Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-21

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chatattrf kon Tho very ,cne,. hch A., n. .rssc. Al
pl,nmv and tho .rslld, mora nuls,, ,,w,y. N ,b.,,
mind car hav. e,ced thtm II, sn.,eb nm And o,ho Al,
they could oC lfs ,wee,mc,,s b,I,c IN. oho.y o,sc
dy pars, Numbering at the dh,. shuuld oc, In
Dy this time ", had reached his roe,s. and ON re
ceiviou what 4 believed In be c,,dial invi,,,,nn
gain entered and willis, he rutTed away we talked, or
rather he did, On variety Of themes
"Ilave You visited Rome ~ he inouir,d rcul,d
in the negative bu, Unlimited nv in,.non nf ,ina s
shortly
You will have glorious time - said h, cha pioce
is magnificent; but mus, coniess that feel d,Nren,
sentiment Tow ard ,la, villa batbanms h,,lv e,, man,,
ping handful, tho Roman peonle from Inn, which mys
day.led With false splrnors mbbe Al .rh,rls and ibe
universities and carry int, maturity s,oc,,onea hv ,b
ihop h,less hea world TINT ss,s IN far Sir O,,cl
On all oues,,ous I have ,,0,n m, son,i,n,a .G.,
few pu. during which be ken, hJo,,,no with his w,1
reflected with ns,on,shn,n, nn m, c,n,,., ..,, ~
ror' (weI worthy Of Sir rhmas I,mwnrs cnr,r.,;n,
Of admir,np Rome and her C, mrs | ,n,ld, Ano,.,ns
and every linn, ra,or mo, exc,un, Inn .eliohi If man
kind should hLc to know VIVA, the poor women
aud children of Jerusalem had done Ia me,i, I'm, ,.rn6.
hatchery wrpe,faled by that very hest If Ennero,s3 II
Is really wonderful how We Cbr,,ian, md men ot maj,
ura feelings talk To Youth md read with them nhout
such beasy as we'll a, murdern,s disornce IA nj, ana,
ces as Augustus withont word OF houest human eve
cralon Of he prescribing trumyir-,he murderer m NJ.
friend Cicer,--and" added Campbell with 6crcc
grin, ''ihe inces,,ous, the rlul,erer. the Caamou
vcnured to express my surprise a, his holdno opin-
IONS 81 opposed To those generally maintained
"Oh /" said he II cannot claim, any orioinali,v far
my ideas ,ha, score Jeffrey. Of the Edinburgh Re-.
view, with whom had the honor and pleasure of con-
y,rs,Dy Frequently hath In Elinbuygh and Cr,i,
ctoo This couo,ty residence launched nj, o,c, ,,as,
Nc earnestly do On this toplc and remember in the
Review writer who know to In We been Jeffrey re-
viewing Eurancrs Tour in Italy has bruached aim.
liar iudumep, Ma, no, IN, Romans were mn sncb he
roes after all; they we're detesabs band of couspira
tors against the Test Of mankind ~ ho carried fro aud
swnrd into the remo,es, Countries I he Immortal Ro
mans! They began fugitive robbers and flheir so
Getty did for a while for self practice soma
few Of ,he virtues of sayagcs they did al no longer Than
their weakness egured becoming At ho,ne poor ,rcmb
ling slaves under n race Of dcspcnble tyran,s while
broad they played the ,yrans uations superior Ia
them IN all virtues and in iruc civilization was graf
flied tina, Jeffrey had strong correspondent feeling with
my in my dl,ancclion the dead monsters Of the
world"
From talking Of Rome, The conversation took jump
10 the presen, times.
1--WE were speaking, just now !" said Campbell, '.of
vulgar eors think our b,as'ed aye is guilty Of cap
i,a one. Halt Of the literary coin circus,ion is
spurious; like tho old hoarded stuff which rings as
veil shines. People SEEM days. in poetry nj
least, To mistake fine words lo fine hngs-he holy.lay
dress of lhoughs for glorious thoughts themselves
Dctlon, as AXE H. surely but tho imagery 10 express
the subsiancehe idea. Words are but the picture of
hiemgyphcs whereby 10 ncquain others with what we
think or know but In reading Anhuas Poets Corners
and all thai sor OF thing. how cuninun Is It, alter having
gone through set Of words. Sounds like listening
10 tune. Ia find ones sell al loss 10 say what idea II
has conveyed. Yet IN great deal Of recent poetry.
magazine aud Other this fraudulent stuff seems pass
un very well with such editors Reynolds and .ady
Bessingon, swelling Out Magazine and Annual at
tudlng employment Tor artists aud copperpate engra
vers."
"Apd YET" said l. "ths sori Of literature is almost
devoured. 10 the exclusion Of solid productions"
| True" said he "and whyf Because the mass Of
readers resemble Pygmalon they doat upon the more
picture or statue. because Of The muscle and nerve and
bone which are apparent. Such verses are my mortal
avcrsion."
On subsequent. occasion, he talked Of some Of our
modern poets, and from volume Of Keats poems he
read portion Of Keats Ode to a Nightingale
THAT" said he, "is unquest,onably the finest thing
Keats did; and he had Of he pure spirit Of po
ey in him. Shelley alono excepted, perhaps than any
other writer II mdern days. What pity that ,e should
have been % thin skinned Hunt and the rest of hai
squad did him no good by nursing HE concets; bu, had
he lived no would have taken his own ground and KEEP,
it,"
| Crabbe was menoned "Dyron was little wrcnu y
he renal ke6 'in calling him Natures stcrncst paint.
err he should have written Natures frnea painter.
and therefore the best, No man ever touched off hum
BILE ever, dayslfe NJ Crabbe did HIS Helicon was
n staenant pool, and his Pegasus a horse in parish
ponndo
| OfGray's "Elepy in n Country Church ward - he
spike with (ior him) enthusiasm Such a series of
brilliant mind pictures he said had nevef been Denoted
BY another writer IN so limited a number of sianzas-
''ln my humble opinion" he added ..it is The most
perfect poem of " hch the English language can boast y
"7Lcre is poe,.v said he. mintinp to a por,ra, Of
Goldsmith "whuse words YOU cannot Rad without To- |