Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-27

Mr.. N. z. Willis. in the course Of letter about the
Poets, in the last Brother khus "ieonious-
~ introduces revered mas:er Of his craft in the
cry act Of making verse-an imp irdonable breach
his lndenturc TO ''the art, trede and mystery" OF
poct,z,ng:
or Mr.. Wordsworth il is said:
"Eow do You fancy Mr.. Wordsworth comes at
pocmf will tell you. Walking in the fields al
er spare breakfast, and having made up his mind
% wute n page or two towards the volume promis-
ID To the Longinans, ut Christmas, he looks well
about him in the hope of finding Natures Ka.ciios-
Eope IN some new combination. he has hcen
praised in the Revie for his close obseiy ition OF
Nature" and he has found out by experience that
Z 10 very easy, having once stumbled on a phono-
nenon, 10 SIT down and think what 10 the moral
world IL resembles. lie looks up At the sky--
nothing newt lie sands under ree--shady, ss
usual. but nothing more than has been mentioned
lie looks into shrubty hxedly for half an hour
not an insect DONG any Thing eccentric. He walks
pm. II Is getting towards noon, and he must soon
ace something, or lose his morning. Presently lie
|Apss little flower, and though there nothing exua
Ordinary about l., he spreads his pocket ha ndker.
chief on the ground, and sits dow to give il tic
close attention which Nature exacts in disclosing
her secrets. sit is violet" he solilcquiscs-"So
far so good! IL will be necessary, f.st TO describe
it accurately. To 60 direct to the poiai, lhen--it
is almost under this stone, which has moss upon 4,
and though there are, doubtless, many more he.
TWEEN this and the barn yard, this is the only one
have seem Avioiet almos: concealed by n stone
aud the only one that has attracted my attention.
lim--hm-yes---veryw well. A violet by a stone
supply the adjective what sor; o. a stone!--a
messy stone. true, true
Avioet by messy stone
not bad line. Hid nearly from sisht-say holt
hidden!--tye softer word than sight and q, ,er
to find a rhyme ,o-Haif hidden from the cue -
come this promises we'll
vipet by a m ,ssy stone
Hal hi'',.on from the eye,
Now for the antithess-what is il like7 One win.
tet--hm--ew things IN the world look well sir ole
ttnsry-how is l. in the moral world? Hm-ibie
will plague me, am aiIaid--in the mineral world
moi have cot stone already! How in The
celestial worldl S'ars look well sing,e-in f,c,
gerry tceH. indeed! Single star--soli,ary sar--one
stnr--oae rhymes tolcrabiy well with sione--f yvo
pronounced stone like the Americans, would do
exactly :. one and aore--how shall | BRING tbo,
In! must have rhyme for eve ,--sku Ebew
(rubs his hands, this begins to come! Skv and
eye go very well What is to be said about this
Why--that this violet is very pretty in this s;,ua-
ton, and being the only one hive seen is like one
star IN the sky. Really this begins To look like
poetry Pretty would not be a poe'icai word.
fafr Is good word. Fair az a s.ar--s far smootb
Fair as star When there's but oas.-.tLere nre
too many monosy iab!es in that line and tkl,es Bur
sounds p!osale. What shall we have for Mere's
but? There's but, expressed by flowing adyerb
Tor instance Hm--0n!y Eureka! Eureka!
Fair as star when only one
Come this will be a verse To br;n, in
.ky now will lie casyl Why, of course,
- SHINING IN the sky
Ane avery pretty line it is. The whole verse now
reads well:
A yioie, by messy stone,
Halt hidden from the eve
H. !. s iIsSti Il s sns sl WY '"s
r'If the Quarterly does not esllthat in nv heat
style am mistnkeni u must be near lunch time I
~ violet by n mosry sionr, There viii be a lii OF
6SSs leis froya cs,.,;sy Ia trss xsa1 ver.<
iad,si and marked with my peculiar simplicity ~
And % Nj. Wosdsworth goes home to his biz of
cold beei, and betveen tea and bedtime, he sta
down alone IN LIS st1dy. aud jsst as n natural phi
issopher would take spider betyixt thumb . nd
finger, and foo~ oQt tho thread, Of his web ill he
found To what sahstaace Is adrred most Ieuueipus
~, one by one, ts poet tgrns his violet by mos
Ey stone over and osef aud by the nere force Of
pulling 81 every r6ssib'e thfead connected with A.
be draws ia sohI5tnIn = ~ lie shapsof sioTy
moral, which nature has linked to i Tor poetry
And there is no reason In the world why Nj
Wordsworth should not make most readable books
by this rdASIekiHg process. II things wont h,
their right names, perhaps they would not be called
poetry.
Shall tell yea how Thom,s Moore comes at a
poemf Ills process u lHuorlous one TOO -but he
begins at the other end. Moors's residence is a
cottage orHes in the park of Lord I.ansdowne's es.
late OF DOWWoo ne marquis ~ n high -mInd-
ed, accomplished blemHn, iitero - himself enor-
hiously rich, fond OF society and capable not oaly
oSappreciailng tie genius Of The Supreme ly,si,
bot Of mniSiering TO his moods OF composition.
hall the year at least he is resident on his estate and
VISITED by the choices society the world and dur
iIs tn. tne the lis. of guests is daily sent TO the
poet who embellishcs tie dinner party at his !ea-
surel lie has also private keys 10 the library, con-
secssores, ect aud, by delicate and systematic as
sduIiy, lac IS made To zeal tEat he IS in manner the
choice and tutelary spirit OF the place. Under the
most favorable circumstances, therefore, Moore i.
conversant habitually with the most elf ed and DO
lished society of the world. This, which wou d
supply Wordsworth and intoxica.e or smother Bar
~ Cornwall, u TO him Development and scope
die is an electrical machine, that, after friction
adapted TO lis polished surface will give out sparks
touched ever 30 carelessy; and society TO suc
EleB Gs Moore, stands always 10 the sumo relation:
receiving bodies 10 a highly charged cy ader. Tbs
tpprkes Of witand sentiment such rs we s, c the u,
inihe writings Of genius, noyghere .Diherpa-
bonn. They arc indclted, half expressed, ape
lf0lchcd in al soricty.
Time and paper have slipped from under my
quill so rapidly that must break off thus abrupt.
~ in the npxt Jonathan will tell you how
hGoTs aud harry Cornwall sip ihsr cup az Hell
son.
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