"That with but a touch
Of art hadst sung Piers Plowman to the top
Of English songs, whereof 'tis dearest, now
And most adorable;"*5*
or of Emerson than this, --
"Most wise, that yet, in finding Wisdom, lost
Thy Self, sometimes;"*6*
or of Tennyson than this, --
"Largest voice
Since Milton, yet some register of wit
Wanting."*7*
`The Crystal' abounds in such happy characterizations.
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*1* See Dowden's `Studies in Literature', pp. 468-523.
*2* See Symonds's `Walt Whitman: A Study'. London, 1893.
*3* Ward's `Memorial', p. xxxviii.
*4* `The Crystal', ll. 66-70.
*5* Ibid., ll. 87-90.
*6* Ibid., ll. 93-94.
*7* Ibid., ll. 95-97.
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