Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-02-18
The Poets and Poetry.
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Mr. EDTToRI notice what purports to be criticism up
the book titled Poets and Poetry of Vermont and
signature We discam the right Of any
parade themselves before the public in such an ire
sponsble manner If Ascutney undertakes the critical
task Of saying what is, and what is not poetry In such
book, certainly have right to his Further, we
have right to the analysis by which he arrives at such
grave conclusions, bound to believe that who
undertakes to the ay5e poetry understands the prn
cipes of the But find in his article which
gives US the least clue that be any capacity
his mind il either orgaizef or disciplined so as to enable
him to form any lust IDEAS of that kind Of composition
which egitimately comes within the province Of Poetry
He narles u,v r,on Of rnonstrositles abortiye and
ureopth figures what English fwho else would have
baub If bringing Obstetrics into poetry but this noun
, hi, labor, TO bripv forth mouse ,, any amount Of
- ,t,hs .nA Low inxectve only 10 he tolerated in
L ,io,s nv ,,birh he vents hi, sglssp on the
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cal critics should use grammar ana the pubisheIs NO"
.rf tho hal Fns or avf1ercs. n any proximate aerr,e
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the 70" lever Oh hhs.isn composition "ii ' "u'Du "
IS Mr. Editor your correspondent incapable Of giving
criticism upon English literature any kind in
Bellies lettes To Illustrate he says pary limitations
of the awatha sty of poetry page ISL 1872 wholly
ntoerable to any just poetic tasten Now by what author
ty does be call them mutations of Iawatha" Divisions
and II wereorginay published separate Poems Of the
months October " November and in the Philalei-
pha Saturday Evening Mail long the appearance Of
uuiawatha Division III was more recently published un-
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banoe 1t has sosir LonssoTs sle unless De- ne senus
whole family of mankind as destined to the same phse
The theme and subject all unlike the measure Is unlike
and Il would be difficult to what there was in common
His troehaio measure 1t is true and 50 is mine aud 50 Is
Mr. Campbes City OF Che Brotherhood,' which by the
way has much resemblAnce-Afr. Longsow's and
NJ, carnton,s hr, ,otb tat,meter and n,oe pep,arne
ter DiaMr Lonsfellow initiate Mfr. Campbell, Mr. Camp
-, 90 ~ r,.,i,rist
M. 49,, ,,;,i ,h he-, .tvloa c,tioisr, NAV anno,r
,o ,l,able let NJ pIaca stang, or ,yo Of Hi
,,a ;, r s o,bor EXAMINES Of troehs, verse bes,a
the 9, Closing seasons,
3 shawonlasase. fat and lazv
Had his dwelling far to Southwark,
II an s's ui"S'' u'e1'' S'i'o' &. 1H,..,b ),
u &. o ;ts s,,n, Al. nv blossom
u Breathed its fragrant odors far
Lifting to the sun Its petals
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one hhe d ht Nau'p'en .''A' ~ "A'''"s
ae'o i' W -
oampoei De arF'nseu a hePunne'fr Two
iihes IN one nov Ni si'ar n1'e ''e iono~ius s'n
Ns iroi 1ne oiosins seaoos' +" s''"e' fAr 0aHpoe"'
VI N''s
sere and rainy comes the sad October
eAans gu '"e % s
Il ,y and ~ a,Tr.s ,aus1 na 49,, ~,
Iiaioatta."
Listen 10 the echo Of the ages
he FROST Soft rnau mon hPrp
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Arranged in one line as octameer, Mr. Longfeiows tera
meter would have much more similarity to Mr. Poes Raven
: yer VINO ever 'nonsn' Oh an IMITATION
'a i; st PAM sGs's 'e sA'sef' seAeu upon rue
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We should heartily welcome a cardd and lust criticism
4 but that man whose English is aap doodle and suci
other expressions Of vulgar origin should parde himel
into civil and polite compauy for the purpoe Of keenip M
such bow-wow is intoerabe Really we are sorry tina
any one should feel himself called upon to yindiese tn
honor Of Vermont in such way That he should have
lust state pride is commepdable but when ds,pno,.
: ambition envy, or malice dictate bitter attack upop a,
honest and to good degree successful effort to eoec
the scattered pry,, and ,ia,o then, n, soma , Of The ~
pie where Vermont will delight to preserve her archives
should meet with no respons but unmitipaea condemna
ton What If different degrees of merit appear som
bearing better polish some more perfect symmetry an,
beauty they are all rhymes of our hresIdcs and find
|, heart that somewhere responds.
If the specimens given on pages 272 and 49, represent
us the highest conceptions your correspondent has Of DO
etry let him quietly enjoy that measure of beauty and sim
pcity to which his nature capactates him To us they ar
pear prosy and wanting in originality ouaintness and eve