New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-08

Md Bcauiys orbed bosom scenes Of earth
And Heaven mixed. a. flesh and soul in
Thus much then for this book II aims to mark
The various beliefs well rs doubts
Which hold OF search BY turns the mind Of youth
Unresing any where. It's heresies,
II such they be- are charitable ones
al rests with those who read work or thought
j. what each makes il % himself and may
Be full Of great dark meanings, Ike the sea
Nnh shoals OF life rushing; or like the air,
Benlghied with the wing Of the wild dove,
Sweeping miles broad Ger the far woods
with mighty gimpscs OF the central light
Or may be noihing-bOdes spirless
These verses are no fair specimen of the poem.
They are written since that great time of nspira-
ton had passed, and seem indeed like mere revis-
ion the prose after thought Of the Poet Yet they
are true to the scope of the book and bold to the
same relation that good criticism by another, bu,
congenial mind, would.
To ourselves the theology Of this writer, and the
conscious design Of the poem have little interest
They seem to u.s. like the color of bis skin and hair
the result of the circumstances under which he
born Certain opinions came in his way early, and
became part Of the body Of his thought. But what
interests us is not these but what is deepest, uni
vcrsal, the Soul OF that body To US the poem is
full Of great dark meanings ike the sea,
shoals Of life rushing
and il is these, the deep experiences and inspira-
tons of the immortal Man that engage us.
Even the proem shows how large ia his nature,
its most careless uitcrance full of grandeur its tam
est. Of bold noblcness. This that truly engages
us, he spoke of more iorcbly when the book first
went forth 10 the world
Read this World He who writes il dead TO thee,
But still lives in these leaves lie spake inspired
Might and day, thought came unhelped. undcsircd
Like blood TO his heart The course of study he
Went through was OF the soulrack. The degree
He took was high II was wise wretchedness
lie suffered perfectly. and gained no lees
A prize than in his own torn heart 10 see
few bright seeds he sOwed them hoped themiruth.
The autumn Of that seed Is in these pages
Such il, in our belief the true thcologian, the
learner of God. who does not presumptuousy ex.
pee, at this period Of growth to bind down all that
is 10 be known of divine things in system, set
of words but considers that he is only spelling the
first lines Of a work, whose perusal shall last him
through eternity. such one is not in hurry 10
declare that the riddles Of Fate and of Time are
solved for he knows it is no, calling them that
will make them His soul does not decline the
great and pcrscvcring labors tina, are TO dcvelopc
its energies He has faith TO study day by day
Such j. the practice of the author of Fcsius, when
ever he is truly great When he shows TO us the
end and plan OF all things feel that he only hides
them from rs He speaks only his wishes But
when he tells us of what he does really know, the
moods and aspirations of fiery youth to which all
things are made present IN foresight and fore
ias,e-when he shows Us the temptations of the
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feel the love that alone can bestow IT, then lac Is
truly great aud the strings Of life thrill ohcnimes
10 their sublimcsi. scctest music
We admire in this author the unsurpassed force
and disiinctness with which he casts out single
thoughts and images. Each is thrown before us
fresh deep in its impress as II just snaiched from
the forge We admire not less his vast flow his
sustained fight His j. rich and spacious genius
il gives us room II j. palace home we need not
economist our joys bcsi be tie royalty that wei
comes us 80 freely
In simple iransposition Of the thought from The
mind to the paper that wonder even rarer than
perfect tina, is simple expression through the mo.
lions Of the body of the motions of the soul we
dare 20 "a, DO writer cxccls him Words are no veil
between M and him but a luminous cloud that up
bears rs borh together
So In touches Of nature In the tones OF passion
he IL absolute There is nothing better where u Is
GOOD We have the very thing itself
We are told by the critics thai he has no ear and
indeed when We listen for such. We perceive blom.
shcs enough in the movement Of his line. Bui We
ala DOT perceive Il before more than when the 70
Ian was TELLING the secrets Of that spirit like
4 IL. L.. Il "A
mo- man can truce H. should attempt TO div ide the
tones ana pauscs into regular bars aud be disturbed
when We could not make a tune
England has only two poets thai can be named
near him with the exception Of W ordswor who
belongs to past generation for though still upon
,hi- earth his period Of production has passed -
These two are Tcnny-on and the author Of Philip
Van Aricvcldc Tcnnyson Is al tha, Bailey j. not
ia nclol, and voluntary finish no lc-s than Greek
moderation la declining all undertakings be- : not
sure Of completing Taylor noble an earnest seer
a faithful narraior Of what De- sees firm AMI sure
sometimes deep and exquisite. bu, IN energy and
grandeur no more than Tcnnyson 20 he named be
side the author Of Fcsius In inspiration. IN pro
phcry In those flashes st the sacred IRE which ~
veal the secret pisces where Time is celebrating
the marycl- Of Nature. he stands alone. II - Just
true What Fbenczcr Elliott says. that Fesius
contains poetry enough TO set up fifty poet. '-ay
even such poets. far a. richness Of thought and
imagery arr concerned. As the two noble hards we
have named
But we need call none less 10 make him greater
whose liberal soul Is alive to every shade Of beauty
every token Of greatness and whose main stress iso
seek soul OF goodness in things evil The book Is
precious even n sscrcd book. and We could say more
Of It, had we no; years ago vented our enthusiasm
when il was in frs, full iow. The extracts which
We then gave. sold at once all the English copies
then 10 be obtained. Now there are American co
pics. they need wind Of praise to swell Their
inevitable course wherever they begin 10 md the
current He viii be read a. he read those Of the
older time who in his own words.
Brought AZ immortal to smorts bress,.