The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-05-04
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other name would smell as sweet Had e
we been present when this sanguinary n
individual propounded this, We would a
have said there was much--yery much
| In a name: Shakespeare TO the con-
trary. notwithstanding. One half of a
mans greatness lies in name. a
great name once attained, seems to
keep the bearer up, no matter how de-
ieEent in times after he may prove to
be.-the world would never believe thDt
such was really the case. The public 4
never pay as much attention to an ar
ticle wrote by a country editor, in an
obscure country village tno matter how
talented production it may be) as it
would to that of large city cotempo-
rsry, though that of the city paper /
in reality may not be half so good; yet /
! it has the appearance-and appearance |
is the principle aim ofthe age. There
is everything in appearances" When
man bar once gained mark of dis
J, tinction, it is thought that he never
can perform an inferior act While
the one of less prominence, it is be-
Ilieyed never can do or say genuine
!. ''goed thing :" A few years ago. we
remember Of a New York editor writ
ing a piece of poetry for his paper
there was no attention paid to it. A
}. few years after he published the same
. piece, and credited it to Bryant. It
;fI would be astonishing to witness the
- eiieeG. Ii was copied in nearly every
J., paper that came under our notice; and
Z we would not fear to bet butt that it was
= copied at least in one half of the papers
b. of the United States. Such il the
re wonderful effect of name
nd A prose- production from Everett
3. would bring two handred dollars, yea
:, twice that amount, while that of al
unpretending author would not bring
probably five dollars though it MAJ
he bs nearly 90 good. A poem by Will
he or LOngfelLow would bring fifty dollar
,,- where that Of some unknown poet, pro
j. badly cont ming equally as much gen
las, could not be published for any
!, thing. Sach is the gulability Of tn
. a'1 age ia which We live.
mas One ofthe most remarkable instances
iitI. or ,ecora in the valua of n name.
ght that Of Alfred Tennyson, present pos
hus laureate. OF England. 1t is said,
/ Of credable authority, that not long sim
he wrote poem entitled Sea Dream
Iitor An Idyl !" for which his publishe
paid him The enormous sum of ff
dollars per line. We can hardly tal
the report as crcdabIe; though he m
;, have received large sum for it. Y
NO . have read The entire poem, and cam
cast say that we have seen anything in
sfore that displays any unusual amount
aud hrilliancy 5r genius. We append a
And fair specimen of the whole, fourte
lines, which according to the price
is reported to have received for
eoA'- poem, is worth seven hundred dollar
What does little birdie say
as 70 In her nest at peep of day
larly. Let me Tiy. says little birdie,
ofina Mother let me fly away.
Birdie, rest little longer,
90 vI'ill the little wings are stronger
when So she rests little longer,
/, asl. Then sks flies away.
owingl What does little baby say,
,a,,era In her bod at peep of day
Baby says, like little birdie,
'Elber. Let me Else and Fly away,
only Baby sleep a little longer,
49, !. Baby, tsso, shall fly away"
$. !. Now we do not pretend TO say
-. is not good poetry, but we do say
:, vac will undertake. to get cart-loa
zoe ior poetry, just as good, at one dollar
mo 90 line, or even less. We do not pro
down 20 be much of judge of poetry,
n that we will wager that just as good al
neaner tie can be found in at least fifty pa
paper In the South ever week. Tennys
to the popularity is not much needed in
en- he lucky. The editor of the Pad
suffer t'omlaerciel' OF that state, VINO
,,,o,aa seem much impressed with Tennyt
. I'd. august nanle and title, gives the
LOWING sixfsen lines. which he saw
Q had ,,,,s5 ii H. - .,,a.at;o.,s
he pa :. Sea Dreams" and FIR which !
We are w;llins, II t.la two shilling.
vanees What does little froggie say,
do all In his paud at peep of day 7
L.. !. Let nae swim says little froggie,
oas Bullfrog, let me swim away.
gligent Fropoie. rest q litfle lonper.