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NTRODUCrrON Elizabeth aofi, such as John Fletcher. And aanttat by way of reaction from the far-fecchedJDharmonious metres of their age, tbey retcrxedto oM eurythmical imodclB, MiUon and Maiyias poete, hare absolutely aothing in comm<Msrvell, in spite of derivations from the meta-physical school, IE one of O'Ur moat original poeta. Hi& unioD of imaginaEion and wit, pathos,realiEm and fancifuJiiess givet Mb verse a remark^ably iadividua! cjuaiuy, which is eohaaced bythe "Doric delicacy" of his style. In order10 find ao picturesque and exquisite a painter ofgardens, woods and >ieldi$ as Marvell, one mightbesitate to turn to Cliaucer, Wordsworth orTennyson, or to Mr George Meredith at hia beet;for in this one matter, at least, Marvell ranksonly second to Shakespeare. With hia merry humour and joy in thebeauty of the world Marvell, oa leaving Londonfor AppletoQ House, was like a child out onholidlay. His eenaes were as fresh, sind his miwas as full of wonder. He therefore becamethe {HKt of the English countryElde, at thatdelicious moment whefl there is wafted uponthe air of spring the odour of summerflowers. The graver poet has left us only ouework, the grand Cromwellian Ode. The testpolitics.
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