“Earliest and worst manner of Keats ... no new note here. Even the epithets are conventional....”
“Lacks utterly originality ... echoes of Mr Swinburne, Tennyson, and sometimes of Mr Gilbert.”
“Sickly, sensuous vein.”
“Holds the first place among the latter-day poets.”
“The fairest promise of not only good but great work to come ... has the prophet’s vision ... verse worthy of the greatness of his theme ... all the attributes of a true poet.”
“Elaborate and perverse ... the most irresistible trait he can find in a maiden is that she should bite like a mad dog ... Mr Crowley is a strong and genuine poet.”
Transcriber’s Notes:
Antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.
Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected.