...ch dexterity of craftsmanship, a French point and polish; and also a French inadequacy of emotion. Assuredly we love poetry in France, said Anatole France when he was discussing the verse of Sainte- Beuve ; but we love it in our own fashion; we insist that it shall be eloquent, and we willingly excuse it from being poetic. , fiery as its lines ring out, is eloquent rather than truly poetic. Here ...