Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-04-16


Gray headed Ree|hNh'y! I. hss Foj,Ssll1p.,ts, /
And in Ill circles fills an honored SCAT. ssa.=
Yet vain for him, ore it,aidens', accent sweet:
He jsess ssnd laugh. though, when the nights
The table empty, and he4 toels alone, %s 5za
A memory hreaks OF p.lycr Joys Of old; sHH
And, selfish to tho last, Us thinks Of ono fe s!
WI might have ,soothed him with her gentlc1
10 arts .s[I l. i.*-;csl. 81. ), s. "~l
There is 2 certain pity. lingering about
these verses. which would give a cynical
mindthc notion that "a woman had; written
them > bit tits only that touch of feminine
feeling with which oil! poets except those
Of theologyian9 war---are dowsred,. Among
the Miscellaneous Poems at'the end Of the
volume there isd one called H'u.sr 7ridiz very
full Of this, and more affecting even than
that famous one written upon the same, sub
ct4.,he death Of a. child-.==by DIR. Moir: : 1t
is inlee,l as j poet Of the meridian Of life IS
pissed, ny the photosraphistoof humanity
taking his stand point Oh The summit Of
that. hi!l-to borrow a metaphor from our
author himself.-1whose sunny side Youth isl
climbiog,and shadowy side Age is tdess
cendingathat We are mainly concerned With
Mr. Hcdderwiek. lie describes no passions,
no aspirations, no despairs.s His themes are
such as these. Ayoung manwho has sough:
aswar,ner cline ia, cure him Of an incur able
consumption, and who writes home the
most hopeful letters, each, one more conf,
dent than the last--untif one comes in the
Handwriting Of Stranger, and tells the end
which every one, but tho victim himself
knew beforehand must needs be. Again, =
painter, with starving family, portrayine
very brilliantly on canvas Il Dream 81 I; ira.
disc, the only sunshine in his poor bare
room the adverse criticism written by the
unthinking scribe, which damns it; and all
the misery Of Insufficient talent and mis-
taken profession. ; a 49a -dt1stsa" .
Things like these, common, enough, too
common. the poet treats of-all more or less
familiar in reality with those who have gone
any distance upon Lile's populous road
bu: enriched To- the telling with = certain
petientp athos and not unchserful philosophy.
The last poem, upon Miesd1s Age ITSELF is as
thoughtful, complete, and appropriate as can
we'll be Iti;ge9 .as ri yAt Y .,e4 az. III
i.h3:It!.'Er aja7 SC aai4-as sJ 253ll ggt, y, RI.
Fair time of calm resolve--of snbcr thought = y
Quiet half.way hostelry iof lifes long road. h,
In which to rest and re adj Just our load l. ~
High table and, to which We have been brought
By stnmpling steps ofill:directed toll la -
season when not to achievais to despuir!,q r,af,
Last Hold forius; Of a5tnlt fruitful soil u
Only spring tide our freighted aims to bear
Onward 10 all our yearning dreams have sought!
How. art tho1 changed! Oaeeta our youthful eyes
Thin silvsring locks andsAought's imprinted
lines, se.7sgs~ssss
Of sloping age gave weird ana wintry signs;
But now these trophies ours, We recognise I'll +:
Only asvoice taint-rippling to its shore,9t*iq =
And q weak totteriny Atepas marks Of eld.,1<7
None are 80 tar but SONS are on before: .9vst.
Tins still at distance. is the goal behold, g ~,
And to improve the way il truly wise. u .sg.
Farewell, yeblossomed hodges and the deep
Thick green ofSummer on the matted bough !!
The languid Autumn mellows round usnow: a.
Yet fancy may its vernal beauties keep. - Eq
Like holly leaves for IL Decem ber, wreath. ~,
take this gift Of life with trusting hands, W.,
land star with heavenly hopes the night ofdeath
Is all that 0orhumanity demands 20 tr,r,,f.7
10 lull its meaner fears in easy sleep. ~ r,,r
We believe that some lines in those three
last quoted verses would not have disgaced
the name Of any poet of this century: E ~. ~.
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