hunderous broadsides of
language... as we read him he suggests stupendous phenomena."
_The Times._--"Vigour of thought and imagination and remarkable wealth
of poetic diction."
_The Scotsman._--"Will be read with especial interest and sympathy by
readers who like modern poetry that keeps alive the traditions of a
spiritualised nature-worship."
_The Academy._--"We have nothing but admiration for the work."
_Westminster Review._--"A poet of exceptionally fine calibre."
_Aberdeen Free Press._--"Possesses great poetic merit.... The
magnificent 'Hymn to the Midnight.'"
_The Morning Post._--"Power, originality, insight.... His work is above
all things virile... real passion and true imagination."
_The Yorkshire Post._--"His imaginative insight into life's realities is
powerfully displayed in such pieces as 'Dreams,' and 'The Splendid
Mistake.' In 'The Seer in the Doomed City' he has achieved a vision
starkly impressive in its symbolism, haunting in its imaginative
conception, and noble in its moral."
_T.P.'s Weekly._--"... breathing virility and strong kindness in every
line."
_The Yorkshire Observer._--"Places the writer among the true poets of
his time."
_The Irish Times._--"Here is verse which really sings, ideas which are
fresh and strong, language which is in the highest sense poetical."
_The Baltimore News._--"Two unforgettable poems, 'A Hymn to Midnight,'
and 'At Moonrise.'"
_Boston Transcript._--"Sincerity and vivid imagination.... Verse of
uncommon distinction."
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