The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-16
From DioSenes.
Alexander Smith.

,ss;r oniv great card. Theyfwere very
nrond 81 Eifn, and all went 70 hear hiFi-
g Albert made money. But now they
Uot another man to swear by. They
Rave eot poet--aye, and frst-rate one,
Tao. Not one of your drawing'Eoom
Doets, who pours forth his soul on the
pink paper Of an slbum--not one OF your
country newspaper swans-but genuine
blank verse poet, whose verses will be
quoted at the chapler-headings Of the
next fashionable novel--to whom any
publisher would be civil who is pestered
10 death, with requests for his autograph.
The Smiths are in raptures. You can
tella Smith when you meet one BY his
propd bearing, We understand that the
loneses are In despair, and pOoh.pooh
the fsW poet; and the browns have
vowedt 10 Start up d tirstifate philosopher.
Everything foTetells Alexander Smiths
present and coming geatnessas .aR q
TIE gLeader' finds fault with his poe
Ry, ,hpyling at his moon like q poor dog.
This is, an excellent sign. i, gs9o 4,
The editor Of the Examiner" is most
anxious 10 make bis acquaintance, That
looks ven for Smith, and bad tor Dickens.
MI. WSbstef has written to him, ofer.
ing ttenky-hve pounds for a burlesque.
CIeaElyR rising man. s9liiJ slg34i3
Tennyson has shaken hands with him,
The last and truest sign. 3Ri4 .gdW
Several Of the nobility who can read,
have requested The pleasure Of his conn
vany to dinner. The swallow before the
SUMMER ~ y wy ~
When the volume came out, the critics
held a meeting among themselves. A
pOetisIrtcaught hold ofeyery day. The
book came upon them as unexpectedly
as present OF grouse from the North,
with the carriage paid; and they met to-
gether 10 pick the present TO pieces.
A good critic should always think
"bad'hbeFore he says "good.n As phi
losophy sprang from t'no," 30 criticism
emerged from chad" The critics at this
meetlngrweFe good eritics-lhat is 70 say,
they ali thought ebad,n >, But they were
afraid. The book had certainly startled
them, and they were nervous lest the
Byron hlunder should be repeated.
The critic Of the 'Ieader" objected to
tho moon being used so mdch. The
book was as full of moons as Chinese
temple. He had counted the moons.
There were six hundred moons. ltwas
all very we'll for Smith to write
Gas wAsn the moon hath aeeked the bliaSiul sea,
light wind wrinkles it, and passes of,
So ran transient trouble O'er his face. - ~ asl
1t might be beautiful, but why the
moon? He would make enc more quo
tation to strengthen his assertion -
No a.- q. "Ifye are fair, E3)t1
Mankind will crowd ArUund you, thick aS when
The iulLfaced moon sits silver on the sea,
The eager waves lift up their cleaning heads,
Each shOqldering for her smile 81. ID
Here was the moon again. He really
must object to it. The critic of the
"Morning Post' had the same fault 10
find with the stars. The work was
perfect armament Of stars. Each page
was decorated with as many as the DO.
som of Polish refugee. He had count
ed the stars, and there were six hundred
Of them. l l..I..4lyau esH edi-l
The critic of the "Atheneum" was
very fond Of summer, but not too much
of it. Now, Smiths. book was a con-
tinual summer, with the sun shining at
every line. At one page you read: 7oj
5""- dThfee blue days passed 3HlI
PullOi the sun, load with thousand laIks."
AT another: aGgoh sor "a
"Summer hath murmured with her leaiy lips"
At another, talking of summer-house:
at i0t HItis as sweet s,s |
As il enAmouTed Summer did adorn
1t for his love TO dwell in" 'i 90 4
He (the critic Of the "Atheneum''l
thought spring and autumn quite as beau
tituI assdmmer. AS for winter, he never
felt so well az in winter; and then there
was no sun at all. r
The critic for the "Stoke Pogis Intelli.
gencer" (who happened TO be in town.
said that he had gone carefully through
the book, He found that the work con.
tanned segenteen thousand Ftands, p three
hundredt'sbIues,n p and two hundred and
sixty-fOrtf, Hsutis, ! Composing sun and
son 10 Be tlIe same word Some Smiles
were ridiculous -----4a------'
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