Richard Hovey, Critical Appreciation by Curtis Hidden Page from The Bibelot, Volume X, Number IX, a reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, literary criticism rare poetry, rare prose, free online text, e-book, 20th century English literature, online text, free e-book, on www.elfinspell.com (Bibelot10HoveyPage)

From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume X, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1904; p. 276.

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“RICHARD HOVEY has the fully technical equipment of the poet, and he has a poet’s personality to express, a personality new and fresh, healthy and joyous, manly, vigorous, earnest. Added to this . . . . he has the power of creating personality outside of himself, in a word, the dramatic power, which is essential to a broad poetic endowment. Even in his lyrics, . . . . even in his sonnets, to some of which the new name, dramatic sonnets, might be applied, this power appears. It is true that his work is uneven; that he is sometimes carried away by opinion in regions where poetry cannot abide; that his rhythmic expression is sometimes too complex, unfamiliar, or irregular to appeal at once to a casual reader. But these faults — if they are faults, and not the examples or results of breadth of power — are unimportant beside his positive endowments and his positive personality. He is master of his art and master of life. He is the poet of joy and belief in life. He is the poet of comradeship and courage.”

CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE.

IX. ALONG THE TRAIL: LYRICS BY RICHARD HOVEY.

The poems by Richard Hovey included in this issue of THE BIBELOT are reprinted by permission of Small, Maynard and Company, owners of the copyright.

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