'The finest new poem here is "The Blind Boy," which gives scope to all the poet's sympathies, by summoning the beloved beauties of visible nature round the ideal of a mysterious exclusion and isolation. Speaking of the aim alone, we may say that perhaps there is hardly in Wordsworth himself any single poem of equal length which from so central a stand-point interpenetrates the seen with the unseen, bounded always in a familiar circle of ideas.' -"Fortnightly Review," [1880] 'The poem of the book is no doubt that entitled ...
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'The finest new poem here is "The Blind Boy," which gives scope to all the poet's sympathies, by summoning the beloved beauties of visible nature round the ideal of a mysterious exclusion and isolation. Speaking of the aim alone, we may say that perhaps there is hardly in Wordsworth himself any single poem of equal length which from so central a stand-point interpenetrates the seen with the unseen, bounded always in a familiar circle of ideas.' -"Fortnightly Review," [1880] 'The poem of the book is no doubt that entitled "The Blind Boy." We have in this case a poem which, by combining deep and sympathetic truth of idea with faithful and minute exposition, especially deserves to live. The tale is equally simple and affecting. An ardent love of nature, human and external, and a conscientious desire to present the traits of both, run through this pathetic idyll. The volume is fresh and charming. Its inspiration shows genuine sympathy with man and external life, while its execution shows a keen love of beauty with a strict adherence to fact. Moreover, the sympathy displayed in the book is healthy and pure. It overflows with tenderness for childhood, for womanhood, and for poverty. Dr. Hake often discloses to us the secrets of nature and of human feeling with startling truth of representation. The designs of Mr. Arthur Hughes, by their imaginative conception and characteristic reality of detail, happily accord with the spirit of the poems.' -"Athenaeum," [1880] 'Deep, serious study of the various problems of life.' -"The Globe," [1880] '" Old Souls" is as original a poem as it is possible to conceive. In some of the verses there is a wondrous power, and the whole " Parable " is of the purest, noblest order. In "The Lily of the Valley " and "The Deadly Nightshade" extremes meet. Both poems are delightful. The poems, as a whole, we must commend as the productions of an undoubted poet; some of them are beyond all criticism. Once read, they will be pondered, and, we think, unforgotten. We shall be glad to meet with Dr. Hake again.' -"Literary World," [1880] '" The Lily of the Valley" and "The Deadly Nightshade" - parables, the one of virtue, the other of vice - are both charming. Dr. Hake generally succeeds best in slight touches of description, apt similes and striking metaphors, that at once attract the reader's notice, and that straightway make a home for themselves in his memory.' -"Examiner," [1880]"
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