New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-07


smith by quoting some lines of Beranger which gave
fair summary of the character of the author of the
Deserted Village" whose genial works have glad
dened and instructed millions and found their way into
all lar guBges II impossible not 10 love him and
70 be the best loved English author indeed little
TO coyet and to be proud Of Mr. Thackcray sSetched
the youthful history Of Goldsmith. tie thought our
love for him was half sty; yet there was q charm
in his verse Of singular power. When come home.
hot and tired from the days battle and this min
strel rings who would not love him He carries
no weapon bu, the harp he charms with His noble but
simple story The Vicar Of Wakefield il in every
library in the world and Of have failed read
il again and again and always with new interest We
have not space to follow Mr. through his sketch Of
Golduths life it il too well known TO the Of the
people 10 need repetition. After various fortunes at
school and elsewhere and after attempt 10 20 TO
America be concluded to become doctor and set
out for Scotland The day he started on this journey
was the last for Goldsmith IN his native auburn"
lie never returned
Z" But me, not destined such del Ehts to share
Ny prime of life n wandering spent and care;
iupelfd. with steps uncs asin-. 70 pursue
Some heeting good. that mooks me with the view.
That, ike the circle bounding earth and skies.
Aluits from far. yet rs follow flies;
My fortune leads 90 traverse realms alone,
And End no spot Of Gil the world my own
Goldsmiihs sweet aud pure nature blooms alwsys
kindly in the hfestom Of rain and bitter weather.
lie was never so frendlcss that he could not beircnd
another and make one happy He could give
away bis last shilling. and pawn mis- clothes to assist
friend When he was usher in school he spent all his
wages in treating the boys NJ I. referred to Gold
smiths especial friends and come Of his cotempora
ries: how he was colily received by the Court,
and deserted by many. The speaker trusted
that should any author of our day meet with
such trials be would preserve pure and kind heart
as that of Oliver Goldsmith Think kindly Of the man
who has thu suffered undeservedly the face Of
the good man, cover his face and pass The later
years OF Godsraith's life were favorable and had
he lived short time longer he might have become as
famous as he has since his death. Most Of the dstn-
gui,hed men in our profession are well known years
before the lucky hit that stamps their fame Mr.. 7.
mentioned The ungenerous manner in which many per
sons robbed Goldsmith Of bis property, &C Tae poet
died at the age Of A. Mr. said he had been often up
those stairs which poor sat and mourned for
their friend when Goldsmith died. AID sat in that
chair in which he wrote about his sweet Auburn"
Here a. ! take my solitary rounds
Amid thy tangfnS walks and ruined grounds,
And. many year elspsed return 70 view
Where once TIE cottage STOOL the hawthorn grew
Remembrance wakes with al her busy train.
Swels at nv breast, and turns the past 70 pain.
IN oil my wandeangs round this world OF care,
still hid hopes my latest hours 10 crown,
Amid these humble bowers to lay me down
To husband out LIES taper al the Close,
And keep the flame from wasting, by repose:
still had hOpos-for pride attends " still
Amid the SWANS 20 show my boOs'iearnd SKILL
Around NV fire on evening group to draw.
And ie OF all ielt and oil saw;
Pants to the place from whence irst she flew.
still he'd hopes my Ions yexatons past
Here to return. and die at home at last
Oilest retirement friend to LIES decline,
Retreat from cares that never must be mne
How blest Is he who crowns IN shades Ike these,
A youth OF labor with age OF ease;
Who quits world where srong temptations try
And SINCE tbs hard 10 combat, learns 70 ny
Fox him wretohes born to work and weep.
Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep
No sury porter stands in guilty state.
To spuru yloring famine from the gate
But on ne 10 meet his latter end
Angels around befriendine virtue sstnend
Sinks IN the grave with uuperceived decay
While res gna,ion gently slopes the way;
And. all his prospects Frightening 10 the last
His heaven commences ere the world be past
Here his whole character is shown; his simplene's,
his kindness to all; his dreams of that happy Irish
Utopia where he would have been theindulgent master
of a conten;ed people; where he would have told the
jokes that hung FIRE in London and toasted with sigh
the charming Mary his Jc.s ainineBrde Thinkbf Gold
smith reckless thriftlefs vain if you like but re-
member him merciful gentle, full OF pity beneVo-
lent with smile and succor for all with love and Tor
giyeness for the unhappy and the poor
Hs name i the last in the list Of those men OF hunor
who have formed the themes Of the dscourses which
you have heard kindly. As there IS not one OF my
friendly auditors here present but looks with eyes and
speaks with voice quite different from the voice and
eyes Of every other fellow man. 20, probably there's
net single critic with the times and the
noble works OF which have been speaking to you, but
may give Judgment quite different TO my own think
have judged author too harshly and another too
favoraby. and admire or condemn strokes Of genius
traits Of character quite other than those which
has seemed to right 70 praise censure. In read
in the work. Of those men Of genius often fancy lie
Febvre, and la Fleur and Sir Roger and the good
Doctor Primrose and noble Psrson Adams, and fair
est Amelia "a actual existing men and women and
with the history the historian too il reviyihed we live
with Fielding and Goldsmith Sterne and Addison, we
pes OF their faults and peculiare-, OF our neigh
bors We say Of this man that he l. generous but
prod:ral OF that that he IS most upright but cold and
supercious Of the other that he has good impulses
but Is false and leads bsd life Il i in such way
that hsve endeayored to speak OF these as fan
cied I knew them A another might speak 10
vou Il great men whom he has met abroad and cay
how Wellington or Peel looked what vas the ap-
pearance and behavior Of Theirs or Guizo how Powers
spoke in Ms studio al Florence or what Lsndseer
sid and wore in bis painting room II London
Isrn sure you VIII give the charity OF believing me
honest in what say. | may have judged wrongly,
but could not speak otherwise There Il one especi-
ally the hrst Of whom have spoken, whose powers
sretho greatest and whose genius Is the most wonder
full whom love less and admire more perhaps, than
any Of that great and famous company Of wits There's
another OF whom we have spoken tonight whose
private life was the worst and who has yet LEFT the
world in the charming character Of " Uncle Toby.
such beautiful work OF art such delightful legacy
Of love AMI aushter and kindness myrads, yet IN
born will thank aim for when race Is multiplied
thou aLd fold and when the crowded breadth Of your
immense ioninons, and the thronged expanse OF the
vast Australian still shall echo with the an
ces,rsl accents OF the noble English tongue IS the
only language in which truth dares now TO speak. May
the race perish OF the day loses that privilege may