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Another correspondent kindly sent in a lengthy rhymed criticism of Swinburne’s style, commencing as follows:—
Paddy Blake on Swinburne.
Dear Bailey, I will not deny
That of Swinburne’s great merit I’m sensible,
But this one complaint I must cry—
“He’s exceedingly incomprehensible!”
He sings pretty songs about kisses,
He christens them “red,” also “white”;