“Miss Radclyffe-Hall is facile, flowing, and often really musical; it is not surprising that so many of her verses have been used by composers. Such a lyric as ‘A Farewell,’ calls aloud for setting.”—Pall Mall Gazette, December 2nd, 1910.
“Many fair and gentle thoughts are gracefully expressed by Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall. Especially charming are the lyrics in the song sequence, ‘Fruit of the Nispero,’ and the three little ‘Stuart Songs’ of Mary the Queen.”—The Lady, December 29th, 1910.
“There are a great many poems in this little volume, all showing evidence of considerable facility and talent.”—Evening Standard, September 22nd, 1910.
“A book of verse that appeared lately, by Miss Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, will, I know, delight you, for it is written with true poetical feeling, and touches on so many subjects besides that of love, that it is sure to please the taste of many and various readers. Amongst the poems that I recommend to your notice are ‘An Italian Garden,’ ‘A Sonnet to Elizabeth Barrett Browning,’ which breathes a deep and reverential appreciation of our great poetess’s worth, ‘The Voice,’ and several numbers in a series called ‘Fruit of the Nispero.’ It is easy to imagine that many of these tuneful numbers should have been set to music, for there are in them such tender harmonies as must appeal to musical people.”—The Lady, November 17th, 1910.
“Her volume is full of pearls; they are to be gathered from every page, and sometimes they are very brilliant. ‘The Hills of By and Bye,’ ‘Before Sunrise,’ ‘A Little Child,’ ‘In Liguria,’ and others are beautiful poems; and ‘The Graveyard at Orotava’ is based on an exquisitely poetic sentiment, the last two verses showing a high quality of imaginative power. Miss Radclyffe-Hall’s style is individual and remarkable for combined force and clarity. Very few living women poets are at all her equal.”—Sussex Daily News, October 26th, 1910.
“This is a book of really good verse. All its ‘small songs’ are musical and delicate, but in addition it has the rarer virtue of complete sincerity.... There is no striving after effect by phrase or artifice. Every lyric is the simple melodious expression of a poetic thought.”—Evening News, October 19th, 1910.
“Miss Radclyffe-Hall’s latest book should widen the circle of those acquainted with her work, for it shows her once more as a tender singer of the spells of love, the beauty of Nature.”—Liverpool Express, November 22nd, 1910.
“Many of her pieces are just adapted to musical setting, for they express a mood, a sentiment, a graceful fancy, with a note of real sincerity.”—Christian Endeavour Times, December 22nd, 1910.
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