallel in ^ Eng ^^^^^^ ^ lish ^ ^ ^^ literature . It aets before us a genuine experience

    of a side A ^ of life pa A ^ which « J ^ pk p ^ hitherto ppb a . pB has ^ never received poetical treatment , . Mr . Henley spent

    many weary months in a 'transformed backkitchen / as he calls the hospital wardand has

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    the and ¦¦ bone surgeons ¦ - ' of reality the ¦¦ . nurse The s b patients pass i h i ¦¦ before ¦ k « , 1- the ii ' Chief us pd as f , '

    living — ' — - ~~ ' — personages — f ^ B ^^ i — r ^^ , W ^^ —^ . " — Bold ™^^ T ^ ^^^ p ^^ ^ p ^ and p ^ r original ^ ppp ^ p ^ ^^ b as ^^ p' is ^ p ^ »^^ the np ^ ^^ ^^^ subject of these * rhymes and -BB »^* P rh « BBB ^ pPV ythms BFBPr PJP / their

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    own Sapp ^^ ¦ H ^ hic invention ^^ ^^ measure ^— " ""^ P ^^ ¦ ^ " »^ P ^ ' ^ B' , ¦ ^^^— , ^ some PJ while ^ ^ ^»^ P ^ " ^^ P"PPPPI ^ PJPPJP of others fPV which ^ PPP PPP PppPI ^ PpP * P | p P- ^ Pp » can ^^ pT suggest PJPpP ^ P' VPJB pPPP only -Bjpr ( PP * PPPPP "" t ^ F the be ^^^^ ^^^^

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    and and each ^ — — ~~~ ^~~ every fl P"T poem verv — " ^ v ^^ ^ P ^ line liri harinonisea ^^ '" A ~^ PT , I' has liaa VPBT ' *«** VVVIM PPfPP receive rAneivft " ^ ¦> entirel . H * " ^ V ¦¦ d rl i all « y . 1 1 with the khn ^(^^ PPP Pol its ^ p finish fSninii * PPP > P | P subj > 7 V ^ that fh PJPT ect ^ PBP * . fll ,

    poem taste and which i tact i could for »—¦ its ¦ ¦ > give restraint it . In 1 may the Pl following be PP ^ MP ^

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    - ¦¦ ¦?¦ . ? t word that has not been weighednot a syllable

    , that is superfluous : — STHCtDB . r

    Staring See the , corpselike harsh , un , ra at zore the d ceiling features , , j

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    • Made And his the children world so in black the workhouse a riddle , *

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    pr ^^ ^ In But PP" M . F « ^^ ^ t p 1 v » h sometimes ^ hv e r ^ « n i g 1 pp h > pppb ¦/ I t pm ^ W ^ Pft r pb Pb ^ # h he pppappft P ^* ear ^ p ^ v ^ p ^ v ^ talks p- v pIBv h « i > m bP ^^ PJT r a p ^^ sobbing ^ v *^^ - little # ^ pPft 4 lh ^» . . , « . ^ pp *^ ppj ^^^ ppippft ^ kpr ^^ g ^ ff ^ ^ ppk pp ^ pb ^* phm ^ pfr ^^ wp ^ ^ . P ^ ^

    He has told me all his troubles . In his p ^^ p . f faceso tanned a ^ d bloodless

    . ' . p ^ Hpl ^^ pPk And AUU White ^ P >^^ pp » h 1 11 ^ v is and » ^ SSXJXIX smi , V ** P" ^ pp wide f le * ^ , , ^ r P ^ occult UWU 1 ^^ « Pk ^ his pl ^ Pjpr ^^^ p 1 D ^ pr eyeballs ^ p PVAppt an VbLUX ^^ P ^ d ^^ 4 b tLXtl ^ pp r * " ^ pV ag ^ PVV g l ic lU i * ^ PT itter B , . ¦ ^ v ' * k , V ;

    ; Makes you shudder wlien you see it . As a specimen- of what Mr . " Henley can

    achiev we quot e in e \ a two more staiizas impulsive of the , buoyant poem metre oalled ,

    * Discharged to ive , ' the and whole only . regret that we have not space g

    Into pJV Carry ^ pBppIpp V v the w pipp m ^ pr * e wind v v out ppb pp » i ^ Pt i ppj and ^ pf ^^ p >« pf - ^^^ the mr « v sunshine . p «^ pjrpj ^ pp * PW « kPB > " ^ pp p ^^^^ ^ p ^^ , V

    Into tlie beautiful world . ^ Q The luJhe stature vaii wonder and , strengt the spell h of of the ho streets rses phi 1

    Th T j ¦^ h > h pb » e e rustle flat ippt pa v «¦ roa ^» ¦* m an , r f - » " » and d •^¦¦ v ^ " ^ ec ""^ h rattle v ¦ ^ pi o ^^ ^¦» " — of » m ^ ^ r footfalls o r * ^ i » r w *¦» heels pbpb wr ¦»¦* ^ . ^ , ^ 1 p ^ ^ pf phpVB , k . ,

    ^^ Km f ^^* ^ " ^ ' ^ ¦¦ ' p ¦^ nr ^ pr ppp * ^ ppr p ^ prgp ¦ pj ^^ p » ^ i ^^ ^ pp > ^ - ^ v ^ p * ^« p ^ ^* p ^ ppp * w w ^ . p * ^^ p ^ v b ^^ v A . swift tram floats huge on us .... pjpVpi It mr ' P s ^ . » a PJ r ^ g dream ^ . ^ r ^ v -P 9 i pi PMIHPr 1 V ^^

    Is The brave sniell —like of the a breath mud in of my the nostrils sea ! ,

    entitled The i second 'Life and portiori Death of ' the strikes W ~^^ book , aJiappier which pa ^ pr is

    note ^ PPF >^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^ " ^ . ^^ " ^^» ^ ^^ ^ It ^ ^ PH ^ h _ ^ is ^^ . _ , ~~ — - full - ^ ^ ph ^ ppk pB ^ of ^ > ^~ the _ . —Pi ^^ ^» H ' ^ . ^^— joy ^ , ^ PJ " ^ of i "" " ^ K . ¦ i ™ life ^ m— ^^ p ^^ _ »^ i ^» ^_ ^ pp ^ ' ^ ^ ^ rw ^^^ npiV and ^^^^ r ^ pv ^ pf ^ p i . ^^ the ^ P ^ m pi ^ PJf ^^ PJPJ praise of wine . The * ocean ' s rapture and

    roar , the * freshness of spring , ' the glorious ^ sense - ^^ r »^™ ¦ ^¦ ^™ ww ^^^ - ^ of ^^ - —* the ~— ¦ ¦ — ^~ open ^^ ^ . —^ — — air ~ —these ^«^ ^— — - ^^ " ^ - ~— —wm ~ are ~ - ^ - ^~ ^ its ^*— t * - ^^ themes - ^ m ^ " ^ ^ " ^^ ^^^»^ ^ ¦ ^ B ^^^ pi ^« p ^ v ^ p . ^ pv

    Mr ' Present . Henley is life , and , and in life these is good words to his live , gospel ' says

    may I There be summ is scarcel ed up . one of the / Echoes of . . __ ¦ , ^_ ^ pppjppk ^ ^ pt ^ K l y ^* ^ apt pb ^ _ < ^_

    l Li yrical fe and gift ——¦ " Death of ¦ extraordinary ' whicji does delicacy not disp as i lay well a

    as ^^^ V ^ " ^ a ^^ ¦ 1 " ¦ ^ power ^^ - ^ PPPPK " ^ of obs ~— ervation ^ T ^ — — ^ and — mW ^^ a ^^ ^^^ skilj ^^ ^^^ " ^^^^ ^^ » , in ^ PJ ^^^ PP" fixing P * PF W ^ P ^ F " ^ ^^ "P transitory impressions which are rarely met

    dence with ^ 4 P > VB ^ PPT ^^ Pl PPPi ^ P ^ . ^^ pr We of ^^ p > a *^^ Mr "i mi ¦ ¦¦ * ^/^•^ r ™ i vi . g ht Henley ¦ ™ qubteji —^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ - — h h ' s ^^ r dozen p pj ^ v ^ ictu ^^ ^ pr ^^^ ^^^ w resqueness ^^^^ poems ^ P ^ P ~^ P ^ ^^^^ 1 ^ W ^ ^ PP ^ PPPi PPI ^ in PP ^^ V ^^ F ^^^ P" evi of P ^ pF MPPPl

    the touch truth , but of we this may criticism safely lea for ? e himself the reader . Of to test the *

    to poems - ^^ ^ p- the ^« - ^ w a ^^ ^ pr belong one ^ ' ¦ ™"' b which — ing " ' ' —¦¦ to this ¦ ' we - second quote " ^ H ' — - -r- series at — — length - ^— ' ^ , ^^ pf in ^^ S ^^ "' addition ~ ^ " ^ , below T ^ PP » - ^ P » ^^ Tf ^¦ P' ^ , * B

    those which most strongly appeal to us are the eloquen 107 t and iWAA rhapsod the v « v y two on the ' Spirit beg th « inning of Wine aOl ' , The ' on

    wan p K- ^ . * JPUV sun ^ p , westers ' ^* * faint ** vw - ^ - poems ^ r- and \^ ^ m m «*» slow ^ v v ' ( p . 69 ) , and . L . AAV * Or ¦^^^ ever ¦ the —¦ ¦ i kni —¦ ghtly years were gone' ( p .

    of 101 _^ ^ PL .- diction ^ ^ H ^ ) PL . - ^^ p » ^ The pWH p « whicji - ^— - - two . —— latter entitles IA ' ' ^^^ . ^ Ta ^ - ^^ W «¦ have them W ^^ a ^^^ certai we ^ ^^ ^ ^^ think ^^^ pi n p ^^^~ pV ^ mystery ^^ ¦ » " » p * ™ ^ ppp ^ to Ph bo p ^^^ f ^ P ^

    classed together . The following , poem expresses in noble phrase the poweriesBiiess of

    not fate be to a subdue prophet the to human predict soul that , and one day one it need will become classical : — *! .- ,.

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1888, page 1287, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101888/page/5/