proper

As ever sullied the fair face of light,

Down to the central earth, his proper scene,

Repair'd, to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.

changing conditions and methods in education serves as a prelude to

the central thought of the poem proper. With this is contrasted the

quiet group of story-tellers.

The story of Gareth, which begins the series of “‘Idylls”

proper, draws a picture of Arthur’s court at the height of

its glory and purity. At the beginning of “The Marriage

The sharp and subtle change of metre here and at the end of the poem has

an audacity of beauty and a justice of impulse proper only to the leaders

of lyrical verse: unfit alike for definition and for imitation, if any

And round the edge you fashioned young green leaves,

A proper chalice made to hold the shy

And little flowers of the woods. And here

I really do believe,

With time and space and proper quietude,

I could resolve the problem in my brain.

Then take in hand thy lyre;

Strike in thy proper strain;

With Japhet’s line aspire

of our author's comedies, but, as before hinted, there is a poetic sti/e often

equally proper and excellent even an the lowest drollery of comedy. Thus

when the jocose old Miramont in the Elder Brother catches austere solemn