Like Shakspere, he can be silent, never hesitating to sweep away the finest lines should they mar the intent, progress, and flow of his poem.

Even while he sings most abandonedly, it is ever with a care of his speech, it is ever with ordered words: not one shall dull the clarity of his verse by unlicensed, that is, needless presence.

But let not my reader fancy that this implies laborious utterance and strained endeavour.

It is weakness only which by the agony of visible effort enhances the magnitude of victory.

The trained athlete will move with the grace of a child, for he has not to seek how to effect that which he means to perform.