New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-01

hair icrke over bis forehead and the cnranced look
Of his eyes in the wild full part gave US an idea OF
the excitcments Of gambling the redoubhng and
TRIPPING of force upon this part produce indescrioa
BILE sensations; here was electricity again, but no
longer mild fiery, rapid, intense his electricity
and onrs arrested spent lavished on the stroke OF
the bow We know not the original meaning OIL
this composition, but it awakened throngs oil emo
tons and shadows of thoughts, dissmlar IN FORM
bu, homogeneous in nature. Some Of these are ex'
pressed in the following lines where The writer was
thrswn into particular frame Of mind and led 10 ui'
derstand peculiar crises in life by this piece lhey
were written the night after hearing II and, beng
suggested by it, should express its nature, II not Its
precise meaning.
II came-lhe first the high, heavenseekng strain
knew those monumental thoughts again.
When oer the buried hopes OF early days
Pure marble tablets had hoped to raise,
With chcrub forms 10 promise from my pam,
With ashes urned. that nought could ecr proldhe'
hcsme-the second sad inpassonod strain
The heart that could not bear life long pain
Not needing all the warning VI us tate,
Yielded the only solsce OF It's state =
Yielded iself TO fond decisions tide,
Laid By the breast-plaie Of a noble PRIDE
Waking 20 know itself the light one scorn,
Cursing the hour that ever 1t was born
But where the third 20 artist sad and wild.
O where the strain thou dear and ardent child,
That shows me how 10 rise from this abyss
To which the downward way easy is
Love Hope and SelfEstcem' all to depart"
II the two first may never bless this heart
O God at least the barren third restore
Without that one help can bear no more
Two friends asked one another what had been
their thoughts during performance of one of Mey-
erbeer's compositions One had thought Of the
flight Of eagles the other Of Summer lightning
and whatever was really the meaning Of the compo-
sition, it must have been correspondent with such
images So of the " Siciliano and Tarentella" what
ever be its thought it must express that ooncentra
ton of life Of which one view is rapture the reverse
despair.
Last Autumn we heard the compositions which may
be claimed s)Amercan in so far as they have tins
country for their birth place and owe their existence
TO the action of its the mind of the Artist
We esteem them grand and beautiful compositions
The Solitude of tie Prairie was far the most sat
isactory TO US, TO others or II not at the time
it certainly is in recollection.
Those " no deny the honors Of genius to the com
poser Of these, must do on the same ground tina
the critic would those Of the lyric poet to the wr
ter Oh the s'hSi oH pea
had never attempted the grand Pindaric ode.
The fame of Ole Bull will not indeed rest or
his compositions. These, probably, require hi.
peculiar manner of playing, aud leading the orcbes
ira give them due effect, and they will never be
really heard except from himself. Had he never
written any thing, the enchanting and anirnstine
power of his mind as performer entities him to ranl
not only ar a most accomplished violiuist and per
son of great magnetic force but as an original gen
JUS Of high order But ii is not just TO undervalut
his compositions, rich and beautiful poems which
contain the experiences OF one so decatsy organized
teapprehend the beautiful, capable of profound and
wide reception of it, and OF highly individual repro
duction in forms flexible, graceful and transporting
to other minds
The March in honor of Washington We ar,
now to hear. We hope it may be worthy his hes
genius And let the audiences who wait on him il
these last hours discard that cold carpng or at least
doubtful temper in which men are too apt to regard
beautiful beings till it is too late till death or separa
ton has hid them from our eyes and tardy Justice
can no more avail them. Ole Bull, ike all true artists
is of aectionate and delicate nature; he trusts
himself but needs cordial reception TO call forth
his powers in perfection for the enjoyment of 9th
ers We hope that it will not be as ii was last au
tumn, when the dull or stolid silence Of the hous,
checked the vibrations of his finest strains. May
we welcome him, as must part with him, in Low,
aud honor for he is especially well a
the worlds and Niagara and the Prairie" no les
than the Mountains OF Norway may cry All hail t6
our Ole Bull X