...saved him from the designation — ugly. And now the common fate was his. Tennyson sings of youth — " In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love ; " — and our poet-painter was no exception to the rule. He was the admirer of every pretty girl...

...wanton lapwing Gets himself another crest ; • In the spring, a livelier iris Plays upon the burnished dove ; In the spring, a young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love." LETTER No. XXVI. CAPE MIT, » '.November 11, 1857. 5 MY DEAR : * * * PEOPLE of quiet habits, and accustomed...

...match for any girl, though he be forty instead of thirty. We have high authority for believing that in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. It cannot be unreasonable to hold that the same phenomenon may be observed in a young woman. Let none,...

...the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest, In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove, In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. The name of the stickleback falls unfortunately below the level of the lyrical muse, or else he might...

...of the population, often kindles fancy and passion, or brings to a consummation a dilatory wooing. ' In the spring a young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love,' writes the poet ; but, in the ripe and ruddy autumn, after the toils of the day, many a simple, sturdy...

...in favour of its being early spring-time at this stage of the proceedings, for every one knows that "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." H'm, by the way, " lightly turns to thoughts of love" ? Had this phrase been written by one less profoundly...

...of the population, often kindles fancy and passion, or brings to a consummation a dilatory wooing. ' In the spring a young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love,' writes the poet ; but, in the ripe and ruddy autumn, after the toils of the day, many a simple, sturdy...

...of Monkbarns. Our poet's touch is delicate ; he only lifts a comer of the blushing curtain : — " Then her cheek was pale and thinner than should be...a mute observance hung. " And I said, ' My cousin Ainy, speak, and speak the truth to me ; Trust me, Cousin, all the current of my being sets to thee.'"...

...rest. Ex.— " But n&t to me" returns Day, | or the 1 sw^et approach of eV6n 6r morn."—Mi/ton. " Then her cheek | was pale, and thinner | | than should...eyes, | on all my motions, | | with a mute observance hung."—Tennyim. " Warms | in the sun, | | refreshes | in the breeze, Glows | in the stars, | | and...

...wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; " In the Spring a lovelier iris changes on the burnished dove ; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Nothing more natural. Writers set themselves to a very unpromising task who insist on recasting dramatic...