. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . less of the rtd-hol dialogae, the direct cr s wonder and the recur- • the requir of geni:^ , iii a way, triim ;ral rniiLT. for cruelt) ind one that he lore relentlesspassion, barb bitterness, can liy be imagined icentrated in the ctly by in-vith the Study for Head of Dante. -iicli at- Drawti from Mr. IV. J. St ill man. uillei aral pi 1 me uetachea siuacrii lunns. ? ? remaining poei^ ^-^^^ ition as repre^^f^iinent. The nI nnd rich wit , ith in 1 from his ? kno\ Curiously, tliis poem ent ot im- passioned thought iier in the Vk. The compen riiec
. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . less of the rtd-hol dialogae, the direct cr s wonder and the recur- • the requir of geni:^ , iii a way, triim ;ral rniiLT. for cruelt) ind one that he lore relentlesspassion, barb bitterness, can liy be imagined icentrated in the ctly by in-vith the Study for Head of Dante. -iicli at- Drawti from Mr. IV. J. St ill man. uillei aral pi 1 me uetachea siuacrii lunns. ? ? remaining poei^ ^-^^^ ition as repre^^f^iinent. The nI nnd rich wit , ith in 1 from his ? kno\ Curiously, tliis poem ent ot im- passioned thought iier in the Vk. The compen riiective tone. translations an^ ©riainal poems» 133 by Rossetti in his poetry, but conspicuous in hispersonal letters on subjects involving deep son of an exiled lather, he came prepared tothe contemplation of such misery as the flower ofItalian cities forced upon the greatest of Italians, andDantes thoughts and suflerings are real to him as toa Florentine, although he never had set foot uponthe streets of Florence. Yet in the following stanzaswe get the effect of the long perspective, the retro-spective view from which the fire of present emotionis absent; and we miss the thrill one might expect. Follow his feets appointed way : But little light we find that clears The darkness of the exiled his spirits journey :—nay, What fires are blent, what winds are blown On paths his feet may tread alone ? Yet of the twofold life he led In chainless thought and fettered willSome glimpses reach us,—somewhat still Of the steep stairs and bitter bread,^—Of the souls quest whose s
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