But, as it happened, Mockel was not in the least inspired by the selections from whitman in Rossetti's collection; they made the impression on him of being Bible verses rather than real verses.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
For the same reason, on being recommended by a literary friend to read Walt whitman, she hesitated on the ground of his not containing anything spiritually needful for her, but, having been induced to take him up, she changed her opinion and admitted that he did contain what was "good for her soul."
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
He no longer refuses the title of poet to whitman and he shrinks from denying that the best free verse is poetry.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell