The Maccabaean, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Maccabaean, Vol. 4: April, 1903 This is for the characteristics of Hebrew lyricism, there remains to be ac counted for the immense success of this phase of poetry in Hebrew literature of our time, while in all other literatures it is on the decline. Macaulay says some where that with advance Oi civilization the decline of lyric poetry is certain, and whatever one might urge to the contrary, facts seem to bear out his statement. The greatest lyric achievements in Europe date from not later than the Romantic period, a period of, perhaps, the last struggle of sentiment to rule society. Thenceforth, sentiment has been deadened by dryness Of science, by buzz of ma chinery, and dullness of matter-oi-fact sort of living. And thus the fountain of Pimplea, which feeds upon the resources of sentiment, seems to have been gradu ally drying up in Europe. Not so among our people. This evil of advance of civilization has not yet been able to strike deep root among us, for there has been an antidote effectively counteracting it, and that is the neo-national movement. This movement, however practical it might be, is founded primarily upon sentiment. The longing for distant Zion, the desire of establishing a national center after having lost it for millenniums, have somewhat of a romantic glare. Hence the great success of our contemporary lyric poetry among us, hence a Frug in Russian literature, a Rosenfeld in America, and above all, such poets as I will speak of in this paper. These are the characteristics and undercurrents of Hebrew poetry, and by bearing the former in mind, one will have a better understanding of the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.