books.google.ie - One of the fine things about good poetry is that it will not only bear study and examination, but will yield new beauty and new pleasure as it is better understood. For instance, take the first stanza above. Lowell says Longfellow's poetry is sweet and easily understood and that one line follows another...http://books.google.ie/books/about/Journeys_Through_Bookland.html?id=p0pp0H1u09oC&q=slain&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJourneys Through Bookland
