Ficke, Arthur Davison. Happy princess and other poems. †$1. Small.
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The title poem which is a poetical romance occupies the first part of this volume, it is followed by seven poems upon Fancy in the later days, The return to Avon, To sleep and other subjects. Fifteen poems grouped under the head of Pilgrim verses, and evidently inspired by Oriental wanderings complete the contents.
“Mr. Ficke has to learn what to leave out, and to recognize that even in poetic style the happy phrase is that which flies like an arrow to the goal, not that which plays about the mark like a garden-hose, however charming the rainbow tints that sparkle in its spray.”
| + − | Nation. 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 280w. |
“The title poem, written from a mind saturated with Tennyson, Browning, and Keats, contains many good lines and some fine images and premises better things to some in spite of such rhymes as ‘dawn’ and ‘on,’ and ‘love’ and ‘of.’”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 255. Ap. 20, ’07. 190w. |
“There is an engaging wistfulness about it and often a rare sense of beauty. The verse does not in all cases show fulfillment, but promise always.” Christian Gauss.
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w. |