The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-11

LoNGFELLow..The muse OF Mr. Lonefellow
owes little Of her success to those great
national sources of inspiration which are most
likely to influence ardent poetic teupeFament-
The grand old woods-the magnificent nasAnfiin
and forest scenery-the mighty rivers-the track
less savannahs-all those Hlupendous and varied
features OF that great country, with which, from
his boyhood he must have been familiar, it might
be thought would have stamped some of these
characteristics upon his poetry. Sueh however
has not been the case. OF lofty images and grand
conceptions meet with few if any traces But
brimful OF life OF love, and OF truth, the stream of
bis song flows on with tender and touching sim
piicity, and gentle music, which have not
met with since the days of Moore. Like
him, too, the genius of Mr.. Longfeow is essen
TALLY lyric; and if he has failed to derive nspira-
tlon from the grand features of his own country,
he has been unsuccessful student of the great
works OF the German masters ot song. We could
almost fancy, while reading his exquisite ballad Of
the "Beleagured City" that Goethe Schiller, or
INLAND was before and yet, must BY no
means be understood that he is mere copyist-
quite the contrary. He has become so thoroughly
imbued with the spirit of these exquisite models.
that be has contrived 10 produce pieces marked
with an individuality of their own, and noways be-
hind them In point Oi poetical merit. In this re-
gard be affords another illustration OF the truth of
the proposition that the legendary lore and tradi
tons OF other countries have been very servceable
toward the formation of American literature
About the year 1887, Longtelow, being engaged
in making the tour OF Europe, selected Heidslberr
for permanent residence. There his wife was
attacked with an illness, which ultimately proved
fatal. il so happened, however, that sometime aE
terward there cane to the same romantic place
young lady Of considerable personal attractions
The poets heart iouched-he became attached
to her; bat the beauty of sixteen did NOT sympath-
ise with the pact Of six andthirty, and Long fellow
returned TO America, having lost his heart as well
as his wife. The young lady, also an American
returned home shortly afterward. Their residences
ltturned out, contiguous, and the poet availed
himseO the opportunity of prosecuting his address
Is, which he did for considerable time Ntth no
better success than at first. Thus foiied he set
himself resolutely down. aud instead, like PairaFch
of laying seigs the heart Of his mistress through
the medium Of sonnets, he resolved write whole
book book which would achieve the double oh
lect of gaining her affections, and of establishing
his own fame. Hyperium'' was the result HIS
labor and his consianey were not thrown away !.
they met their due reward The lady gave him
her hand as well as her heart; aud they now ne
side Al Cambridge, in the same heuse which Wash
lngton made his headquarters when he was FIST
appointed 10 the command OF the American armies
These Interesting facts were communicated to us
by very Intelligent American gentleman whom
we had the pleasure of meeting IN The same place
wich Was the scene OF the poets early disapInint
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