nearly-risen

Updated: May 2, 2025

It must, too, be conceded that hitherto we have no rising, or nearly-risen poet, who answers fully to our ideal. Macaulay and Aytoun are content with being brilliant ballad-singers they never seek to touch the deeper spiritual chords of our being.

Various - Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.