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       THE PULLEY 

       An editor is greatly tempted to mend a word in these exquisite verses。 

George   Herbert   was   maladroit   in   using   the   word   ;rest;   in   two   senses。 

;Peace; is not quite so characteristic a word�察�but it ought to take the place 

of ;rest; in the last line of the second stanza�察�so then the first line of the 

last stanza would not have this rather distressing ambiguity。 The poem is 

otherwise perfect beyond description。 

       MISERY 

       George     Herbert's     work    is  so   perfectly    a   box    where    thoughts 

;compacted lie�察─�that no one is moved�察�in reading his rich poetry�察�to detach 

a line�察�so fine and so significant are its neighbours�察�nevertheless�察�it may be 

well to stop the reader at such a lovely passage as this ´ 

     ;He was a garden in a Paradise。; 

       THE ROSE 

       There is nothing else of Waller's fine enough to be admitted here�察�and 

even   this�察  �though unquestionably  a  beautiful   poem�察 �elastic   in   words   and 

fresh    in  feeling�察  �despite    its  wearied    argument�察    �is  of   the  third´class。 

Greatness   seems   generally�察  �in   the   arts�察�to   be   of   two kinds�察  �and   the   third 

rank is less than great。 The wearied argument of The Rose is the almost 

squalid plea of all the poets�察�from Ronsard to Herrick�此 �Time is short�察�they 

make the better bargain who make haste to love。; This thrifty business and 

essentially cold impatience wastime out of mindunknown to the truer 

love�察�it is larger�察�illiberal�察�untender�察�and without all dignity。 The poets were 

wrong   to   give   their   verses   the   message   of   so   sorry   a   warning。   There   is 

only one thing that persuades you to forgive the paltry plea of the poet that 

time   is   briefand   that   is   the   charming   reflex   glimpse   it   gives   of   her   to 

whom the rose and the verse were sent�察�and who had not thought that time 

was brief。 

       L'ALLEGRO 



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       The   sock   represents   the   stage�察  �in   L'Allegro�察  �for   comedy�察  �and   the 

buskin�察  �in   Il   Penseroso�察  �for   tragedy。   Milton   seems   to   think   the   comic 

drama in England needs no apology�察�but he hesitates at the tragic。 The poet 

of King Lear is named for his sweetness and his wood´notes wild。 

       IL PENSEROSO 

       It  is  too  late  to  protest  against   Milton's    display   of  weak    Italian。 

Pensieroso is�察�of course�察�what he should have written。 

       LYCIDAS 

       Most   of   the   allusions   in   Lycidas   need   no   explaining   to   readers   of 

poetry。 The geography is that of the western coasts from furthest north to 

Cornwall。 Deva is the Dee�察 �the great vision; means the apparition of the 

Archangel�察  �St。   Michael�察  �at   St。   Michael's   Mount�察  �Namancos   and   Bayona 

face the mount from the continental coast�察�Bellerus stands for Belerium�察�

the Land's End。 

     Arethusa     and    MinciusSicilian      and   Italian   streamsrepresent      the 

pastoral poetry of Theocritus and Virgil。 

       ON A PRAYER´BOOK 

       ;Fair and flagrant things;Crashaw's own phrasemight serve for a 

brilliant and fantastic praise and protest in description of his own verses。 

In the last century�察�despite the opinion of a few�察�and despite the fact that 

Pope took possession of Crashaw's line ´ 

     ;Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep�察─�

     and for some time of the present century�察�the critics had a wintry word 

to blame him with。 They said of George Herbert�察�of Lovelace�察�of Crashaw�察�

and of other light hearts of the seventeenth century not so much that their 

inspiration was in bad taste�察�as that no reader of taste could suffer them。 A 

better    opinion    on   that   company      of  poets    is  that  they   had    a  taste 

extraordinarily liberal�察�generous�察�and elastic�察�but not essentially lax�此�taste 

that gave now and then too much room to play�察�but anon closed with the 

purest and exactest laws of temperance and measure。 The extravagance of 

Crashaw   is   a   far   more   lawful   thing   than   the   extravagance   of   Addison�察�

whom some believe to have committed none�察�moreover�察�Pope and all the 

politer poets nursed something they were pleased to call a ;rage�察─�and this 

expatiated ��to use another word of their own�� beyond all bounds。 Of sheer 



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voluntary   extremes   it   is   not   in   the   seventeenth   century   conceit   that   we 

should seek examples�察�but in an eighteenth century ;rage。; A ;noble rage�察─�

properly provoked�察�could be backed to   write more trash than fancy  ever 

tempted the half´incredulous sweet poet of the older time to run upon。 He 

was fancy's child�察�and the bard of the eighteenth century was the child of 

common         sense    with    straws    in   his   hairvainly     arranged      there。   The 

eighteenth   century  was   never   content   with   a   moderate   mind�察  �it   invented 

;rage;�察�it matched rage with a flagrant diction mingled of Latin words and 

simple   English   words   made   vacant   and   ridiculous�察  �and   these   were   the 

worst�察�it was resolved to be behind no century in passionnay�察�to show the 

way�察  �to   fire   the   nations。 Addison   taught   himself�察  �as   his   hero   taught   the 

battle�察   �where   to   rage;�察  �and   in   the   later   years   of   the   same   literary   age�察�

Johnson summoned the lapsed and absent fury�察�with no kind of misgiving 

as to the resulting verse。 Take such a phrase as ;the madded land;�察�there�察�

indeed�察�is a word coined by the noble rage as the last century evoked it。 

;The madded land; is a phrase intended to prove that the law´giver of taste�察�

Johnson   himself�察  �could   lodge   the   fury   in   his   breast   when   opportunity 

occurred。 ;And dubious title shakes the madded land。; It would be hard to 

find anything�察�even in Addison�察�more flagrant and less fair。 

     Take The Weeper of Crashawhis most flagrant poem。 Its follies are 

all   sweet´humoured�察  �they   smile。   Its   beauties   are   a   quick   and   abundant 

shower。   The   delicate   phrases   are   so   mingled   with   the   flagrant   that   it   is 

difficult   to   quote   them   without   rousing   that   general   sense   of   humour   of 

which any one may make a boast�察�and I am therefore shy even of citing 

the   ;brisk   cherub;   who   has   early   sipped   the   Saint's   tear�此   �Then   to   his 

music�察─�in Crashaw's divinely simple phrase�察�and his singing ;tastes of this 

breakfast   all   day   long。;   Sorrow   is   a   queen�察  �he   cries   to   the   Weeper�察  �and 

when sorrow would be seen in state�察 �then is she drest by none but thee。; 

Then   you   come   upon   the   fancy�察   �Fountain   and   garden   in   one   face。; All 

places�察  �times�察  �and   objects   are   ;Thy   tears'   sweet   opportunity。;   If   these 

charming passages lurk in his worst poems�察�the reader of this   anthology 

will   not   be   able   to   count   them   in   his   best。   In   the   Epiphany   Hymn   the 

heavens have found means 

     'To disinherit the sun's rise�察�Delicately to displace The day�察�and plant it 



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fairer in thy face。; 

     To   the   Morning�此  �Satisfaction   for   Sleep�察  �is�察  �all   through�察  �luminous。   It 

would   be   difficult   to   find�察  �even   in   the   orient   poetry   of   that   time�察  �more 

daylight or more spirit。 True�察�an Elizabethan would not have had poetry so 

rich as in Love's Horoscope�察�but yet an Elizabethan would have had it no 

fresher。    The    Hymn     to   St。  Teresa    has   the  brevities    which    this  poet 

reproached with his longueurs masters so well。 He tells how the Spanish 

girl�察  �six   years   old�察  �set   out   in   search   of   death�此   �She's   for   the   Moors   and 

Martyrdom。 Sweet�察�not so fast� ─�Of many contemporary songs in pursuit 

of a fugitive Cupid�察�Crashaw's Cupid's Cryer�此�out of the Greek�察�is the most 

dainty。 But if readers should be a little vexed with the poet's light heart and 

perpetual pleasure�察�with the late ripeness of his sweetness�察�here�察�for their 

satisfaction�察  �is   a   passage   capable   of   the   great   age   that   had   lately   closed 

when Crashaw wrote。 It is in his summons to nature and art�此�

     ;Come�察�and come strong�察�To the conspiracy of our spacious song� ─�

     I   have   been    obliged    to  take    courage    to  alter   the  reading     of  the 

seventeenth and nineteenth lines of the Prayer´Book�察�so as to make them 

intelligible�察   �they   had   been    obviously   misprinted。      I  have    also  found    it 

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