od am ia " ▁into ▁his ▁hands . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁dis ci ple ▁of ▁Word sw orth , ▁whose ▁calm ▁med itative ▁ser en ity ▁he ▁often ▁echo ed ▁with ▁great ▁fel icity ; ▁and ▁his ▁affection ▁for ▁Greek ▁poetry , ▁truly ▁felt ▁and ▁understood , ▁gave ▁dign ity ▁and ▁weight ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁versions ▁of ▁myth ological ▁id yll s . ▁A ▁critic ▁in ▁the ▁Qu arter ly ▁Review ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁said ▁of ▁his ▁poetry , ▁that ▁next ▁to ▁Brow ning ' s ▁it ▁showed ▁the ▁full est ▁vital ity , ▁the ▁largest ▁sphere ▁of ▁ideas , ▁covered ▁the ▁broad est ▁intellectual ▁field ▁since ▁Word sw orth . ▁▁ ▁" May ▁Car ols ▁and ▁Leg ends ▁of ▁Sax on ▁Sain ts " ▁( 1 8 5 7 ) ▁ ▁" Leg ends ▁and ▁Records ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁and ▁Empire " ▁( 1 8 8 7 ) ▁ ▁" M edi æ val ▁Records ▁and ▁Son net s " ▁( 1 8 9 8 ) ▁ ▁But ▁perhaps ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁chief ly ▁remembered ▁for ▁the ▁imp ulse ▁which ▁he ▁gave ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁C elt ic ▁legend ▁and ▁C elt ic ▁literature . ▁In ▁this ▁direction ▁he ▁has ▁had ▁many ▁follow ers , ▁who ▁have ▁sometimes ▁assumed ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁pione ers ; ▁but ▁after ▁Matthew ▁Arnold ' s ▁fine ▁lecture ▁on ▁C elt ic ▁Liter ature , ▁nothing ▁perhaps ▁did ▁more ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁rev ival ▁than ▁A ubre y ▁de ▁Vere