New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-28

fellow Whittier, Wills LcWsll. a.. few who have
taken high rank IN the wcrie ofle Wac
VIII undertake TO lay thas she VIKINGS OF these
men are no, poetry But iheseare not all. Let
the inquirer turn 20 the productions OF more mod.
ern cate to Bay ard Taylor, sIoddsrd. Boxer, Nor
rs, Holmes, Pal, and "a ny others WHOM ths lee
turer nsmed,) and he Will fnd true poetry. Mr. g
proct eced to saw mus. no, look IN This age for
iiads and Eneics the Bpc II wlsh the past, and Z,
would let II remain nave no need OF y Para
disc Lost we have Il IS ours IS much as Il
was our fathers Poetry IN this day has a
oiferent impulse and a different purpose. OF old.
oacs We're attaches of Kings and Courts. poetry
was lu1ury forth few Il had little sympathy "ith
the masses But kno wledge be anne den)crauzed ,
the many were leveled up 10 the few the eyes u
men were turned from man 10 humanity, from
courts 70 commerce from Kings 20 artisans The
people called for something not 10 De found Spies
and laucanons the heart Of humanity wanted some
thing TO touch It's chords Crabbe Shelley and lot
arose and touched these chords which will vibrate
forever Ihese writers discerned and oispelled the
darkness OF the mind, poured bs upon the wounded
heart and healed It's woes. And this is the mission
OF the poets OF our own land. They sing for ali hu-
mainly, ana humanity will listen whether critics do
or not For modern poetry taking its scope and pur-
pose INTO view, CLAIM need OF praise as great as
/ can allow 20 the eemigods Of antiquity and
in all It's humaniues much more The true
Poetry of Humanity was reserved for our own
age II comes not from wandering minstrel here
and there II comes not from a krat OF courtiers,
and now and then solitary student but like the
flowers that bloom in every valley and like the
lent anc gstening from the common font. IL is the
voice OF God. now hnClBg full and free expression
in the soul OF maa II is Faith, Hope and Charity It
is perpetual echo OF the heavenly tones that were
heard on the Mount OF Olives and III the Garden of
GethssmSne eighteen huaG ed years ago. Let him
who will ceride it, 1t sill moves calmly on its way,
dropping balm into many wounded heart, bearing
CONSOLATION 20 many bruised spirit, arousing many
tettered soul TO mghuest purposes and nervlng
for ceathlcss deeds many a istless arm II gathers
10 munitions Of war L sets no serled ranks n mo-
ton II iDcaTusrdlTe s 10 sea, and makes TO plain
slippery with human blood but where there is SIN
ana suffering, where there is want ana woe, where
there is bondage of soul body there lis sweet
AID gentle mniStraiions Its spirits not that which
sacks cities, hch devsstatos fruitful 6elds. which
gives lust shuddering victims but that which
teaches man for how much nObler things THAI these
he was created that which spike the cannon, and
blunts the javehl, and breaks the sword.
Mr.. Gsliaghefs eoquen: Lecture was listened 20
with unusual attention, broken only by occasional
applause At the close he was greeted by hearty
cheers
The next Lecture of this popular Course, will be
on Tuesday evening next, at the same place, by
Rev Henry Ward Beecher, OF Brooklyn.