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Atalanta in Calydon

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ATALANTA IN CALYDON. Swin burne's in Calydon,' perhaps the greatest, certainly the best known, of his works, is a lyrical drama after the Greek model. Though lacking the severe nobility and re straint of Milton's

melody of such lyrics as ((When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces," the be ginning of years," ((We have seen thee, 0 Love, thou art fair," show what music our language may become in the hands of a master. It is doubtful if any single work ancient or modern offers a greater variety of metrical effects. What may be termed the theology of