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field , January 1791 , he says— :: 1 have not for a long time seen any thing so " well finished . The author has caught new five , by approaching iv _ bis peris ' helion so near to the sun of our poetical system . " ...- " - But we still are altogether of opinion , that the ' Shakspeare Gallery ' is inferior both to the ' Rise and Fall of the Northern Poetry , ' and the Poem of ' Enthusiasm . ' The first of these is , in our judgment , the most perfect of Mr . Jerningham ' s compositions ; and will deservedlrank him very hih
y g among the poet ' s of this country . In the first part of the second , our author seems , to consider enthusiasm and bigotry as one , though they are unquestionably two principles of action generically different . The conduct of Ojnai ; , in destroying the Ptoloma _ . au Library , cannot be esteemed as the result of enthusiasm , ( the noblest princip le in the human mind , and which , more than any other , incites to worthy deeds ) but , rather , as the result of the most savage bigotry . And the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz certainly originated
, rather in the bigotry , than the enthusiasm , of Henry the Fourth . The Hugonots , who braved persecution and exile , in defence of their religion , \ yere more properly enthusiasts , than those who persecuted them . We think the truth of this position cannot be denied . But , notwithstanding this objection , the Poem has very considerable merit . The Epistle of ' Abelard to Eloisa' may deserve great praise , considered per se ; yet its excellence isin some degreelostupon those who have read
, , , Pope ' s exquisite Epistle of ' Eloisa to Abelard . ' . ' Margaret of Anjou ' ¦ has some poetic merit ; but we cannot think the Monologue a species of writing at all suited to the English stage . Some of the lesser pieces in . the second volume are very pretty ; and , upon the whole , we think the present volumes a valuable acquisition to the stock of English Poetry ; though , speaking as Critics , we cannot deny that we have found some lines incorrect , and some few weak and prosaic . As a
specimen of the latter kind , we seleft the following couplet from the ' Swedish Curate ; ' * Now , breaking from the youth's encircling arms , ' Itesign'd him to his fate and war ' s alarms . ' Vol . I . p . Sr . ' : The severity of criticism might adduce other exceptionable passages ; but it would be an invidious task to point out every weed that lurks in so beautiful a bed of flowers . '' .. ' ¦
For some extrafb from these volumes , vide under the head of Poetry . The Birth and Triumph cf Love . A Poem . By Sir James Bland Burgs .., Bart . ¦¦
Royal i . to . Pages 68 .. Price 6 s . Egerton . 179 6 . ¦ THE plan of this work is taken by its author from a series of Plates , entitled , ' The Birth and Triumph of Cupid , ' published by Mr . Tomkins , Historical Engraver to her Majesty ; and is intended as a poetical illustration of the subject of the different engravings , which are executed after the designs of a lady of high rank , ( we believe the Princess Elizabeth . ) Although the
subject might seem to promise a great deal of sportive gaiety , the Poem is rather of the elevated , than trivial , kind : it is written in a regular and statel y measure , and adorned with the most studied graces of poetical diction . In the opening , the Poet forbids the intrusion of wanton love ; and devotes his lays to that sovereign power , whose birth was hailed b ) ' the shouts of angels , and to whom was given supreme control over unknown worlds . Sent forth hy tbe plastic power from a condensed vapour , the young Cherub stood confest in bis infant charms : . 3 .
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Review Of New Publications.
field , January 1791 , he says— :: 1 have not for a long time seen any thing so " well finished . The author has caught new five , by approaching iv _ bis peris ' helion so near to the sun of our poetical system . " ...- " - But we still are altogether of opinion , that the ' Shakspeare Gallery ' is inferior both to the ' Rise and Fall of the Northern Poetry , ' and the Poem of ' Enthusiasm . ' The first of these is , in our judgment , the most perfect of Mr . Jerningham ' s compositions ; and will deservedlrank him very hih
y g among the poet ' s of this country . In the first part of the second , our author seems , to consider enthusiasm and bigotry as one , though they are unquestionably two principles of action generically different . The conduct of Ojnai ; , in destroying the Ptoloma _ . au Library , cannot be esteemed as the result of enthusiasm , ( the noblest princip le in the human mind , and which , more than any other , incites to worthy deeds ) but , rather , as the result of the most savage bigotry . And the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz certainly originated
, rather in the bigotry , than the enthusiasm , of Henry the Fourth . The Hugonots , who braved persecution and exile , in defence of their religion , \ yere more properly enthusiasts , than those who persecuted them . We think the truth of this position cannot be denied . But , notwithstanding this objection , the Poem has very considerable merit . The Epistle of ' Abelard to Eloisa' may deserve great praise , considered per se ; yet its excellence isin some degreelostupon those who have read
, , , Pope ' s exquisite Epistle of ' Eloisa to Abelard . ' . ' Margaret of Anjou ' ¦ has some poetic merit ; but we cannot think the Monologue a species of writing at all suited to the English stage . Some of the lesser pieces in . the second volume are very pretty ; and , upon the whole , we think the present volumes a valuable acquisition to the stock of English Poetry ; though , speaking as Critics , we cannot deny that we have found some lines incorrect , and some few weak and prosaic . As a
specimen of the latter kind , we seleft the following couplet from the ' Swedish Curate ; ' * Now , breaking from the youth's encircling arms , ' Itesign'd him to his fate and war ' s alarms . ' Vol . I . p . Sr . ' : The severity of criticism might adduce other exceptionable passages ; but it would be an invidious task to point out every weed that lurks in so beautiful a bed of flowers . '' .. ' ¦
For some extrafb from these volumes , vide under the head of Poetry . The Birth and Triumph cf Love . A Poem . By Sir James Bland Burgs .., Bart . ¦¦
Royal i . to . Pages 68 .. Price 6 s . Egerton . 179 6 . ¦ THE plan of this work is taken by its author from a series of Plates , entitled , ' The Birth and Triumph of Cupid , ' published by Mr . Tomkins , Historical Engraver to her Majesty ; and is intended as a poetical illustration of the subject of the different engravings , which are executed after the designs of a lady of high rank , ( we believe the Princess Elizabeth . ) Although the
subject might seem to promise a great deal of sportive gaiety , the Poem is rather of the elevated , than trivial , kind : it is written in a regular and statel y measure , and adorned with the most studied graces of poetical diction . In the opening , the Poet forbids the intrusion of wanton love ; and devotes his lays to that sovereign power , whose birth was hailed b ) ' the shouts of angels , and to whom was given supreme control over unknown worlds . Sent forth hy tbe plastic power from a condensed vapour , the young Cherub stood confest in bis infant charms : . 3 .