New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-10
THE TRIBUNE.
BrowninK's Poems.

BELLS AND PoMECRANATEs: BY RosTHr Bko~S-
ING No VIII and last Lurta auc souls Tragedy
Loudon; Moxen, Dover St 1886.
10 closing this series Of dramotic and lyrical
ske,cbes Browning plains bis plan and ute thus;
Here end. my first series Of Bells and PonegraDates
and take The opportunity OF explaining IN reply 20 in
qalries only that te 10 iboicate an en-
ceavUr toward something Ike al attenuation o' mixture
nupc Nth dscour.ng sound with sense. poetry with
thought which ambitious thus expressed 30 Inc
symbol WA. preferred l;e the purpose that such
Is actually ore most familiar Of the kabbnica land
Pa,rc) ofthe Phrase because confess tina.
euig authority supposed the bare words IN such
uxtaposton would sufficiently convey tie desired neaiing
Faith An: good works another fancy for instance and
perhaps II" easier arriv. at yet Gotto placed pome-
grana,e fruit in thehand OF Dante. and RaGaele crowned
bis Theology with blossoms OF the same.
That The poet should have supposed the symbol
would be Understood at once, marks the nature of
his mind q mind which scars In the creative ele-
ment, and can only be understood by those who
are in q state Of congeDial activity.
The two pieces before display, or rather be-
tray, deep and growing acquaintance with the
mysteries OF the breast If one 1.-THE Of what in
forms hs little pamphlet brought into clear
relief by the plastic power of Shakespeare, the
world would stand trnnsfxed before the sad reve.
laton.
In the first piece. Luria, Moor. is put in
mand of the FIorentine army against Pisa; but
spies sci around him. and The base mistress sits
In Trial on the hero she has won by smiles to fight
her battles. His great, simple fiery nature Is cap
tvated by the grace, deep sagacity and self posses
sion Of the Florenlines He glows with delight
~ feeling In himself the birth of intellectual
life beneath their influence. But when he find 8 the
reachery hid beneath all this beautiful sculptured
outside he stands amazed, not lost. not overwhclm
ed but unable TO meet or brave what is opposite
to bis own soul. He is indeed too noble to resent
or revenge, or look on The case other shan as God
may.
"Lxria-In my East-if you would stoop TO help
My barbarous illustraton-i, sounds III
Yet there ;, no wrong al bottom--raher praise.
Dom We'll.
LGTiG- We have creatures there which II you saw
The nrs, tu,e. you would doubtless marv-la at
For their surpas.irg heauiy. craft and strength.
And tho It were lively moments shock
" herein you found the pu po,e ii their tongues
That seemed innocuous In their amoeut play.
Ut, once made known, such grace required aguaro,
Your soon would ucQui.sce. think,
In tie Wisdom which made alt things for The best.
So tskc thru good with III, content,dy-
The prominent beauty with the secret sing.
am glad 10 have seen you wondrcus fiofentnes
And buvios seen them aud staked bis heart
tirely on The venture he went through with them,
and lost. He cannot survive The shock of their
treachery. He srronges all things nobIy in their
behalf and dies. for he of that mould the
precious porcelain Of human clay" which
Breaks with the first fall"
but not without frs, exercising redeeminR power
upon all the foes and traitors round him His Chi.
varic antagonist, Tbutzs needed no conversion,
for he 10 one of the noble who
joy to feel
fneman worthy of their STEEL
and are the beet friends Of such foeman. But the
shrewd, worldly spy the suppanted rival the wo
man who was guilty. of that lowest bsseness OF
wishing TO make of lover the tool OF her purposes
all grow better by seeing the action of this noble
creature under the crucifxion they have prepared
for him. especially the feelings of the rival, who
learns from his remorse TO understand genius and
masnaniu,ity are admirably depicted. Such re-
pentauce always comes too late for The one Injured;
nien Mil him FIRST, then grow wiser and mourn this
dreadful aud frequent tragedy is shown in Lurlas
case with it. full weigh, of dark significance. span
ned BY The rainbow beauty that springs from the
perception Of truth aud nobleness in the victim
The second piece, "A Souls Tragedy is anoih'
er Of the deepest ussedies-a man fancying himsel'
good because he was harsh, honorable because he
WAS no, swee truer than the lovely and loving
patures because unskiled TO use their winning ways
His selfdecepton is revealed 10 him by means the
mos, original and admirably managed. Both these
dramas are full of genius both make the heart ache
terribly. text might well suit the cover-a text
we must all Of US learn ever more and more deeply
20 comprehend, Let him who ihiukeIh he standeth
take heed lest he fall.
We hope ,aese eight numbers OF Bells and
Pomesrans,es' will now be reprinted here. They
would make one volume of proper size 10 take into
the woods and fields. *
From the south and Wcsi.