Dramatic Romances

Mesmerism

NOTES:

"Mesmerism." With a continuous tension of will, whose

unbroken concentration impregnates the very structure of

the poem, a mesmerist describes the processes of the act

by which he summons shape and soul of the woman he

desires; and then reverent perception of the sacredness

of the soul awes him from trespassing upon another's

individuality.