New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

neum Jealous suppose, OF the success Oh inc Ch,'e
in discovering - new poets, found new poet m Se
raid Massey / presume the warmth Of tone In favor
of him, il 10 lie attributed t. ciange OF regime 10
! ia, 1ihesexm II 10 now edited by Hepwo.ih Dnoa
author of lives Of Penn, Howard. al Bake. Cerf"s
i, is many long day since any u-pteus :" eomPe'e
ruzzed Ills Cerberus OF Gal csin. - Gerald Massey
arrears 10 have done Wc.icr -a,sge Landor 700,
yed generous soal that he IT, wrote in his praise, ana
generously gave him effective ht The main Por'
tion Of cur press followed in the same strain ana mere
We have Lis B.l.ad Of Dabe Chrlstabei win o'hel
Lyrical !CemE IL.1c tl.,i0H. suppose you Will
have lad il By this time. The Messrs. Appleton
advertised 10 reprint =. Besides. as the autaof
i. an intin ate fierd Of mine, wont hurt MS
feelings by cutting up bis book. know that he Is
susre of il. MANY defects and thinks lie has been
greatly oyerraied Tennysou the Laureate, has WIFI
fen him all encouraging letter IN hch he says:
en- reader papers and svlews, therefore mai
not seen even ard, Of any OF your poems AyJoy
WIS all the resher and thus sud coming on
roet such fine lyrical impulse. and Of 50 rch haii
oriental imagination. L. must be granted that you
make our good old English tongue crack and sweat for II
OCCASIONALLY but time will chasten all that Go on and
prosper.
VERY Kind and very characteristic Isn't that deli
eiou- al ont the reviews and papers What blessed
irmurity, am not aware that Tennys0n is given to
rokne iun his only two attempts at Wit that have
een were directed 10 that plump head waiter at the
Cock" and Rusty, musty. rusty, crusty Christie
"pher" else might imagine there was something
equiyoca lurking in thar half oriental You see the
Arabic an Ortllt language. IL u w nave
tIou,aud words 10 one idea no~ ii Massey has only
five Hundred words TO thought he may have
IMAGINATION half oriental Gerald Nasseys Muse is
ratier pretty creature bur IN her earlier years was
given 10 swearing. She says she learnt 1t OF Ebenezer
Ellotts Muse. II is by no accomplishment
in the female sex. but, Tennyson says lime Will
chesten all that.
heard very pretty poetic fact related the other
Gsy los printer Young gentleman, not one of the
reyv,d' poets but vho decidedly wants reviving
IL. q .tki Oh Ia. Hold
:. or Passion Past" which certainly past passion
ar endurance either The author informed the public
in his preface that his book made up of the clean
iucs aud sweepings of his desk, his rubbish in fact
which he shot into the puoiic lap thoping' presume
that the duet would get into the dear peoples eyes
He vas aware Of their imperiections but he did not
car, "a correct them. Good lord how the world is
given 10 Wing" uEdtr The man who cor
re,t,d the PROOFS informed that anxious this
nouchalsut Young gentleman 10 correct and polish
lis sweeping that the cost Of proosheets alone was
double the cost of the original settngup. The Critic
has Lot announced any new poets lately but II Is often
remembering with pride that it discovered the Bard
of the Life Drama; and now it will doubtless be par
1oned for reminding its readers that II made known
10 the world tie existence ola manuscript by l. Stanyan
Big and began 10 print The whole poem in It's col
umBs hut. king better Of IT, made extracts The
poem is now published and entitled Might and the
Soul" and dark night II is, upon my soul Ii is
after the sye of the Life Drama, and CassO-A polio
. A.
tother Like Smiths poem, II would not have been
written but ior Festus F.tus has done il all. What
a deal that Eesius has 70 account for When say
Festus has done it AL ! ought to qualify and give
Beddoes the author Of Dcaths Jest Book" a share
in the mischief our critics at sea in their CLASH
fcation OF Smith with Keats, Shelley and Tennyson.
The true association would be BcddOes, Bailey and
Smith. and We must add another person. }. Stall
van Bigg They one IN their b0undleSs power OF
exaeeeraton their nyeTtion Of the poetic order of
th, he all and the end ali.
Instead Of thoughts they only deal in symbols HUI
man nature il noihing sun, moon. stars night, sea,
&C., are even thing verify think poor Beddoes had
tie uOsr affinity the human form only he preferred
il when il was in the grave in the dsectlng room.
Shall | give you specimen of Mr.. Bggs power and
originality Nov then for the Cymbals and Shaams;
Las; night dreamp; the universe mad
And that the sun its Cyclopean eye
Rolled flaming like a maniac : tx the heavens:
And and comets linked together, screamed
Like bands Of witches NJ their carnivalsi
And STRAINED like wandering he'll along the sky
And that the awful stars through the red light,
Cln;ed al one another wiokodly,
TnyottiI and chilling with inensest hate.
While through the whole nameless horror ran;
AID words dropi from their places the shudierng:
spheres cracked in the midst and bech out fiaine,
Ano spu.ering fires wen; cracking over heaven
And space yawnei blazing stars and Time shriekei
Iha hungry fire eating every;hngi out,
fCrf II III. cHDtO0rd NJ ne UairerselJ
And scCscLeG hends, down IN the neither nell,
Cried cut, The universe Is mad, IS mad
And the great Thing in IL commissions flung
system system. til the cauldrOn boiled
SIace was tie caudron and ali hell the lire
And every giant limb Oi he universe
Dilated a.d collapsed. III it grew wan
And could see as naked ribs gean out.
shall not lave space yze this book should
like but viii return to it some other time if have
not wearied you. st the end the author informs us
that
80 much as have learned that will | sing;
And if the world will listen il Is well;
II not :hon God shall be my auditor,
And the still nigh, shall know another soul.
And the great realm OF spirits welcome me
L. lot that II threat 10 commit suicide The mean
inc IN keeping the end All the take place at
nipbt and We are left completely in the dark. You
will have seen that glorious buresle of this school
called .pasmodic. in BGckn0Ods Magazine. Fermll-
ian a Tragedy" Ii worthy OF the pen OF Chris
torher North. Indeed il Is high time that something
was done 10 stop the insanity OF this school, and one
or two Of its critics The "ApollodOrus" il the Rev.
George or Georgeous Cilfan, and is he not delight
fully smashed by the critic in Biaekcood The article
has created very great Amusement. Some nave been
led 10 believe that the new Poet has been found at
la.t aid that Mr. Percy Jones not an efigy. One
country editor il wrathiul 10 think that Btaeknood
should devote 50 much space 70 Percy Joness trash
Our yourg poets. unlike the young pre-kaphaeltes,
are sadly in want OF yeneratOn. which is one OF the
highest and cleares,-sigtted iacutes-the crown OF
tie Intellectual development. They also lack art and
faith