Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-12-19
For he Herad.


The world is foil Of poetry Take up a
magazine, almost every other article is poem.
Take Of newspaper, its front page is graced
with three Of four poeticaI ellusions. How
much time must be lost in the composition of
these fugitive piecesl-and how many hopes
thwarleG could the luckless wight who wrote
bu, know that no one had taken pains to read
it What is poetry! This question cannot be
answered TO mathematical nicely. To some,
the low sickniug ballad is poetry; to others,
that which treats Of warIke deeds, Of hair.
breadth escapes and heroic exploits on the
field Of battle, is poetry The graceful whir
10 he waltz is poetry. Il may be said with
truth that there is poetry in every thing which
pleases the fancy, the eye or the ear
Naive graees, natural beauties Of whatev.
er description they may be, or wherever found,
If reduced TO words Of pleasing sounds-or
rather expressed and in lines Of measured
length become written poetry. Therefore
two ;hiogs are requisite TO constitute good 20
eiry-pIeasiog IDEAS expressed in pleasing
words. The high preroga,ive of cleaning
poetry from the scattered beauties Of the uni.
verse and wiring il out in language we can
read aad understand. is bestowed en- few
poesy is halowed ground on which the gifted
alone rab tread. Those who are thus gifted,
look with 40 nnconded eye. and with lively
sense Of The beautiful and the truo, and he
who has not this keen perception. this intel.
lecIual power thai will enable him to rise
with free pinon, to roam amid The ''worlds
piled upon words, that ill The unknown
space, 'eyen 10 the resplenden. light that sur
rounds the throne Of the Almighty --or 90 into
the depths OF The ocean, and in words and
measures that shall barmonze with its cease
less iuslsub'o heoyiogs, thrill every sense Of
the reader, cannot write poetry.
Nan. like his next lower co-animal. the
meoSey. is always attempting thar which is
beyond his reach. And nothing, infinitely be.
yo"d his ability, is onener attempted than
writing poetry. ftne pc ~ is written with.
GU sbere3 etlu It's illul ebulliions flow
spontaneously from The lowest deep Of the
very soul q geoios-aad he s,udyiugs Of a
deep mind are inmica % lis predictions -
IL must comoia It's grandeur like the swelling.
onward rolling waves Of The beundless and
llmlless Deeper in he wilduess of tetnpests
a0d storms. and ,heviswless, sleeping wind
or bright and beautiful like suubesms PLAYING
on the trembling waters, and the undula,rons
OF roses in the soies' brcezel
Arrival Of the Calcdonla.-strtccnd days
Later from Europe.
The Steamship Caledonia am red al Boston
en- Saturday morning al : o'clock. Is days
and - hours from Llyerposl, whence she sail
ed on iNe l9tb Nov
urT latest adv.css by this arrival are to The
l9.h Nov. from Liverpool and The 18Th from
London.
Free Flour, L. s. was selling in London
al SIS aud SIS per b5l. In the Liverpool T.
market The same sold al Sis. Cd to SIS. per
btl.
Corr SIS. 70 SIS. per q.
The doly en- Wheat is Is per a.
The Gratn markets. both 10 England add on
The Continent are dowr.
The money maTks, remains ao3u, ,be same
rs at last sdvlees. The Bans on E-oland
-a'es GO interest Is ; per rent. Bu4Ioa Is be.
ng transported from the k.rsda1.
Cotton Is 81. lower. SsIss small. Free
Tade Is progressing throughout Eurcae
Rumots 81 m.Hisieuat tisSsnsious prerail
q EpgIaud, bus they orgiaA'e IN celumns Of
'aper' sVovedly hostile to tbs Government