... of classical and romantic fancy, of pagan and Christian theology, of real and fictitious history, of tragical and comic incidents, of familiar and heroic manners, and of satirical andsublime ... Chrestien's'Perceval' it will be found, again and again, in the prose of Sir Thomas Malory; it will be found in manyballads and ballad burdens, in 'William and Margaret,' in 'Binnorie,' ... Rossettis in England and of Longfellow and Dr. Parsonsin America that any poetry of a really Dantesque inspiration and, at the same time, of high original value wasadded to our literature. [18]The...