Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-03
POETRY.
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s,,ion." In that volume there were manifold touches OF
true poetry, accompanied no doubt by '-conceveu anu
expressed things the poet has disciplined ms
fncy aud his muse under the influence OF improved
taste INDUCES with more correct ana oeUeN ouuaeu
strains; iaT regards language oniy 'or IN
pure aud moral feeling and kindness OF nature Bryan had
nothing to amend nay The only fault we shall Ind arises
from the love bears moral excellence aud the sym
pahy which he feels with suffering genius We consi.
der the education of youth aud the misery OF brother
bard, subjects which the muse cannot well pour
her full inspration yet is wonderful WIN how much
interest poet has invested these unpomng topics
On education he has dscoursed with good sense and
feeling aud with devoutness Of heart not common in
these latter days In the introductory passage there
is something which reminds us OF our own Akens'de-
Not mine the pows, to sweep With magic skill
U.snia she'd. nes It beams divine c,,,s
Not mine ia number. hs%sl. via mystic loio,
A"d regions iffcassd With Fic,ios. ya,y'os fOrm',-
NJ, mine o S S the sn blight Sssu 'S sss,s sS,
Can pierce through breasts of and vanqush pride
The Muses. dcisn confer, they breathe no hopes
rhoy u,so me to scale The dizzy peak.
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The soadions doom tina, learns s.n Sse l...
Van me 10 r sh"n The rash liheniaa'. fate
40 ISs ra G% SsS S "S Sa s Ss, a clouds
Mn 1.s 1% p safs Sss is
Pertains 10 things Of hfe-to human veal
And human wo-The truly they,
TO guide them V from the ' SS, hs'S q"
Nor is the conclusion unworthy OF such commence
ment:-
Tho appointed curo FOR these and all the ills
a aaa s% % ihS "a. GS.ps S %I' @'S.
L., these be early on the mind Impressed,
And carefully enforced from year ,oye
With their celestial doctrines deep mbucd;
Then man to hi. GIimoy al health restored
WhsrS'ea the haOwed process &C. 81 Is poood-
S oa SSs nSaa a 'hS % osa n rich Si all
That purifes and oIoyoes the soul,
A stream, forever undmnished, flows,
Inviting him to drink thereof and live
,ha, bIS.' msG"a day shall come
Shall feel the iaIiene.s Ct human pride,
scctaIian strSs shall cease to veS tho world
In Que h1Inoniou, biohOrhood shall blend
The universal amy of man.
The connection OF education and morals, is tempting
matter to expaate upon but neither find room for
remark quotation suffice 1t TO say, that the poet feels
the subject Justly, though he has always written
clearly POLITICALLY could have wished,
read his work without edhca,ion and advantage.
The poem called The Appeal for Suffering Genius was
written tor the benefit of Robert Coffin, known by the
of the Boston Bar who seems 10 have been then
bed Of sickness, with few TO relieve console him.
1t is much the honor of Bryan that he stepped forward
10 aid him should withhold praise from
tain good citizens OF Boston and New York. who not only
subscribed largely but made public declarations that the
aing poet strictly moral and worthy man, and
would make improper OF the beneiactions OF those
who admired his genius This we confess we like. In
the United States, is still necessary that virtue should
belong genius. The Appeal is seventy pages long,
and is written with natural readiness OF language and
occasional vigour Of expression The difficulties which
low born genius has to encounter not i'll expressed in
the following lines-they apply TO many poets:-
Ia manual tolls compelled to spend the hour,
For which his struggling genius Us. yaHIy sighed
rSa, .se might bring to sS; iso% rich mine.
And ID shs! polished iSaS SSs spread iGsm forth
He oft, in deepest sadness mou:ned the doom
That urged his fancy to sthc,AI fights,
ofpSn 'i b., "H SoG fu.iyd V o%srm
OF mnstrelsy around his yielding mind
Which iounG and o Il him still: sii child Of wo
fcolng st to at over touch,
And deeply conseioSs chs ,uncfu Powefs
SIC Nv Iods in human form
AID stupid 5S V M b %%a sai houor crowned
In ruthless league, his ha pPincss assailod.
In the middle OF his poem he introduces, in very
touching way the following ode from the works Of "he
Boston Bard, who, we are assured,
elias of,mes poured his soul in strains like these
When Freedom, midst the battle storm,
And found her ~ majestic form
A@i, G the %a '1lS %ea i% ,%S Cloud
with fTri ass hand 6Sa 'G Sass Sa houd
Aud thus the sufferer cheered;
spurn spurn despair be great, DO free.
S TSy nag :IS Sa IN Sy ,hI p .sis. Liberty
oI9,6o coho ibyscIfia glory. robo,
Rule rule the seaIposscss the globe
Go, tell the world, world is born,
Another iIumos tho morn,
Be i"sGo bra brave re? @ 1s%i' lie, thy namo
Hencefofth Columbia be;
The % %S% b." Of Liberty IGSe y'''' u ''"'
said-and 10 tho o night
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Aud morn, with pencil dipped in light
Her bushes IL drew
COlumbas chiefiain seized the
All glOfiOusly unfurled:
SoHred with il to his native skies,
Md waved il DER the world.
We must conclude; the poetry OF America il fast rising
into emnence and several of her bards may take their
place when they please among the poets of Britain. Their
country dbonnds with Of natural magncence and
subiniy and with tribes who have yet been par
tally pictured by the We advise all Transatlantic
brds TO forget the strains OF their ancestors in this little
isle, and awaken their souls all their own trust
ing 10 inspiration to cothe their conceptions in The Ian
gudge Of truth aud originality. We TO say that
any Of them imatOrs: but think that they allow
their spirits to be rebuked too much by the memory OF the
divine poems of Milton Spenser, and others; and assured
y they TOO sensitive respecting criticism. When they
write without remembering the one. fearing the other
they will give MS something Of Iofer mood than they
have done hitherto.
DON ESTEC.