Lord of himself! It is not gotten else!
Brahm hath it not to give!’”
It need hardly be said that such a poem as this, though not of a character to be enjoyed by those who read verse simply for its sensuous charm or its dramatic and narrative pictures, will yield fruit for interesting reflection to more thoughtful minds.
The other poems in the volume are of a lighter character. Among those specially noticeable are the three Hindu songs, the pastoral poem, “Neucia,” translated from the Italian of the great Florentine ruler, Lorenzo de Medici, who, if he destroyed the liberties of his city, raised it to its highest place in literary and art glory, as also in commercial and political power; “The Epic of the Lion;” “The Wreck of the Northern Belle;”and “Amadis of Gaul to Don Quixote de La Mancha,” The latter, which is from the Spanish, is a little gem:
“Thou who did’st imitate the mournful manner
Of my most lonely and despised Life,
And—leaving joy for suffering and strife—
Upon the bare hillside did’st pitch thy banner!
Thou whose unshamed eyes with tears oft ran over—
Salt dripping tears—when giving up all proper