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 Milton and Wordsworth. Some of his recent Sonnets, however, such as "Montenegro," the memorial Sonnet on Brookfield, and the Sonnet to Victor Hugo are incomparably fine specimens of that very curious and difficult form of writing.

Alliteration, which may degenerate into a vulgar trick, he has used sparingly; but I remember an instance or two in "In Memoriam," where it most aptly enforces the idea:

He has introduced several new measures into our language; witness "The Daisy," and particular sections of "Maud." And by the melody of them he has