BIB_ID
373388
Accession number
MA 5141.90
Creator
Trench, Herbert, 1865-1923.
Display Date
1887 Nov. 13.
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of War Poetry related to World War I; see collection record (MA 5141) for more information.
Written on stationery embossed with the seal of the Oxford Union Society.
Written on stationery embossed with the seal of the Oxford Union Society.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Expressing his happiness at hearing "of your lady's return to convalescence - for I know those anxieties. Then I have to say a word or two about your St. John the Baptist - I liked it, & so shall be frank to criticise it. I don't think that you will ever be at your best on that [illegible] subject, but may be mistaken. It is a great advance in skill in Carthage & I liked it far better than the easter Poem, but with hardly a fault - it lacks fire. Now fire & spirit is at your command I know : so why is it? It must be because the subject did not awaken more than your thought. Lastly, though the metre is I think unsuitable to an uncontemplative subject you have managed it masterfully & easily - With the little poem I got this morning, I was indeed delighted. It is perfect. It is I think true & delicate humour and with a most musical & fit rhythm combines the warm beauty of a [illegible] picture."
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