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La Princesse Lointaine: Piece en Quatre Actes, en Vers Rostand-e

La Princesse lointaine, indeed a charming masterpiece of poetry, was, it now appears, but a promise. The promise, however, was royally kept by the poet, Eiimond Kostand, within the short space of three years. Witness Cyrano deB ergerac, in which, with something of retrospective prophecyj if the anomaly can be, Roxane exclaims : A bird will hop before it learns to soar. Let it be conceded then that, in La Princesse lointaine, the poet was timidly feeH ng his way along, while inC yrano heW alks boldly on, with step assured. Henpe, perhaps, some discussion of the play, and of its really great impersonator, Sarah Bernhardt. Neither the poet nor his far-famed interpreter need be disturbed, however, by the judgment of superficial critics. If La Princesse lointaine be the work of a beginner, we can but regret that there are not a few more beginners with so great a share of youth, enthusiasm and talent clearly proving study as well as genius. In effect, La Princesse lointaine offers a striking example of romanticism, tempered by the more staid ways of the Parnassians, and diversified with wilful riming oddities kla Banville, while here and there appears a bit of decadence, or symbolism, in the form of an hiatus, or of a defective cesura.
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