Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-17

NV "hshi'c nerves were ~ able 10 endure
inag midnight. ws'ehings' relieved onlv by
midnight labor the co,a with which genius
rutcha's bread She died some months
npo, and To all but HIM her de.lh sccmcd n
mercy From that iime, however. his
lieh, OF life tuher blax,d or nckeud rs II
was excited lie rose on, nnd went about.
AMI wrote, when he could but f,ncied, and
perhaps truly. tina, he could no, wrilc n. h.
had done The fac, was his mind REQUIRED
rtposc-i crav'd t's, but how Is The pro
ducer Of the periodical literature to 6ud
rect People tell you mot 10 he excited ,
no, To overwork yourself All they can.
not see underneath the green drnpr,i's ,ha,
society hlds around the fofm--,hM cannot
see the chains that bind US To the galley
A terror that he should not he able 10 pro.
vide for hi: cbi'dren took hold of our friend
-seiIrd him BY the bmln through tie
heart, his eyes become affected In oil M.
pearnnce they were as bright rs ever, bot
he could not endure the light, and confirm
ed 10 suffer intensely his immaginalion
continued TO retain It's power after his rra.
son had given away and thus was the
fountain Of life exhausted ut one and forty !
The eloquent and tender poet the man
with many real friends, yc, dying in har
ness which, If one rendv hond had unbuck.
led fnr n time, might have bccn worn. afor
n hriefrcst in honor Cor many ycnrsl No,
bu, he was Difficult, to manage lol,he 10
owe any debt save To his own cxrrtlon &
proud (ss all rgh,.,hnking men must be)of
the indrp' ndtnce that had won the re.pec,
md friendship Of the intellectual md true !;
and II Was hard, when you saw bis bright
face or heard his pleasant words, to think
Of him md sorrow-,he sugpeston was
that he would be better bv.nnd by All ii
was q mournfu termination 10 such a
life.
And. after he had lain in his prnve.
the bells tollrd on; md nno,her and
another passei nwsv.-nnmcs highly
honored in At-Calcou. Smltkc. Phillins
the gentle md high gifted Duncan and
now one who's" name has long bern a
household word, but whose de th has b.. n
anticipated for months, say. for vcn1s the
noble pou-vd s,rnng" to s,v bit tor known
w. wv HIliII'l SUI - '''iUHS I1O'u
Truly, the man who year after year fur.
nish.l abundant fiod fr miuh and We,
could Imagine ~ he Plcn ofihe Midsum.
mer Fairies" "The Dream Of Eugene A,
ram" and d-r,ct such rralnics ns 1.-THE
Song of III" Shirt" and the '"Briage Of
Signs" mus, have he'n formed in no com.
mon mould He Too, has gone hnme =
| r.pnntpk.t hn I "a,
On" Of III" Pheasant 'oiyees Of the painter
Martin for moment ! tnfn,d AWAY
disappointed TOR the cnnn,rnnnce in rcpnsr,
was OF m,llncholv rnther than Of ninth
there was something calm even to solrmni.
~, in the upper potion of tho flce, which
in public, was seldom relieved by The clio.
loqneni play Of the mouth or the occasion
nj sparkle Of the obs"rvNnt eye i, was n
general remark among his ncqnnn,nnces,
that he was too quiet for "the world -.
There nrc mary wit watchers 10 be found
IN society, who think there is nothing IN n
man, unless. like sounding. borrd no
make great noise ut small tonch. ~ no
consider themselves agricvrd unlrs. an 'nu.
thor opens at once like book, and speaks
Us he writes this vulgar notion. like 9th.
ers ofthe same stamp crrcrs into good so.
cietv. or that is so considered. and | have
seen both Hook. and Hood, SGT nsa pointer
sets a partridge by person. Who clltcr in
evanescent hight simply hv r'pen,ing hat
snch men have said Mr. Hook perhaps
liked this celrbrity--,hi: setting md staring,
this lion hunt-so different from The heart
worship paid TO veritatle greatness Mr.
Hood did not he WIS too sensitive, too re
foed to endure il, the dislike 10 being point.
ed at as the man who wns lunny.' kent
him out ofthe crowd, where there were al.
wavs numbers who really honnrtd hrs 90.
Mus and loved him for his q, n,lr and do.
mrstlc virtues. IL wa. only among his
friend. lha, his playful! fancy ho6rished or
that he ylrlded to us iuhurncc; although
strictly speaking, social in MI his f.-Iincs.
hr never sought to stimulate his WI, by tho
filse poison Of draugh,s OF wine, nor WAS
he ever mop cheerful lhsn when at his
own freslde he enjoyed the omponionship
Of his dear md devoted wife lie vas play.
fol rs n child and his ima2inaiions pure
as bright, froliekcd with nature. whom he
loved even ion well To outrage or insult nv
slight or misrepresentation. And vet he
WINS CITY born md Guy bred born in the
unpoetIc district Of 'lhc Poultry" though
born rs It were. 10 letters 6r MS fther " ns
q bookseller, snt he son was r,n1rkahle
Tor great v'vrcry ofspirrs. md prone IN rs
ionish good crrz'-n' gnrsls At his h,her's
M less than bis fio~ rnpIls when NJ,
school, by the shrewdn' IS and hrillnncv oil
his ohsersali)ns upon topics OF which II was
thought NJ knew nothing fle finished
his e'luesuon at Cs,nbarwril and even y,
that early ngr being in very precautions
h~slth. was advised IN try the aft eta Of a
sea voyage upon his constitution. The s-a
suited him not. can well imagine s
bHiiing inhnlcncp-ils hifnlness its gIh.
larInV brighineys and rs f.arfn storms find