CuriousandexquisiteexperimentinmetreisindicatedintheLeonineElegiacs,inClaribel,andseveralotherpoems。Qualitieswhichwerenotforlongtofindpublicexpression,speculativepowersbrooding,invariousmoods,onultimateandinsolublequestions,wereattestedbyTheMystic,andSupposedConfessionsofaSecond-rateSensitiveMindnotinUnitywithItself,anunluckytitleofaremarkableperformance。\"Inthis,themostagitatedofallhispoems,wefindthesoulurgingonward\'Thro\'utterdarkafull-sail\'dskiff,Unpilotedi\'theechoingdanceOfreboantwhirlwinds;\'
andtothequestion,\'Whynotbelieve,then?\'wehaveasanswerasimileofthesea,whichcannotslumberlikeamountaintarn,or\'DrawdownintohisvexedpoolsAllthatblueheavenwhichhuesandpaves\'
thetranquilinlandmere。\"{3}
Thepoetlongsforthefaithofhisinfantdaysandofhismother-
\"Thymilddeepeyesupraised,thatknewThebeautyandreposeoffaith,Andtheclearspiritshiningthro\'。\"