...at the request of others. Inane munus indeed, but all that a friend can do ! C. THE STUDY OF POETRY1 'THE future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not an accredited dogma which is not shown to be questionable,...

...poetry," said Matthew Arnold — and by " poetry " we may take him to mean Art in its generic sense — " is immense, because in poetry, where it is worthy...goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay." Why? Well, we have laid to heart Pope's axiom, and we have given to it a meaning deeper even than Pope's:...

...roar" of the religious faith of the last years of the nineteenth century. Yet in poetry, we are told, "where it is worthy of its high destinies our race, as time goes on, will find an ever keener and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not an accredited dogma which is not...

...TOLSTOI , . . . 253 IX. AMIEL ... 300 1 THE STUDY OF POETKY1 'THE future of poetry is immense, because ir poetry, where it is worthy of its high destinies, our race, as tune goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not...

...than the acquiescent believer in the old traditional forms of faith. Matthew Arnold has said : — "The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not an accredited dogma which is not shown to be questionable,...

...English Poets," Matthew Arnold — critic and poet — to whom allusion has already been made, says : " The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay. . . . " We are here invited to trace the stream of English poetry. But whether we set ourselves, as...

...no longer gives, he turns to poetry. The famous Essay on Poetry opens with these memorable words: " The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...destinies, our race, as time goes on, will find an ever-surer and surer stay. There is not a creed which is not shaken, not an accredited dogma which...

...knowledge" — in poetry and in poetic prose. Matthew Arnold was very nearly right in saying that "in poetry our race, as time goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay," and that "the strongest part of our religion today is its unconscious poetry." Judged by this criterion,...

...caught up with or surpassed poetry in the estimation of the majority. When Matthew Arnold wrote that " the future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay," he may have proved himself to be an inspired prophet; but I am not sure of it now, although I could...

...that poetry would disappear with the full maturity of our race. On the contrary, he maintained that " the future of poetry is immense, because in poetry,...goes on, will find an ever surer and surer stay." While insisting on beauty of form, he laid particular stress on truth and value of substance. In one...