New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-09
VOL. HI. NO. &c.

booker onotes from Christopher, the throat OF
any man who yawns while ] am speaking 10
him. especially he attempts to conceal ms CRIME
b,. ,,,,,,;,o his hand TO his mouth yet he men
lions CoLegIDGr among others, says the hnlckcr-
hooker. as one TO whom he could not listen i've
minutes without experiencing that sensation
,bout the laws which precedes and produces a
vown. We are not told whether this IS put into
the mouth Of dramatis Persona or not; but the
last part seems rather neutralizcd by the first
We imagine Christopher Just about much in
earnest IN the one case as in the other.
But how did CoLERlDGE talk may be asked ::
and we arc glad Of an occasion TO answer: for
we can thus Gull for our readers passages of the
choicest coquencc in the English language, ut
tered in praise Of this So portento"s bors' First
hear the gentle Ella
''Comc back into memory, like as thon vert
in the dav-spring of thy iancics, with hope like
"a fiery column before thec-the dark pillar not
vet turned SAMuEI. TAYLOR CoLERiDGE. Logl-
cian Mctaphyscan Bard How have seen the
casual passer through the cloiscrs stand still, en-
tranccd with admiration while he weighed the
disproportion between the speech and the garb of
the young Mirandua, to hear thee unfold, IN
thy deep and sweet intonatons, the mysteries of
Iamblichus. or Plotinus, dor even IN those years
thou waycdst not pale al such phlIosophc
draughts, Or recitng Homer IN his Greek, or
Pindar-wc the walls Of the old Grey Frlars
rcccIlocd to the accents Of the inspired chnrlip
boY >"
Thus writes LAME of CoLEEIpGE as he was
when both were at school; and NC trow he would
scarcely have died in peace could he have forescen
that any one would say, in after time, that he
had other opinions aftcrward.' But the knlck-
or says that when Coleridge asked Lamb If he
had ever heard him preach, Lamb replied that he
had never heard him do nay Thing else Ar
aa, saith Old Knick, Lamb thought Coerdgc
a porlcntous bore Were some one TO have re-
pcated this, and drawn the same conclusion III
Lambs presence, 9cntlc-hcartcd us he was, we
fear he would have proved himself like LovEL,
tie old Bcnchcr of the Inner Temple of whom
he writes, "a good fellow witla and 'ro"h
strife" But giving the Joke all the weight the
X. desires, its syllogism lacks a mayor premise
sadly Grant that Coerdgc did always preach :
ho,c did he preach, is the questionable a man
inspired or like bore - Let WILLIAM llAz-
LIT answer
at WAS in January, 1893, that rose one morn
INC before daylight, to walk ten miles IN the mud,
to hear this celebrated person f'eoch. When
got there the organ was playing the Tooth psalm.
and when it was done, Mr.. CoLERIDGE rose and
rave ont his text, And he went up INTO the
mountain topray, HIMSELF ALONE As he gave
lp CT rpo n
distilled perfumes and when he came to the last
two words, which he pronounced loud, deep, and
distinct, it seemed to me- who was then young,
az if the sounds had echoed from the bottom oil
the human heart, and. if that prayer might have
tloatcd in solemn silence through the universe
The idea of st. John came INTO my mind OF one
CRYING in the Wilderness who had his IONS glrt
about, and whose food was ocusts and Wild hon.
cy.' The preacher then launched INTO his sub
icct like an eaglc dallying with the wind.
And for myself | could not have been more de-
LIGHTED fl had heard the music OF the spheres 70
ctry and Philosophy had met together: Truth and
Genius had embraced under the eye and with the
sanction of Religion This was even beyond my
hopes returned home well satisfied. The sun
that was still laborng pale and wan through the
sky, obscured BY thick mstS, seemed an emblem
of the rood cause: and The cold, dank drops OF
dew. that hung half melted on the beard OF the
thistle. had something genial and refreshing III
them: for there was a spirit of hope and youth
in all nature that turned every thing INTO good.
Thus did CoLFRInGE's preaching affect one
Of the most riftcd critics that ever lived the
knickcrbocker calls him por'cntous bore
HAzlIrr nocs ON to give an account OF hs nitro
duction to CoIEEIDGE; of the invitation he re-
ceived 10 visit him at Ncthcr-Stowcy, and OF his
conversation while they were walking together:
1t was fine morning in the middle OF WIN
ter" he writes, and he talked the whole way.
The scholar in Chauccr is described as gong
- Sounding on his way
So Colcridqc went on his. In DEPRESSING, IN d.
latinp, in passing from subject to subject, he APP
pcarcd to nc to float in air, to slide on lcc
We parted at the six-milc stone, and returned
homcward, pcnsve, bu, much pleased. / had
met with unexpected notice from person whom
| believed to have been prejudiced against me-
Kind and aiiablc to nc had been his condcsccn-
sion. and should be honored ever with suitable
rcpard. He was the first poet had known and
he certainly answered 10 that INSPIRED name.
had heard a great deal of his powers OF CONVEX
sa,ion, and was not disappointed In lac', l
never met with any thing At all like them, citiier
before or silIce
On my way back, had sound IN my cars
il was the voice OF Fancy: ha, a light beiorr
met was the face OF Poetry. The one sui!
!inrcrs there-thc other has not quilted my side
Colerdsc in truth met me halfway on the ground
Of philosophy, or should not have been won over
10 his imaginative creed. had an uneasE, plea
s,rable sensation all the time till was to visit
INN. Daring three months the chill breath OF
winter gave me welcoming the vernaI ar was
balm and inspiration to me- The golden sun
SETS, the silver star OF evening, lighted me on my
way to new hopes and prospects. l 'ras TO p'S't