Robert Browning . FRA LIPPO LIFPIReproduced from Poems by Robert Browning, by kind permission ofi Messrs. George Bell & Sons) ROBERT BROWMXC, 21. THE STATUE AND THE BUST(Reproduced from The Statue and the Bust, by kind permission of Mr. John Lane) different metres as there are different poems. The trutli is that,as Tennyson said, Rrownino- •• never eared greatly for foiin. andnever invented any new metres. The eentral paradox of Mr, Chestertons monooTa])h on Hrow nini;-is its masterly avoidanee of 15rownings poetry, and its no lessmasterly ])nrsnit of Brownings prose. And yet this paradox isno
Robert Browning . FRA LIPPO LIFPIReproduced from Poems by Robert Browning, by kind permission ofi Messrs. George Bell & Sons) ROBERT BROWMXC, 21. THE STATUE AND THE BUST(Reproduced from The Statue and the Bust, by kind permission of Mr. John Lane) different metres as there are different poems. The trutli is that,as Tennyson said, Rrownino- •• never eared greatly for foiin. andnever invented any new metres. The eentral paradox of Mr, Chestertons monooTa])h on Hrow nini;-is its masterly avoidanee of 15rownings poetry, and its no lessmasterly ])nrsnit of Brownings prose. And yet this paradox isnot so paradoxieal as it seems, for altliongh there is a silver liningof poetry in Bi-ownings genins. the fal)rie of iiis genius is is at his best when he is least poetieal ; lie is at his worstwhen lie is most poetieal. AVhen he is lyrieal he is often undis-tinguished ; when he is ethieal he is nearly always has wit. hut little imagination. He has intellectual little verbal witchery. He can always })reaeh a sermon, buthe can seldom sing a song. He has analytical humour, but littlepoetical glamour. H
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