...before one returns with a hearty consent and liking to the almost austere simplicity which characterises the hymns of St Ambrose. It is felt as though there...from the richest among the Latin lyric forms, and one with singularly few resources for producing variety of pause or cadence, seems a very insufficient...

...characterize his hymns better than in the very masterly critique of Mr. Trench. After observing that there is a certain coldness in them, an aloofness of the author...subject, a refusal to blend and fuse himself with it which disappoints a casual reader — and that the absence of rhyme, and the uniform use of a metre...

...before one returns with a hearty consent and liking to the almost austere simplicity which characterises the hymns of St Ambrose. It is felt as though there...from the richest among the Latin lyric forms, and one with singularly few resources for producing variety of pause or cadence, seems a very insufficient...

...before one returns with a hearty consent and liking to the almost austere simplicity which characterises the hymns of St Ambrose. It is felt as though there...from the richest among the Latin lyric forms, and one with singularly few resources for producing variety of pause or cadence, seems a very insufficient...

...Ambrose. It is felt as though there were a certain coldness in them, an aloofness of the author from bis subject, a refusal to blend and fuse himself with...from the richest among the Latin lyric forms, and one with singularly few resources for producing variety of pause or cadence, seems a very insufficient...

...simplicity. "We feel," says Archbishop Trench, " as though there were a certain coldness in his hymns, an aloofness of the author from his subject, a refusal to blend and fuse himself with it. Only after a while does one learn to feel the grandeur of his unadorned metre, and the profound, though...

...But it is impossible to agree with Dr. Neale and Archbishop Trench, who say of them that " there is a certain coldness in them — an aloofness of the author from his subject." This is one of those bits of critical misapprehension which lead us to doubt the infallibility of even...

...with a hearty consent and liking to the almost austere simplicit}7 which characterizes the hymns of Ambrose. It is felt as though there were a certain...adds to this feeling of disappointment. The ear and the heart seem alike to be without their due satisfaction. Only after a while does one learn to feel...

...with a hearty consent and liking to the almost austere simplicity which characterizes the hymns of Ambrose. It is felt as though there were a certain...a metre very far from the richest among the Latin ryric forms, and with singularly few resources for producing variety of pause or cadence, seems a very...