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One suspects that the poet who wrote the unapproachable

Hear, ye ladies, that despise,

or he who chronicled the card-playing of Cupid and Campaspe for kisses, would have been somewhat perplexed, to say the least, with the "Sonnets from the Portuguese," "The Unknown Eros," "The House of Life," "Monna Innominata," "The Love Sonnets of Proteus," and "Modern Love." Whether the rhythmic speech of the latter-day lover has gained in depth what it has lost in limpidness, who shall say? Concerning which question the ensuing pages may perhaps afford some material upon which to base a judgment.

I must not conclude these remarks without acknowledging, with gratitude, the eminent courtesy which I have received from the various living authors, who have generously allowed me to enrich this volume with selections from their writings.

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