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MISCELLANY.
Az HOUR WIN rns -oUrnER.
POETS.

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A HOUR wIrB TnR soUraERs
POETS.
Ose Of the mos, promising Of the yoans
poets Of the South vss Pkilip Psusistoa
Cooke, the author of Emily and the Froi..
sart Ballads Early 10. life, this gifo.d sou
OF the OLD DOnihiSn caught the i1spirsti,n
OF the Ssrspb Nine white trea1fps the ver
dared valley Of the beautiful S6eaasaoah,
gsriog into the quiet depths Of the spark
iiug waters Of that suift gliding river. or
up'.n the towering peaks Of the blue Ridge,
stapding grandly up sgsiost the sky Like
the bubble minstrel IN the pos-a 70 Loas
feii1us Waf, whose song gushsd foraA :.
showers from the clouds Of summer
"wAs. tA.eosA Ie.s ss,. q I.Ao,.
stiIl h-.sa hs ,oal the asss
Uvan4ross .~io1he.."
the young Virginian felt the influence Of
the dirtAe efiiiSs stirring within him While
the waters Of the Fountain Of Hsl,eou beat
on has heart like . silyery rain
Florence Vane was pronounced by Poe
in the zenith Of his literary sristsnce. 20
have all the dslieasy, beauty and tIeeIlsnes
Of an antique song
Tue fOllo-iug stsuIss preseot to the mind
the image Of . beautiful statue, glorious 10
look HPO0, cold a. marble 10 the tomb
Wequote:
81 LIVED thee Iosy ssd dearly.
FtoFtuce NsAs
hy Ids hsisst dr,sz. ssd early
Hsth eozne agplA
Ir~ss~ - ~ led vi.i5a.
Ny SaPs saa ~ I+rsis.s
ItorsEeS Naas-
''TAUs vast ts.sls-r Ihsa tie rs.ss
10 tAs" PTi@s:
Tie so'es sn-~I~d he esosss
Otswestsst Ihyn-;
Nv heart . river
NIthout . naia.
Nosi1 had loved thee asv-r
Fiorssos Vase.
"Bst. Harvest, ealdsst uoud.rl
u Hiosioss elsy
LIetA 10 Er--s 80 ssdsE-
Atas he day
Asd q eoot' act 20 rsssaesr
lhy dssiaIn-
TsSa.eL,a lds's pale sassr,
Fioresse Nsse"
Such erinOlinities as wear an snkryo.
beard . Ia Madame dc Stael. aud Who de.
light 10 the M EnglGsb phrases, .poetsss.'
aud 'editress,' as il auihorisi1g vas suseep.
tibie Of gender, may eomplain that the fair.
sweet singer Of Kentucky, Amelia B. Wei
by, should bo classified with the poets-
Bat ne beg to remind the battalion Of 20
etesses' aud 'editrssses,' that she was a Do
ct, aud vail 50 be called By the true scholar.
in spite Of all the bad English in Chris.
tendon
Mrs Wslby possessed = warm sense OF
poetic beauty, aud eGtreme dslieaey Of
thought aud expression, Her writings
svinee ease, grace aud fsrvor Throughout
her poems her fguTes Of speech are piled up
until they glitter like stack Of je1slry
Aud very slegsut, too, are some Of these
hgurS,iyo jewels, 90 much 30 that they
Son for the young Auther nn snviable
niche in the PAnthsoOio Temple Of Idealis
Beauty
The sijOinsd stsuIas frSn = poem enti
TIED M usings," while The writer wandered
cut on \ night Ia summer, TO see the room
spring up Ike AphrSdite from the Oeeap.
- fair sample % tks abilities Of our aa-
thor
The saves es=s asshisF Ger iLs ssE
ls hsixAt ssa Ei'ttrrtaE baa4..
Liks httls cbtidfss. siid stA El.e
They TAXED thetr srsPird hss4.-
IEsy ltahsd .hsE Aasd. sst sIs csssAt
Ths,r '9F.aLirJ 6raPs oT5s-.
Ihsy ksssrs nj fsst, ssd. S4sek - tkSaxLs
Assi the riPFlss ssy-
Tie tsitEA' hosr,. Ike bssJs. s.uLy.
AsltE tiy sd . free
Tsa thua-asd star. 70 he sky
Tee tbcasssi % ~
IaF every osEs sHk dfHs5.lsd fses,
That issPsd uFss ~ .H.
Had ssssbt stsr ns rshrsss
Asd hsid % tss@sli-G tAers"
Are no, The last line. sIlai.iisf Gao
snythiog BE- more grseefui, more delicate.
aud WithSi wore feminine. tlsas the person.
issd waves ieapiug up With 'dinplsd faes.,
caiehlng star Ia their eubrace, aud bold
ing the litlls irsmbler fast
Here Is = description q thc Rainbou. one
Of Der earliest aud Lsppiesi sgSTls We
SAve sui TooH 1oT Szo StaJIa
Hes ui4s tbs sweep = 90 NsssflfsI s5-F,r
Hes baasdisss ne euciv h1s fs1ssst lts sssas'
ta1ssd - tAs sk1, tsss sissP~rf-s - az
" U ta1sre 81 ths a., tss fisfahaa 80 fhsF..
1hss isSsius Eisdl- - hTsiisa.t ssa shsis
A -. thouEht q "a rssass@. thsi ssslsI ay 49,
Lks ~ sisE o. tss bsHy taiasiF ssisfiad.
u bat tfcu tss cicsi Esa snttrriss ths veTid"
With the shove extract We take leave of
the Southsrn poets Our otisct vas a
shou, thss IN tbis bsaa,tfsl South q oar,
there dwelt ths divine preseucs Of eEsltsd
and god lIse gebius by laying open the Veis
ofEolieu ofe t'tbs iDspsc i,m u tss ttoszhI
tal sud spPsscisiivc reader We ussi GOT
80 On sa exploring sEpeditiss % the typsr
boTsan Nofth 10 seaFea u the poetic El Do
rado We have 10 10 oar midst. and 81 that
is requisite 70 develop its bidder, uy.tefi.
ous and Elosioas usalih, - encouragement
ssd patronsEs