...Fable, we quote a portion of what he says about' Mr. Poe : Here comes Poe with ha Raven, like Baraaby Rudge — Three-fifths of him genius, and two-fifths...a book of iambs and pentameters, In a way to make all men of common sense d — n metres Who has written some things far the best of their kind ; But...

...his letters of Pinto his skill on the liar. " There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Budge, Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer fudge,...iambs and pentameters, In a way to make people of common-sense damn metres, Who has written some things quite the best of their kind, But the heart somehow...

...heart, And though not a poet, yet all must admire In his letters of Pinto bis skill on the liar. " There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge,...iambs and pentameters, In a way to make people of common-sense damn metres, Who has written some things quite the best of their kind, But the heart somehow...

...heart, And though not a poet, yet all must admire In his letters of Pinto his skill on the liar. " There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer Who talks like a book of iambs and pentameters, In a way to make people of common-sense damn fudge,...

...skill on the liar. " There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three-fifths of him genins and two-fifths sheer fudge, > Who talks like a book...iambs and pentameters, In a way to make people of common-sense damn metres, Who has written some things quite the best of their kind, But the heart somehow...

...raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three fifths of him genius and two fifths sheer fudge, A FABLE FOR CRITICS. Who talks like a book of iambs and pentameters, In...of common sense damn metres, Who has written some tilings quite the best of their kind, But the heart somehow seems all squeezed out bv the mind, Who...

...quote a portion of what he says about Mr. Poe : — r " ' There comes Poe with his Raven, like fiarnaby Rudge, Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer...a book of iambs and pentameters, In a way to make all men of common sense damn metres ; Who has written some things quite the best of their kind, But...

...since Mr. Lowell published the "Fable for Critics," and summed up Edgar Allan Poe in six lines : " Here comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three-fifths...two-fifths sheer fudge. Who talks like a book of iambs and pentamètres Ina way to make people of common sense damn metres, Who has written some things quite...

...Maine, had no difficulty in painting an ideal background for his charming story. After reproving Poe, "Who talks like a book of iambs and pentameters In...a way to make people of common sense damn metres," it would be an abuse of the reader's patience to enter upon any critical discussion of the hexameter...

...the familiar favourite whom Lowell, in the Fable for Critics, thus wittily introduces : — " Here comes Poe with his Raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer fudge." This is true, but we must not omit to add that Poe's genius, at its culminating point, threatens to...