“We quote ... There is a good deal of similar drivel further on.”
“Real and striking gifts both of imagination and expression.”
“Mr Crowley out-Swinburne’s Mr Swinburne.... Shows no mean technical accomplishment.”
“The pupil is in some ways greater than the master (Mr Swinburne).”
“Most exalted moods of mysticism ... richness and visionary splendour of the imagery and the aptness and transfiguring power of the rhythms ... plastic and intensely dramatic ... this poet is authentic and will reveal to the world much new beauty....”
“A kind of middle-class Swinburne at second-hand ... morbid unpleasantness of Mr Crowley’s taste.”
“Much to attract and not a little to repel. A very singular and striking piece of work ... undoubted power and originality ... vigorous mastery and daring conception ... we are compelled to read even where the subject matter fails to attract ... several glaring crudities and much banality.”
“An unusual number of gory phantoms.”
“A trifle ludicrous and monotonous.”
“A riot of words without much thought at the back of them ... windy and boyish in over-emphasis ... very respectable verse.”