CURRENT LITERATURE.
POETRY.
In Hours of Leisure. By Clifford Harrison. (Kogan Paul). Trench, and Co.)—There is much in Mr. Harrison's poems to admire. Some of the pieces composed more especially for recita- tion, as "The Signalman" or " Carcassone," are really powerfully written. Perhaps the weakest point in the volume is the blank verse. It is not unmelodious, but Mr. Harrison has not yet dis- covered the secret of the pause. In the first of his poems, "The Statue," this is especially noticeable. Some of the lyrical pieces are very pretty. Here are a few lines from "The Bells of Is :"— " They are ringing to me the memory Of happy days the ri;er, • 'Mid lilies and meadowsweet, Where cattle knee-deep in the water Stood screened from the noon-day heat. Of the lock with its weirs and hatchways, Its woodwork and dripping moss ; And the noise of the chain at the ferry, As the boat was panted across."
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