6 ‘stv Jomo ‘That inthe early pars of hit life he wrote with such care. appears from his manuscripts, happily preserved at Cambridge, ln which many of his smaller works ate found a they were frst ‘writen, widh the suluequent corrections. Such reliques thew how excellence is acquired: what we hope ever to do with ease ‘we may leara fet to do with diligence "Those who admire the beauties ofthis great poet, sometimes force their own judgement ito fale approbation of his Hite pices, and prevail upon themselves fo think that admirable ‘which ie ony singular. All that short compositions can com ‘manly attain i eatnes and elegance Milton never learned the arco doing lie things with grace; he overlooked the milder ‘xecllence of suavty and softness; he was 2 Lion that had no {ill in dandling the Kid, ‘One ofthe poems on which much praise has been bertowed 'sLyeidas; of which the dition is harsh, the rhymes uncertain, and the numbers unpleasing. What beauty there i, we must therefore seek inthe sentiments and images It snot to be con sidered asthe efusion of al pasion for pasion rune not after emote allusions nd obycue opinions. Pasion pluck no berries from the myrde and isy, nor ell upon Arethase and Mincis, noe tes of rough sats and faunt with eloven heel. Where there belt for fction there flit grit "inthis poem there sno nature, for there roth; there ‘no art. for there ir nothing new. It fore that of » pastoral ‘ea, vulgu, and therefore diguntings whatever Inge i ca supply are long ago extaute¥ ands inherent improbability always foreesdisatisfacion on the mind. When Cowley tll of ervey that they studied gether, i i eary to suppore how ‘much he must mis the companion of hie labours, andthe pare: ner of his discoveries; but what image of tendernew can be ex (ed by these linet We drove a Std and bh gets heart ‘What tne the grey By winds er sly horn, Batening oo feck withthe eh ow of ght auto 6 We know that they never drove afl nd hat they had no fecas otter: ad thigh be allowed hat the separa tion may be agri the re eng oo wcrain and enous Ht meer ugh been cannos be Ine sen ti found ‘Among the foc and cope ad ower, apen the enhen Air Joe a Phacho Nepoene and Act wih 2 on train of mthologieimagery tc at Calg ely spplicn. Nothing canis play Eno, or lw exerce avenon ‘hae tl ow shepherd as Te hi copanin, and mut ‘ow fet his Boks skins, wtboot any Jd of Koil in Pilg: and how onc god as anatbay pel whats become of Lyi, nd how neither od can el Be who gis il ‘ete no mpathy he wh thar praesent bo hon “This pom hae eer foe With tho ili Stae ac mingle the how Sal ad sre eh, ach ought never ob polled with mach cree comin. Fhe shepherd likewise now seer of sheep and area an ‘eclipse, superntndent os Chan foc Sect sitar vay nels bt here they re inert fat eam approach inp ok whi howe 1 Plone the writer nat to hve ben conto ech nthe poe epson juni aqud hat is ane dives away the ee from nce etaminon [Srey no man ‘could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure, had he ‘et known i aetord a ‘fhe two pees f'AUegro and Foner, lee opie fon i niorm: everyman tha eth ede them eth Peso ‘The authors design i ot what Theobald hay re Sarked melo shew how ec ded thet clr fom the mind by reposting ke erin ef the mine tings ‘pon the gay andthe ancl temper or upon he sme Iman athe diferent apse etter how, among the fernive variety of appearances very dapnon of ind {aks on thse by wach t my e ati “The cheer man he the lan I he morning: the fesiceMILTON CRITICISM Selections from Four Centuries comes JAMES THORPE e COLLIER BOOKS \ New York