New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-28

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be duly appreciated. But some degree OF this is
not SO rare that his works, ii republished here,
could fail to ind a small circle whom they could
| benefit, and soon create laIge one
| His books of Conversations are magazine oi
refined thoughts and exact observations, expressed
with the utmost terseness, elegance and force
He boasts of being almost the only man now llv-
ing who can write English, and we concede him
this as we read his pages, so entirely pure from
useless phrases and crcumocutions, so faithful 10
the peculiar genius of the language There is
no sef-indugence, no slovenliness, the thing is
clearly said and fully said yet with a conciscnes:
and delicacy Of shade and touch, undrearaed OF
by other writers Yet this style is not deficient IN
flow; like the movements oi hgh-bred person,
it is sefconiained, easy, soft in strength not weak
ness Even the bitter and rabd preJldices win a
beauty from the style IN which they are expressed
as ugly insects might IRON beIEg encssed IN amber.
For Landor mas fierce prejudices, and mean pre-
judices too. You cannot depend, IN any case, upon
his Justice or candor. II he is right, he is deeply
right, and does admirable justice 10 the right. II
he is wrong, he is tiercely blindly, pedantlcally
wrong, and angry with all thai are not equally 50.
There is want of equipolse and harmony IN the
faculties of this rare nature. He wants that which
/, the highest CHARM Of the highest genius, as well
as Of the simplest charac.er-perecthealth There
are spots where venom yankles, distorted bones
and rigid Imbs. But where there are beauty and
force, they are OF a very high order.
Scarce any writer bears go well the detachment
OF sentences and paragraphs from the page, as Lam
dor. We have collects of these which never wear
out or seem less worthy recitation, crystals OF
thought from the shiny cavern, unsuitable haunt
for tmld footsteps and visited often by the sullen
roar Of cold and ruthless wave. Yet Landor's,
though fierce, and at times vulgar mind, is also
one OF the most exquisite tenderness, eXaltins
sweetness, and capable Of repose on the calmest,
purrst heights OF life. To one who knows him
well, the blcmshes recede from the field OF vision,
the impurities filter soon and for ever from the pre-
cious draught They are there-but, if we remem-
Der them, it is to wonder that they are still there.
"Pericles and Aspasia" has been republisbed
here. There is no finer modern vase, in imitation
of the ANTIQUE It's beauty is d Grecian beauty
Love and Friendship have never been painted IN
more lovely and disnlhed relations. The thousand
graces of familiar fondness shown te be COM
patble with intellectual Intercourse the most re-
fined. Aspasia beautifully says of AnaXasoras, as
to his friendship for Pericles: ' He is the golden
lamp that shines upon the image | ADORE" and all
the figures, all The relations, are worthy 10 be seen
by the ligh, of such lamp.
What can be more clarmingly graceful than the
petulant sallies Of the young Aiclblades and the
letters in which the childish sports o the two girls
are described The little lament after the willows
of which they used to make their baskets Is
poem. The little pieces in verse, interspcrsed
through the volumes, are just what poems that
sprinc out of daily intercourse ought 10 be, little
more beautiful than, but perfectly congenial with,
the cOnmonesi pursuits Of the day, garlands woven
from the trees, beneath which the friends sat al
their work How truly they belong to ourselves! !!
such simple graceful poems US
"BEAurY thou art wandcrcr OF The Garth,
And hast 10 temple In the flres isle
Or city oversee where Wealth and Mirth,
Aud all the GGaces--aIl the Muses, smc.
yc, these have always nurscd thee, with such fond
Such lasting love- that they have followed ~
Til, stems throu:h every land and placed beyond
The reach of thirsty Time thy nectar-cup
Thou art wandcrer, Beauty like the ray,
That now upon the plaan, now upon
And now are manifold and now are none.
have called. painting, after thee, and tsou
Hast turned, and looked and said some pretty word
Parting the hair, perhaps, upon my brow
And telling me was preferred.
In moro than orc bright form hast tllon appeared
In more than one sweet dialect hast spoken;
Beauty thy spells the heart within me heard
Gricycd that they bound 1t, srieyes that they are
broken"
Or this, in which are expressed the feelings OF PERI
cles on the evening of weary day;
When Pericles is too grave and silent, usually
take up nv harp and sing 10 ii Tor music is oiten
acceptable 10 the ear whenl would avoid or feposc
from discourse. He tells me that IL not only eAcites
the imagination, but invgorates elcquence and re-
fro hes memory that playing on nay Harp 10 him
is Ike besprnkng atessellated pavement win oco-
rfprous water, which brings out the images, coolS
the apartment, and sralihes the senses by lis ira
GRANGE.
"Tha, instrument" said he, is the rod OF Mer-
cury it calls up the spirits IRON below or conducts
INV hack again TO Elysium With what ecstasy
do hrob and qulvcr under these refreshing SHOW
crs OF sound.
"Comc sprinkle inc soft music Ger The Breast
Brig me the varied colors into light
That now obscurcly Its tablet rest
Show me lis flowers and figures fresh and bright
Walked at thy voice and touch again the chords
Restore what restless years had moved away
Restore the glowing checks the tender words
Youths shor,-l!ved spring and Pleasures day
Perhaps these lines which represent Pencies IN
hs private relations give better idea OF hlm than
all that is SAID of his public career, though thai Is
excellent. But the good sense and decacy exhibited
in the following simple statemen, could not tal 10
make him act wisely public as IN private
"Historv wants them metaphorsl occasionally
in cra:ory they are nearly requisite as poetry
they come oppor,uney wherever The eblect Is pe'.
suasion or intlrmdatiqp, and no less where delight
stands foremost. In Writing a letter lwouio neither
seek nor rejec, one but think, II more than one
came forward, l might decline lis services. II,
however il had come III unawares, l would take
no trouble TO send it away. But We should accus-
,om ourselves 10 think ALWAYS with prcprety, IN
little things as in great and neither be too sollcltous
OF our dress IN the house, nor negligent because we
are al home. | think II improper and lndecor-
GUS 10 write a stupid or silly note 10 you, as one
in bad hand, or ON coarse paper Familiarity
ought TO nave another and worse name when II
| VOC m a-tpDtIyenesS To please,