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/" Life OF sumner Lincoln FairGeId.v


50 Life OF Sumner Lincoln Fairfield
To tic Editor Of The Tribune:
A very neat little volume Of 1872 pages tell INTO
my hands few day ago, Just from the press with
the above title Having read the poems and
good deal ofthc prose writings oith8 gifted though
iIlisted bard, and knowing him personally was
anxious TO see what would be said OF hlm IN ms
life. and especially as it is from the pen OF his
widow Such was the interest took In this sketch
flor i, is only n sketch but of sufficient outline
and filing % TO give pretty good vie" OF the
man and his sorrows OF his temperament, and his
beset,nc peculiarities-l that began and finished
II before leaving nv seat, and it is but justice to
the work to say, with unbroken interest from the
beginning to its close syrnpsthzlng as progressed
IN that waywardness of temper on his part poor
fellow which led him and his often peunyless and
destitute family into great straits, and frequently
whemed them IN the deepest affection
4 pail is thrown over many of the darker places
IN the Poets liie-as it is meet 1t should be-when
the hand that delineated it that Of his widow
Every where is seen a shrinking from the task OF
laying entirely bare the errors and misiortunes OF
her unfortunate husband And yet enough is dis
closed TO show that he like other men, tc0r-
sfuUy and wonderfNLiy mad., and that the sombre
portions Of those Ingredient. which make up the
compound man, predominated IN the Poet. CIV
ing to his whole HE tinge OF melancholy and
large portion OF the spirit and temper which-espe
cally when combined with poetic temperament
control men who thus unhnppily constituted
Tho swan, it is said. sings sweetest when dy
my. Fairfield wrote always, with power He
went deep into his subject, and scared high and
handled with almost matchless skill those ethereal
essences which make up the world OF fancy but it
In his last little Poem which he addressed to his
vito, only few days before his death, that we find
his Muse engaged in work OF tenderness and af
lection which none can read without feeling deep
or sympathy in his fate.
Much OF the toll Of life OF ex posure to the worlds
heartlessness and tho heart exhausting drudgery
OF lnbor-ndeed may say the whole OF all this
had fallen to the lot of Mr.. Fairfield. The very
bread that supported her husband and children, and
the clothing that covered them. and the house that
gave them shelter, the results OF sher unccas.
ing and practical abors II is true he 'crotc but
she bargained FOR the printing and sold the pro
ducts Of his pen. He in every thing that
nectod itself with practical life, utterly useless He
was born so And the training he got was not Of
the sort to do else than fix in him tina; aversion to
KEEP, him in one inccssant i'll humor with the world
and all things about him
He well knew what his wife had been made to
endure, and that what OF e's comforts had
fallen to his lot had come of her cxcrtion and her
tolls. No wonder that his last hours should be &c
cupied with thoughts OF her Well might he
though on the verge Of the grave pay last tribute
to her How beautifully appropriate this last
offering OF his muse commencing.
Dove OF the Delugc,-Wcaricd are thy wings
Winnowins the void air on thy flight with me
Yet every Sunbow DER thy beauty things
The hearts bloom-boon of Gods intnity.
observation-disclosures by hurdlcd worlds OF gloom
Wronsd by the hcartcss wrecked in reach OF bliss,
Ger iics Sahara. 10 urkHOict tomb,
Alone wander, hopeless but for this,
ThiS beauty of the blossom breathing Hcayn
Der car,h's dark whitening wocs--on tempest Time
Stumbling on Doubts wild mountains Yet It's giv'n
Despair 10 know. Love makes its own sweet cline.
Ger crashing wrecks and Wondering ruin flies
Its chcrub piniouS flashing glory back.
The holy smile OF Eden in its eyes,
And Angel hosts uiumphins in lis track.
O but for ths-tor bec.-divinc,t child
OF sorrowing, SHINING earth Tine had not now
Hurled bowling tcnpcsts DER my spirits mild,
And left its lghtnnss my blasted brow,
Supcenest good bequeathcd thee 10 impart
Zen 10 dim earth the blooming light OF love,
And though the footsteps isdter, still the heart
Seeks TlEE--its ark-lonc, wandering Dove.
tful, and will be read every where. | am sure.
with deep sympathy for the dying Poet and his alb
sent Dove OF the Deuge who was then ON her
way to see and part forever from who had been
70 her n source OF SO much soicitudc and toll But
the last agony was past before her arrival
This little volume contains other poetic effusions
OF the Poet which are better known to the public.
and which IN connection with the incidents of his
lie, cannot do else than interest all who may read
them. There are none, whose hearts arc in the
right place who will net take pleasure having the
means to DO sol in exchanging with the widow OF
the Poet their dollar for copy of this neatly gotup
and interesting volume especially when it is known
that from the sale OF i, the means to be real
ized-ond Il IS a lost hope for the support Of a
mother and four orphan children
The volume Is dedicated to RA1lgcx and has
for Its ironuspece perfect likeness Of the Poet
admirably executed in nexzotint
Another life OF the Poet Fairfield Il rs sand, is III
preparation His mother called upon the writer OF
This with subscription book, and spoke OF forth
coming life OF her son by some gentleman IN the
West The life BY the ciioc OF the Poet it would
seem is NOT that for which ~: mathsr has been OBJ
tanning patronage What No, HE will disclose
when printed. cannot be known II may be fu! OF
interest but the one have been remarAinS upon
will not prove otherwise than highly acceptable 70
allwho may readit 1t Will amply repay the price
that may be gwen for ii, L
.NeasYorS JAG, lSi6
p" Rev. SIMON NORTH. President OF Eamil
Ten College is Amons the eminent and learned men
whose names have been suggested connection with
the Presidency OF Yale College
~ The witty C&ra%ntgpe says that ,he head
demon in its Office thinks the announcement that
there to be no ekanSe in the Cabinet, must refer
particularly to the Treasury department