The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-02-06
50 PER ANNUM

! ly attentions 10 his countrymen. Where
are your lodgingsf he asked Of the
American. In St. james Place was
the answer. 'Come with me- said Mr..
Rogers, 'and will show you tho near
est way to St. James's Place IIe took
bis new acquaintance into tha, part of
London which is sometimes called Bel.
| gravia, and pointed out to him the stately
rows Of spacious mansions lately erected
to eitibellish the grsst capital Of England;
then passing through the park Of St.
James, fresh in the beauty Of early June,
he arrived at the gate Of small garden.
Taking key from lis pocket, le opened
the gate, and, following a little walk
among shrubhery and trees, OH which in
Vulnerable sparrows were chipping, lie en-
tered a house by the back door, aud in
troducsd the American to his own home
! After he had given him little time to Oh
serve the objects Of art which Il contained,
hs disms o. him Ly the front DOR, which
ope, . NO 81. James zee. you sce,'
said he, ] have brought you by the near
sst way 10 ST. James Place Remember
the house, and como to breakfast with ME
to.morrow morning
"The mention Of .parrows in HI. gar
den reminds US Of an anecdote Of which
they were tho subject. ] once used to
feed srarrows,' said Mr.. Rogers; but,
one day, when I WAS throwing them
"me crumbs for their breakfast, n gen.
tlemSn said to me, Do you see those
bird, on the tree yonder, how they keep
aloof, and do not venture down, while
these on the ground are fcssting at their
leisure Those yonler are tho females :;
these which you are FEEDING are the gen
t'srnsn sparrows: they keep their mates
At a distance, Since that day feed
sparrows no mere
Rogers began his poesical career ear.
ly. One Of his sc4usiutaucea wsa speak.
ing Of The little ~cll-known song Of his,
famiiaI % our grapdmo,hors, beginning
thus &
Dear u py little native vsk;
The ing.dove build. and warbIes there +;
Close BY NY cot she tells her tale
To every passing villagrr;
The squirril leaps from tree to tree:
4 L.. II.
80 | wrote that song at sixteen years
OF age, said Rogers. ie', though the
production Of AN immature ago, i. has
all the better characteristics Of his later
poetry, and it shows bow remarkably ear.
ly thoy were acquired. In his Pleasures
Of Memory very el~bo,~,sy composed,
he adopted the c~retuly me,sa-cd ver.if.
cation in fashion At the time it appeared,
With its unvaried periods, its anti,he,ic
turns, and its voluntary remuneration Of
the power Of p,opor,ioning the expression
10 the thought. IN his Human Life a
later and finer poem. he show. that hi.
taste had changed with the taste Of the
age {; lie broke loose from his old fctters,
indu!ging in a freer mo,iulr,ion Of nun.
bers, though no, parting with anything Of
their harmony and sweetness, ana study.
ing more vigorous and drec, phrasoolo.
gy. Human Life is the beat Of bis
longer poems, and that IN which his &c.
MUS is seen to the bcst advantage. ].
deals with life in its ges.l.r and lcsa s,or.
my moods, whether Of pleasure or Of sad
ness, the sunshine AMI the shadows ol
comtnon life. The poem is Of kind by
which n large clnss Of readers is interested
and contains passages which, once read,
are often required to. and keep their place
IN the msmory.
"Ths illustrated edition Of hi. poems
is the only work Of the kind with which
we are perfectly satisfied. To illustrate
adequately ty the pencil the writings ol
an eminent poet, is one Of the most diff.
cult undertakings in the world. The fine
taste Of Rogers In the arts, and his intima.
cy with the greatest artists Of his country,
gave him a great advantage in this re.
spoct, and we have heard that the desig,,.
which embeliish that edition Of bis works
we're selected from oseh larger uuaber
made for the purpose.
"ln approaching the close Of lie 90
much prolonged beyond the usual lot oi
maa--a his, the years ,f which sircum.
'cribed the activity Of three generations,
he eostemplased his departure. With tho
utmost seventy. Tho sts.e osman after
death lie called the great spNect, and
calmly awaited NE moment wLen he
shoaId bs admitted TO eo~,esaplsle i.s
mystssiss. i have 6snd lie IN this
~osId,' be ussd 10 any, "a happy state;
fhs soodnsss of God has taken care ,ha,
tnaes'cfits fancs;oss--<vss ahs moa IN.