NEW POEM BY J. STANYAN BIGG. 



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NIGHT AND THE SOUL: 



A DRAMATIC POEM. 



BY J. STANYAN BIGG. 



"The Author of 'I^ight and the Soul' is a genuine Poet. lie has original genius, prolific 

 fancy — the resources, too, of an ample scholarship— an unbounded command of poetic- language, 

 and," above all, a deeply-human, reverent, and pious spirit breathing in his soul. His imagery 

 is remarkable for its boldness and variety. He has exhibited an equal appreciation of the 

 beautiful and the sublime. He has that noble rush of thought and language which is so 

 characteristic of true inspiration. Nowhere out of 'Festus' do we find passages which heave 

 and hurry along with a more genuine afflatus than in many of ilr. Bigg's pages. On 

 the future career of such an one there can rest no shadows of uncertaintj'." 



From a Criticism by George GilfiUan, Author of '■The Bards of the Bible.' 



"We have perused the greater part of this poem, and have paid willing tribute to the 

 magnificence of the diction, the profuse prodigality of the imagery, and the air of grandeur 

 pervading it." — IFeckly Dinpatch. 



"We question whether there is any modern instance where selections from a poem would 

 more dazzle a reader. If we turn to the purpose of the poet, or to his numerous felicitous 

 expressions, we can scarcely applaud too loudly or too warmly. It will be seen that the 

 main idea is gi-eat in its conception, that its result is lustrous and truthful. Stanyan Bigg 

 has not the fiery imagination, the intoxicating voluptuousness, the delirious and delicious 

 excitability of Alexander Smith, but his fancy is as vital, hia sense of beauty as sharp, and his 

 rellectiveness deeper, finner, and more stalwart. iEr. Bigg has entered the outer circle 

 of fame, the exterior Sephiraj only; but the Eternal Fountain, the Innermost Splendour is 

 within his ken, and we think within his reach." — Critic. 



" 'Night and the Soul' at once places Stanyan Bigg in the front rank of English poets. In 

 every page there are thoughts that burn — deep and holy thoughts — which seem to well up 

 from the author's mind as natural as streams flow from their native springs." — Bucks Chronicle. 



"This book is interesting as the index of the wealth and power of a young mind revelling 

 amidst the intellectual splendour of the age. Here is a fragment reminding us, in thought 

 at least, if not in form, of Wordsworth's intimations of Immoi-tality, from 'Recollections of 

 Early Childhood,' and possessing a beauty scarcely less than belongs to that noblest of the 

 odes of the bard of Rydal Mount. These stanzas are a noble burst of lyric rapture, and are 

 surpassed by nothing that we have met with in the whole compass of recent poetry. The 

 melody, the rhythm, and the sustained elevation of the sentiment, are all worthy of the 

 theme, and mark out this writer as one who has in him a soul which 'holds of the perennial,' " 

 — Glasgow Cltristian News. 



"This poetry is indeed what it professes to be. Its ring is the ring of genuine metal. In 

 this production of our new Cumberland poet. Beauty and Truth, brought together by Faith, 

 are seen once more renewing their ever young, ever during espousals. The highest poetry, 

 and the poetry most wholesome in its social influence, is the fruit of their holy union." — 

 Whitehaven Herald. 



"Yes! Stanyan Bigg is a poet! as Alexander Smith, Gerald Jlassey, and others whom wo 

 could name, are poets of the new cycle. Singers in that great choral symphony whereof 

 Tennyson and Bailey have struck the key-notes— whereof Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and 

 Shelley gave prophetic utterances. 'Night and the Soul,' — how it sparkles with gems! Let 

 us prove our assertion that Stanyan Bigg is a poet, by placing before our readers a few 

 detached portions of this jewelled woof of thought and imagination, woven together by the 

 golden thread of harmony. Beautiful pieces of imagery stand out from every page of this 

 book; one can hardly read it without becoming poetical. Once again then let us exclaim. 

 Eureka! for of a truth we have found a new poet; a creator — a maker of beautiful things." 

 — Random Headings. 



" 'Night and the Soul' is a great Poem, and promises greater things for tlie writer. It is 

 impossible to do justice to this poem by a few extracts — the passages are endless wliich we 

 might be tempted to quote: it is altogether a work of great fascination to any individual of 

 poetic taste and sensibility. We conclude with one of the numerous beautiful lyrics Avith 

 which it is interspersed." — Forres' Elgin and Nairn Gazette. 



"We look upon 'Night and the Soul' as a work amply sufficient to secui-e for its author a 

 place among those whose names are 'familiar in our mouths as household words.' Deep in 

 philosophy, splendid in diction, and at once gorgeous and delicate in imagery, it has few 

 compeers among the poetical productions of our time. Wo rank Stanyan Bigg as the poet 

 par excellence of the rising generation." — Church of Fngland Quarterly Review. 



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