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And so, in the words of the old Saga men, here he dropsout of the tale. [Sidenote: 1745-1889--The Stuart charm] But it is the curious characteristic of the ill-fated House of Stuartthat, through all their misfortunes, through all their degradations, they have contrived to captivate the imagination and bewitch the heartsof many generations. The Stuart influence upon literature has beenastonishing. No cause in the world has rallied to its side so manypoets, named or nameless, has so profoundly at...tracted the writers andthe readers of romance, has bitten more deeply {235} into popularfancy. Even in our own day, an English poet, Mr. Swinburne, who hasnot tuned much to thrones fallen or standing, has been inspired by theold Stuart frenzy to write one of the most valuable of all the wealthof ballads that have grown up around the Stuart name. In his "AJacobite's Exile, 1746, " Mr. Swinburne has summed up in lines of themost poignant and passionate pathos all the feeling of a gentleman ofthe North Country dwelling in exile for his king's sake.
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