...almost the best gnomic or sententious-oracular sort. Here is a specially beautiful example : — " Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle...carves the bow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhyme the oar forsake." To add anything respecting my own theory or practice of Epigram were superfluous,...

...common aspects of life with the colors of his imagination. He was ready to see beauty everywhere : — " Thou can'st not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy...carves the bow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhyme the oar forsake." He called upon the poet to " Tell men what they knew before ; Paint the prospect...

...necessity of being beautiful under which Nature lies" is thus expressed in verse in " Wood Notes : " Nature beats in perfect tune And rounds with rhyme...every rune, Whether she work in land or sea, Or hide under ground her alehemy. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle in the lake, But...

...fear." He returns with delight to Nature's blending of hei laws of beauty and use, perceiving that she "beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." "Woodnotes" is full of lyrical ecstasy and lightsome turns and graces. To assimilate such a poem of...

...fear." He returns with delight to Nature's blending of her laws of beauty and use, perceiving that she "beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake." "Woodnotes" is full of lyrical ecstasy and lightsome turns and graces. To assimilate such a poem of...

...DD, FBS, &c., pp. 32 & 54. t " Durham Cathedral," by Billings, p. 86. 34 3S LINKIRK CAVE, " Naturs beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every...the bow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhymes ttie oar forsake." RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Linkirk Cave is situated at the side of Shittlehope burn at...

...— Homely scenes and simple views, Lowly thoughts can best infuse. FROM " WOODNOTES." JOHN KEELE. R Nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme...every rune, Whether she work in land or sea, Or hide under ground her alchemy. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air. Or dip thy paddle in the lake. But...

...Of sound and echo, man and maid ; The land reflected in the flood ; Body with shadow still pursued. For nature beats in perfect tune And rounds with rhyme her every топе, Whether she work in land or sea Or hide underground her alchemy, Thou can'st not wave thy...

...The following little verse is a striking instance of this kind. Speaking of Nature he says sheBeats In perfect tune And rounds with rhyme her every rune Whether she "work on laird or sea, Or hide under ground her alchemy-. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy...

...Of sound and echo,, man and maid ; The land reflected in the flood ; Body with shadow still pursued. For nature beats in perfect tune And rounds with rhyme...there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake. Not unrelated, unaffied, But to each thought and thing allied, Is perfect nature's every part, Rooted...