Bridges, Robert (Droch, pseud.). Demeter: a mask. *85c. Oxford.
“In ‘Demeter’, a masque written for and acted by the ladies of Somerville College, Oxford, the author tells the old tale of the rape of Persephone, of Demeter’s quest for her, and of her return as queen of Hades, to live in this world only during the flower-time. His variation upon the simplicity of the tale is his mystical account of Persephone’s experiences in the nether-world, where she learns the hidden darkness of evil.”—Spec.
“The verse throughout is extraordinarily interesting, and there is much to rank with the best of modern verse, both in its novelty and in its excellence.”
+ + Acad. 68: 607. Je. 10, ’05. 850w. + + – Ath. 1905, 2: 6. Jl. 1. 1440w.
“It is but fair to observe that correctness and decorum usually attend the march of Mr. Bridges’s metrical battalions.” Edith M. Thomas.
+ Critic. 47: 571. D. ’05. 240w.
“He had things that were worth saying and he has said them; but they are not the mighty things that Milton had it in him to say, nor has he the organ voice at the sound of which all other voices know that their part is silence.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 4: 189. Je. 16, ’05. 1960w.
“The versification, where he is content to be normal, is easy and flowing, the diction graceful and worthy of the subject, but the beauty of the myth is too often overlaid with philosophisings which are not startlingly original.”