He meets it by the immense variety of the subjects he chooses, and of the scenery in which he places them.

I do not think he ever repeats any one of his examples, though he always repeats his theory.

And the pleasant result is that we can either ignore the theory if we like, or rejoice over its universal application, or, beyond it altogether, be charmed and excited by the fresh examples alone.

And they are likely to charm, at least by variety, for they are taken from all ages of history; from as many diverse phases of human act, character and passion as there are poems which concern them; from many periods of the arts; from most of the countries of Europe, from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, (rarely from England,) with their specialised types of race and of landscape; and from almost every class of educated modern society.

Moreover, he had a guard within his own nature against the danger of this monotony.