Gods of Modern Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors

book came out, and about forty before he began to be given his due

place among the poets of his generation. He was so slow in arriving because he came without noise, intrinsically unconventional but not fussily shattering the superficial conventions of others, making no sensational approach, not attempting to shock or to startle. I don’t think his verse ever had the instant appeal o...