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A steam-boat is likened to a wild nymph, now veiling her shadowy form, while through the storm sounds the beating of her restless heart—now answering,

Gazing into a lady's eyes, he sees a matter of

The Spirit of Beauty he bids

In his summary of metrical forms:

We are told how

And again, of a

In such guise moves the Ariel fancy of the poet. In its more Puck-like, tricksy, mirthful mood, it is correspondingly sportive. A comet wanders

Of itinerant musicians—the

A post-prandial orator of a prononcé facetious turn, is warned that—

A strayed rustic stares through the wedged crowd,

But we are getting Jack-Hornerish, and most forbear; not for lack of plums, though.

The wit and humour, the vers de société and the jeux'-d'esprit of Dr. Holmes, bespeak the gentleman. Not that he is prim or particular, by