The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-08

nor lnmofal anQ poetry
~ not Be- branded Is pro b
which Imaginative pander TO talsehood
al na nability.
Poetry considered asVe hay aednod it, is
al accusing angel TO our the true
.Ipoet, IS tie e7nngel Of God rth totell
ts nafion 81 grand ing ne, when
lax which nov Iool pom d "a, shall
ia realized aud wien i Tia unatained yet
real, she'll he aetnalized Hpours into the
ears 81 tic ordia elliIdren q this world, and
tae conaaetod pifits bound ID the gives Of
sssIiness tae bitteres oache Itcomes
q liz earnest wrestler ioE the breaking Of a
fairol morn upon the long.darkened horizon
of humanity, Will word 81 encouragement,
lbrouahs from out that fal d pavilion, whose
aNfa perry, The poet las lifted, and nom
whose AiIe splendofs lie comes, with 3
llight ing from him, kindred il lustre,
lto that radiant Fore-Wofld, Of which Gle
germans tells
The voice Of poetry ring ever IL tones
cleaFest articulation, aud mightiest ener
an escelsiOp 70 worEd-feId Of diseon
Lea; striving, ma hoping spirits; and co
cred thus, poets may truly and than
lie called the cknowledged legs of
tlo world That prating parrot 81 song
orisniselling rnymer Of oommonpl caisns q
contemptibIe doggerel can have Gle hardi-
hood MOTTO say literary vilLainy, to offer his
swinish brain-bantlings, to the world, up-
Dor that word of such wondrous
dishonored, moaning, poetig, whei
and glorious import i considered
Tie poets Of the nineteenth century have
been classed " q modern critic 81 much
philosophical accumeu into the intense and
comprehensive; those who combine according
70 subjective laws, and those who combine
according to objective laws The elassifca-
ton Is not al unjust one, although spiced
with a bit Of metaphysics
There is aelass Of poets real poets-whe
are characterised by individualisn. Being
for the most part Of q delicate and nervous
Organization, and from the peculiar force Of
circumstances having been made receptive Of
intense emotion, and becoming thus tbe sub
5eets Of ~ tense passion, their utteranees are
but reflections Of themselves. What they
give in the way. of great power upon some
themes, is seen in most miserable inanitY,
upon others. What has apersoual relation
&in which, they have actually
shared, is unpardonably exaggerated, while
much that contributes to the actual Of life,
and toits unity too, is rarely dwelt upon, and
when introduced, displays . partiality So pal
pablo, and a weakness 50 deplorable, as to
call forth as igh that It was introduced at all
Such persons arc, for the most part, intolers
ant toward those who differ from them
Their own perception Of things, are nlalked
by such an intensity, owing 70 the fact that
they have lutlttle insightintoany thing, not
related.to thenselvesi j. some form Of expert
.enco or other, that their judgment is warped
and becomes enesided. Their tendency IS to
maletolence, and their danger nlisallthropy.
Tie vpd, pay Of the battery Of actual life.
upon their sensitive minds and nervous frames
superinduces, first, contest of appalling
fiereeness, during which, there is often seen
breaking from them dazzling light, similar
to the binding glare that flashes ont between
the folds Of acloud torn asunder by bolts Of
electric fury and next, a settled hate for all
human kind. Not few of this class, after
having startled the world, with shrieking
numbers, evoked BY gufferings which their
peculiar temperament greatly augmented,
have become victims to dark and sullen mis-
anthropy gnashing with arage that was Ply
THAN, at their race, and have died, yelling
forth strains Of savage hate.
he class called comprehensive, and whose
combinations are according to objective laws,
are characterised By a respect of relations Of
almost infinite diffusion and interninable ex-
tent Universal beneTolence, wide sympathy,
and a sublime and deathless affection for hu-
man, kim, enter largely into their utteranoes,
They aim that grandestof all virtues, an
Inhalation Of self With a genial sympathy
tor humanity IN whatever form or condition
they see It; Witha breadth Of heart, thatin-
yites all the sorroWing To arepose there; with
a seif-consciousness, that arms them with
ealnness, amid the perturbations Of all else;
and q faith, that tt twilight gloom Of the
present time, viii be dispelled by tie light
Kof golden age yet % come, that inspires
them with 9 holy trustfulness, even amid the
Wild saturnaiia now raging they so forth
laborng and waiting, and seeking to lose their
individual phantom self the universal
mud
Ihis elas i yaEiously represented Some
times there IS coupled n tai calm and uni