From: The Dial, Vol. II, No. I (July 1841).
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Published: E. P. Peabody 1841 Boston
THE pleasure we have derived from all of these books is such that we are most desirous they may be made accessible to readers in general. The rivers of song have dwindled to rills, and the ear is very impatient during the long intervals, that it misses entirely the melody of living waters. Tennyson is known by heart, is copied as Greek works were at the revival of literature; nothing has been known for ten years back more the darling of the young than these two little volumes. “If you wish to know the flavor of strawberries or cherries, ask children and birds.” We understand he is preparing for a new edition, which will, we hope, be extensively circulated in this country.
The Sexton’s Daughter is better known than Stirling’s other poems. Many of them claim a tribute which we hope to render in the next number.
Of Festus, too, we shall give some account and make many extracts, as we understand the first edition is already sold in England, and we do not hope to see one here as yet.
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