Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-08-13
For the Herald.

For the Herald.
" Blow on we gentle breezes,
All among the weeds and treeses"
Anonymous,
g Hark sound gleets the ear like the wild autumn
breeze,
IT'S the Amaranth coming, spy through the treesw
lo,ca Bard.
b MEssRs EDITORS lin the Herald of Tho
23rd inst. discovered notice, a passing m.
tice, bestowed unon me by the " Iowa Bard"
OF this / was unworthy; for know that the
:. Iowa Bard" might have employed his bril-.
liant imagination upon something Of more i'm.
portance. The object which l had in view
when wrote my first communication, has, as
far as therein expressed, been accomplished.
have ascertained the name, and have had III.
infinite pleasure Of beholding the symmetric
form of the s. Iowa Bard" have sat and GA.
zed upon his countenance when he was in deem
thought-when he imagined no one save the
muses. and bis guardian angel were near him.
have seen his feelings wrought upon when
commpning with his own mighty mind and
have seen him glow with fires unearthly. |
have seen him change from profound contem.
plation to the s lively and imaginative" In
such moments have felt his superiority and
have acknowledged it. ! have felt sensibly
that he was the brightest star in the literary
frman ent, and those who move in the same
circle in life with him, il they do occasionally
emit rays of light and genius. were indebted to
him for them; and that it was only borrowed
light. He is the grand attracting orb, round
which the smaller ones revolve!
The /" Iowa Bard" is out upon me with all
the thunder of his wrath-with all the blight.
ing, whitening words he has at his command
In this he was certainly hasty; assure him
that meant him kindness-and am not hos.
tile to him as he supposes. in his writings,
although / discovered some fe,o trifing errors,
discovered much genuine poetry. l saw the
germs Of future greatness, and thought l saw
similarity between his and the departed By
ron's first efforts. 1t is the opinion of many,
that but for the fierce and malignant manner
in which Byron was attacked by the Review.
ers, he never would have known his strength;
but when he was assaled, his dormant powers
were awakened-his mighty spirit was trou
bIed-his lofty mind conceived, and his ina.
gination, by one effort, delivered him. His
towering genius quailed not, bus stimulated
him, and he came forth in the strength of his
own immortal mind-as the Iowa Bard has
done--and sho,Oed up The narro,o-ninded pu.
sillanimity and under-handed malerolence Of The
graceless seamps, acho could not diseorer bettsr
theme to exercise their grorelling pyopensiis
Upon" He at once and forever sienced crit.
cism, and sent it "headlong bowling TO its
cave" BY one effort of his matchless mind,
he placed himself beyo the reach of minds Of l
common mould; and taught those who dared
TO assume for themselves stations fit only for
The Gods" lesson which they could never for.
get; and others, seeing the agony under which
they were writhing, were deferred from com.
hitting like sacrileges. Thus with the Iowa /
Bard he too, by one effort, has placed himself /
beyond the reach of other men, and has not 1
less nobly triumphed over malignancy and cr.
ticism than did the immortal Byron. He need /
no longer fear what others may say of him o.
his writings. He may hereafter write by ''par.
te,tlar request, or, by request Of Lady. and
no one will have the "audacious uanity and l.
judging of the merits of 8 his poetry The
simple question which he himself has pre-.
pounded, will be a sufficient reply tn any one
stations fit ONLY for the Gods" 'Has it come
to this you criticizing the Iowa Bard9 'Ts
strange--'tis passing strange--'tis wondrOg 81
has forever silenced criticism--that he has III
awarded to himself, by the name he has assun.
ed, all.the poe,ical talent in Iowa-that he has 81
asserted and maintained that to critieise his o
poetry you must be God-and that an attempt 81
by any person will be as :" futile and imbecIs 81
as that of pigmy dwarf struggling 10 capslss
Monsieur Bihin, the largest and strongest man
living Z" Know We not that the Iowa Bard sa
wears uold spectacles and that is ven ATTEMPT "a
to approach him under any disguise he will
be sure to penetrate you, be the mystery throva "a
around you what it maye Even the sacred
garb to which he has alluded will not protec!
you! Seeing all these things then, be advised
by Amelia, and not make such rash attempt q
as she has made. Poor Amelia no one plss
her She is, however, the author Of her own sa1
misery. She 'ventured, impelled by femah
curiosity, to bring her weak and feeble poweH
in contact with those of the mighty " Bard d
Iowa." She little dreamed that she should
ever blush for whatshe had done. She knsf
that her intentions were pure, and her heat
sincere, and being innocent and artless, shl
thus, in an evil moment, let the Iowa Bad
know the state Of her feelings towards hin q
She let him know that her heart was ,his-.tha
she loved him. land he has sighted the ovs'
lures and bighted the prospects of once FRI
and unmolested heart!
cruel Bard of Iowa!
fear that shall de-a-wy,
And soon will have to lie-a-way,
Beneath the sods of Iowa!
Ii is with bitter, burning tears,' that tract
these lines. feel that have offended whef 81
would not have given offence for the worIt
What shall | do! The Iowa Bard certain