Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-02-11
For the Bellows Pals Times
THE Poets and Poetry of Vermont

The Poets and Poetry OF ersnonts'
= man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure-eritics are already made
And shah we own such judgment? n0-as
Seek roses in December--ice in June
Hope coustancy in wind, or corn in chat;
Believe woman epitaph,
Or any other thing that's false before
You trust in critics ,rho themselves are 5ors.'
English Bards aud Scotch Reriswsrs.
Criticism has become permanent and invaluable part
our literature yet than when Jeffrey
Self constituted judge of poesy,"
that critics already made" Does any doubt this
proposition! Let him the article Poets and Poetry
Of Vermont in the Bellows Falls Times Of February 4th
and he will be convinced
1t is evident that Ascutney has do his work
thoroughly for he with the cover after
pouring the walls of his wrath upon the red leather
binding profuseiy gilt and the innocent harp and gin
gerbread work he goes to inform that the book has
been widely hersded by the newspaper press and for the
part in complimentary terms, but adds The volume
osentatiousy paraded forth the world the Poets
and Poetry Of Vermont have perused with degree
of care and certainly with decided hope ard disposition
to approve and isten o. patient and patriotic
unhappy rhymsters to the verdict Of this Daniel
come to Judgment -" cannot but regard 1t failure
marked and lamentable"
And thus with touch of bis pen does
less critic destroy the fruit months of labor
search consign to oblivion dsgraeefu notoriey the
best thoughts of the finest minds in the state and
put the rout the decisions of those who deemed
proper judges of poetic literature and Of the newspaper
press in general with this general denun-
caion he descends particulars He pronounces the de-
ects both editorial and typographical numerous, glazing,
well nigh scandaons that half Of the writer's should
have been omitted anything but poecal and that half
the remainder needed great deal of pruning and
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carefully written, short the whole book
is miscellaneous tumble of all is intoleraby bad in
rythm rhyme grammar imagery and and adds with
nterestedness truly commendable that he hopes
and intelligent reader would be far misled sup
pose the general poetic literature of the State other
than grossly misrepresented in the work in question
Now however dangerous may be my reputation for
taste intelligence shall agree with the ma
ority, and say do suppose otherwise and had
cutneys poetic genius been great his poetic sensib
ties drawn down nice point by his long resi-
in the Commercial Metropolis he might discov
aim and and in the doggerefor dog
gere admit the book contains which he decides is not
properly defined by the phrase poetic tersture Ash
the sixty years ago who still nger among us if tn,
4th of July oden is fe-ke picture of Independ
day in their boyhood In what other way could b,
so wildly and graphically described AZ it is in the very dog
gerer that shocks the refined classic taste Of our
critic! Would he suggest the style of Pope Milton Of
perhaps that of 0ssan would be his hkings 1t
from such records that very ode children
children will gain the cearest and correct idea of tn
manners and customs Of their fathers TIE primitive a
Of the republics and the Poets and Poetry Vernon
could spare everything kind from its
than Chambers English Literature could dispense will
its Metrea ROmanees preceding Chaueer or even But
ler's Hudbras Of some centuries later.
presume the compiler of the Poets and Poetry Of Yer
mont did know this and it hardly seem. probable tina
the "four gentlemen and ladies will be frghsene
out of assuming their share of the responsibility unes
they hear the report Of gun of larger eabre than Acut
ney.'
shall for the present pass the flap doddlet srk
ingy original term unuisigated Scotch trash pal
try hritsers Of the Hvstha style q poetry Scr On