 The tone should not be pitched high ; it should be idiomatic, and rather in the conversational key ; the rhythm should be crisp and sparkling, and the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire poem should be marked by tasteful moderation, high...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 56geredigeerd door - 1922Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1905 - 864 pagina’s
..."lightness of touch." Locker-Lampson himself, who had a right to speak, says that in occasional verse "the rhythm should be crisp and sparkling, and the...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness." As his "London Lyrics"— recently republlshed in their final form, with an introduction by Mr. Austin... | |
 | 1874 - 898 pagina’s
...playful. The tone should not be pitched high, and it should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and sparkling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | 1881 - 588 pagina’s
...tone should not be pitched high, and the language should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and sparkling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness, for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pagina’s
...distinguished by chastened sentiment, and often playful. The tone should not be pitched high ; it should be idiomatic, and rather in the conversational key ;...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness : for, however trivial the subject-matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | 1875 - 854 pagina’s
...distinguished by chastened sentiment, and often playful. The tone should not be pitched high ; it should be idiomatic, and rather in the conversational key ;...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for, however trivial the subject-matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1872 - 230 pagina’s
...playful. The tone should not be pitched high, and it should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and sparkling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness, for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | 1874 - 614 pagina’s
...The tone should not be pitched ' high, and it should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and spark' ling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1875 - 458 pagina’s
...playful. The tone should not be pitched high, and it should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and sparkling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | 1875 - 432 pagina’s
...the conversational key ; the rhythm should be crisp and sparkling, and the rhyme frequent and nerver forced, while the entire poem should be marked by tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for, however trivial the subject-matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
 | University magazine - 1876 - 828 pagina’s
...should not be pitched high, and tin' language should be idiomatic, the rhythm crisp and sparkling, the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire...tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness ; for however trivial the subject matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination... | |
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