Noteverybodycanperusealloftheseverydiverseauthorswithpleasure。HebeganhispoemontheRomangladiatorialcombats；
indeedhisyears，fourscoreandone，lefthisintellectualeagernessasunimpairedasthatofGoethe。\"Acrookedshare，\"hesaidtothePrincessLouise，\"maymakeastraightfurrow。\"\"OneafternoonhehadalongwaltzwithM-intheballroom。\"Speakingof\"AllthecharmofalltheMusesOftenfloweringinalonelyword\"
inVirgil，headduced，ratherstrangely，thecunctantemramum，saidoftheGoldenBough，intheSixthAEneid。Thechoiceisodd，becausetheSibylhasjusttoldAEneasthat，ifhebedestinedtopluckthebranchofgold，ipsevolensfacilisquesequetur，\"itwillcomeoffofitsownaccord，\"likethesacredtibranchesoftheFijians，whichbenddowntobepluckedfortheFirerite。Yet，whenthepredestinedAEneastriestoplucktheboughofgold，ityieldsreluctantlycunctantem，contrarytowhattheSibylhasforetold。MrConington，therefore，thoughtthephraseasliponthepartofVirgil。\"PeopleaccusedVirgilofplagiarising，\"hesaid，\"butifamanmadeithisowntherewasnoharminthatlookatthegreatpoets，Shakespeareincluded。\"Tennyson，likeVirgil，mademuchthatwasancienthisown；hisversesareoften，andpurposefully，amosaicofclassicalreminiscences。Buthewasvexedbythehuntersafterremoteandunconsciousresemblances，andfar-fetchedanalogiesbetweenhislinesandthoseofothers。Hecomplainedthat，ifhesaidthatthesunwentdown，aparallelwasatoncecitedfromHomer，oranybodyelse，andheusedaverypowerfulphrasetocondemncriticswhodetectedsuchrepetitions。\"Themoaningsofthehomelesssea，\"——\"moanings\"
fromHorace，\"homeless\"fromShelley。\"AsifnooneelsehadeverheardtheseamoanexceptHorace!\"Tennyson\'smixtureofmemoryandforgetfulnesswasnotsostrangeasthatofScott，andwhenheadaptedfromtheGreek，Latin，orItalian，itwasofsetpurpose，justasitwaswithVirgil。Thebeautifullinescomparingagirl\'seyestobottomagatesthatseemto\"WaveandfloatIncrystalcurrentsofclearrunningseas，\"
heinventedwhilebathinginWales。Itwashishabit，tonotedowninversesuchsimilesfromnature，andtousethemwhenhefoundoccasion。Butthehighercriticism，analysingthesimile，detectedelementsfromShakespeareandfromBeaumontandFletcher。