New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-23
yp DAVENPORT As BESEDICK.

- oar advanced age, and create that clash Of
g., which is necessary 10 carry humanity onward
= ~ besvcu-bound march, 50 in Shaksperes oay
,o.e IN The same romantic contrast the forms Of
a.. c,usader the Cbevalier and the Troubadour, VINO
"a conc before But the seeds Of progress had even
,bsp been sown for brighter future by the printer
o.. reforncr and the discoverer. On the ear OF Eu-
xo,s The advancing soundings Of the coming iu'1'e
vss breaking on the dyng-away whisper Of 'ne ue
,,.rtpo pas; At the gates Of such epcchs' as lney
come and 90 bright seraphm ever atanu' '".'a"'
nth the good which should be done, ndisns' q. ',o
.v;I which b,s been done. They are the poe'' .. 'e
$50. because in their hearts are memories o. the
~ the mast and aspirations FOR the human
ties Of the future RI, eeoo,.b
o,,,,v uc-e full Of such bright heralds Of brighter
500 paIcstrina Giovanni Gabriei, Orlando Iasso,
1re.tbed forth their holy aspirations IN strains Oh
,osvenlv music. Leonard da Vinci, Michael Angelo,
RsphaeI. Titan Corregio, Durer, threw their divine
,ouls mon the chaos Of color and light came forth In
vbcb The world 10 tbs hour has bathed with rapture
sbatspere caught both sound aud light, and, wedding
.bsm together. in their glorious embrace were con-
eeiyed hs beautiful creations. mind was needed to
rive a dwelling to the sentiment and thought and
noesv which had broke loose from the past
!, searcb Of a more glorious future. The SEN
tmcnt. toe thought tie poesy were scattered here
IN the studio of tie painter, there of the sculp-
AR here in the closet Of the composer, there OF the
,pdent. Itay's Imagination and feeling were kin
ded; Spain's intensity and passion were reused;
GERMANY began TO think; France began TO arrange
and dress The thought and coquete with idealty But
genius was required to rally oil the scattered beau
hes. to gather them into great temple in which the
lowliest aud oftiest Of might bow down together
and adore Ages may question the identity Of
tbe arcl,toct. the style OF the architecture or
,bo date of the structure What boots that
The tcmple stands; and men gather round
A. altars and adore its images and worship
4. creator. He sang in the English tongue, and the
xsrd calls him Shakspere. Poets, novests, histo-
,sns scholars of every age and land were laid under
.rbute ia swell the decoration of his temple. Chaucer
an coming home from Italy had not caught more en-
,bantmert and inspiration from the delicious days he
b.d missed with Petrarch, than did Shakspere from
inc hours he hung over the merry tales of Boccacio
and Bandello and the epic song Of Ariosto. OF oil
be beautiful children of Italy who, like Cervantes in
Spain and Rabelais in France, dspored in wild gam
Dol round the gates which hung between the middle
ages and the modern era and laughed the dying
sovereign out and coming monarch in, Ariosto
was Tie most beautiful. Let the American
vbo travels in Italy list to our word and hnger for
while in Mantua Not far from the church of st. Bar
bsra and close by the house in which Giulo Romani
died. covered with honor by Frederic Gonzaga, or
Sua Altssima Gonzaga the cicerone invariably
him with commendabe Difference, is the spot where
Ariosto was crowned Poet Laureate by Charles V,
who loved and reverenced him. The Orlando Furioso
Oh hat
Of the monarch. "Much Ado about Nothing" was
tbe play which last night gave delight to a greater
sovereign the American People. To Shskspere our
love belongs. but let us 700 drop flower upon the
grave of Arosto.
Unquestionably some Of Bandelos novels and
others of similar delightful fancy were used
by Shakspere;' but from the episode of Gin
ezra in the fifth song Of Orlando Furioso, he chiefly
drew the inspiration for this tale of love- Listen how
Ariosto makes music OF his heros love of Ginevra;
The h Of Sicily burns with ercer fires CLOVIS We
,uvius n more ardent flame than those which the bght eyes
OF our Pnnccss kindled IN the hears Of Arodsnt"
Let us not wonder longer at Shalspere's feeling
his own fiery imagination reused by the fire
which lights up every word of Arosto. But there
were other peculiar attractions in this epic song
Ariosto Rolando was sent as ambassador 10 England
by Charlemagnc and on his way there his vessel was
cast on shore and he found himself suddenly IN the
brown heath and shaggy wood of Caledonia stern
land Wild where the romance begins; and at the old
palace Of Holyrood it closes.
1t was but an act Of graceful international courtesy
thus to send back to Italy those gallant and beautiful
beings whom Ariosto had dropped so gracefully ON
British shores and as Shakspere had taken them In
MS enchanted vessel we rejoice that he chose such
spot to haow with the loves Of Benedck and Beatrice
There is something tragic in the fate of Messina.
Pests have swept over and beneath the restless earth
has tumbed in some hot dream and shaken well nigh
into ruin in its quakes the once noble and splendid
civ. Schiilers Bride of Messina" has caught the
melancholy vein and is full Of beautiful sadness.
But Ike a flower in the raven locks OF night,
The smile of Beatrice sheds sweet pleasant
ness around this place of desoaiion. Bea-
trice is one Of those delightful torments sent into
the world TO casgate and tautakze those lonely spirits
who wander on the dreary bacheloral shore. Elastic
fantastic capricous buoyant, cheerful, graceful ac-
eomplishcd poetcal, thing all full OF hie and hght
and oy, the most .aStidious intellect is capvated by
her inexhaustible wit-the most unsophisticated
youth is euraptured with her antelope springs OF mth
She Is full of mind but gay at heart When she Ut
ier her swee, fancies she bounding as Cerio when
abe dwels ON them she is graceful as Esmeralda She
il not frivolous because her nature is poor and thn
but because II is rich and copou that she can afford
10 he frivolous and yet be insiPid Her heart Is
tnd and good but her soul is scorniu and naughty
And where she cannot admire she loves to seoh.
There are many women in day with the same feel
mss as Beatrice but where one with her beauty and
rraoei She has too much of the sensitive sagaeiiy
and lightning perception of woman not to see at
once tina; Benedick is "the' man. lie feels iniu-
f;vcl that no interests her and she feels ntuitivey