REVIEW
pleteness would have been incapable of discerning. Other poets have chosen some guide, like the Sibyl of Virgil or the Beatrice of Dante or the Angel of the Apocalypse, for their illuminator. Mr. Solomon has proved the modern quality of his genius by the selection of no other power than that of the indwelling soul of man. The first words of the soul upon the pathway of initiation are:—
"Thou hast looked upon me, and thou knowest me well, for in me thou but seest thyself, not hidden and obscured by the cruel veil of the flesh. I am come forth of thee for thy well-doing."
After this preface the soul leads forth the seer to a place where Memory abides; then showing him simple Pleasure in the figure of a woman:
"Looking upon her, I saw that she was good, but I knew that there was that about her that left me not content; she was like as sweet notes heard once and lost for ever."
Then they come to the station of Love bruised and bound; where also Passion is revealed as "she who had wounded and had
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