New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-25

" Dear love, you re looking tnd, he sadi
i, smiling At him, shook cay bead;
IT'S now We 70 tired, my htaI. aud L.
No tired, so tired, my heart and
Though low IOue tase. me on I1s arm
To fold me close and Kiss me warm
Till eaco quick breath eni III sigh
OF happy languor Now hlohe,
We le4n upon lhis graveyard stone,
Uucheered, unksscd, ny hear, and l.
Tired out we are, my heart and I.
Sappoae the world hronrht diadem'
To tempt us crnsied itb loose gens
OF powers and pleasures Let " trgs
We scarcely care 10 luok at even
A pretty child, or Gods blde heaven.
We leei so tired, my heArt and l.
VII.
Yet who complaint Ny heart snd I
Iu this abuncsnt earth no doubt
j. little room Tor things VOrn out;
Disoaiu them, break them, throw them byt
Ano II before The days grew rough
We ONcc were loved, used-weit enough
think, nc We fared, my heart snd !.
In this quaint picture Of feminine loneliness,
we find more cheerful movement, although clos
ing witt the shadow Of the grave;
MY KATE.
She Yves not &c pretty "a women know,
And vet all your best made Of sunshine and NOW
Drop 20 sbade meit 20 ncugbt IN tie loug trodcen
ways,
While she still remembered op warm end cold daya-
.iy kste.
Her air had meaning. hef movements grace;
You turned from the fhirest % gaz- on her isce;
Ana wien YOU had once seen her forehead aud mouth,
You saw as distinctly her soul and be- truth
My Kate.
sncb blue inner liqht from her eyeiids cutbroke,
You looked at her silence Gnd isnCied she spoke;
When she did, 30 peculiar yet soft was the tone
Though tho lOudest spoke also you heard her oione-
! Ny Kate.
I doubt IL she said TO Won much that could act
As thought or suggestion: che did not attract
IL the seuse Of tie brilliant or wise: inieT
Twas her thinking OF 9th rs made outbink Of her-
Ny Kate.
She never found fault with you, never implied
Your wrong by her r2lt; aud yet men d. her ride
Grew Obler, giIls yurer through toe whole town
The children were ladder that pulled 81 her gown
Ny hate.
' None knel q her feet confessed lovers In thr3ll;
They knelt more TO Goa ,tan they usei,hat wasall:
II you pra-ed her as charming, sone asked what you
uccnt
But the oLarm Of her presence was felt when she
went hy Hate.
The weak aud the gentle, the ibsli and rude,
Size took ss she found them, and Did tlefl III good
Il always wss 70 Sith her-see what you hayel
She hss made the g,ass geener even here wth
ber grave My Bale.
NJ dear one wien thou was, alive With tbs rest,
ield thee the swa tes. and loved thce the best:
And now thou art dead, sbID uot take thy part
AZ thy smiles used 10 do for thysef, my sweet
Heart My Kafsl
Tie biographical sketch by Mr. Tton which
introduces the volume presents detail Of many
Interesting particulars in Mrs. BroUnings lie,
and critical estimate of her writings. " Mrs.
Brownings ina snation," says the writer, threw
o glow over her whole nature This strange fac
ulty acts not only by Itself, but upon oil the other
faculties OF the mind upon the Aiisciions-set-
ting apart the objects Of them as sacred from the
common word, and clothing them with white
raAnent like tho saints: upon the Beason-giying
q gnity and grandeur 20 the intellectual cOny.c-
lions: upon the hioher Moral Nasrre--inspiring
faith ard worship % u greater grasp % the sPir-
ual and invisible, sud leading tho soui upward 10
Tho. Mount Of Vision whence ti0Ts is fore-loo4ng
2to .lo other world. Mgs. BrowDings I'M g.na-
Jon srick O stimulating power into all her iacul
..os. Il Aildled her afectiona nature until out
)f this grew heT glowing ideal Of gomaniy love
and devotion; conception Of wOmanhood which
lailoss ile m,pd into a Lalfawo on receiving il
rom icI pages; which made Mr. Ruskin pro-
.ounce hgr Ego in the Drama Of EIle inco;npara-
)ly superior 10 MiitOns. aud her Dutcheas May
nc inea. female character brought into literature
,ines ShakspeGre's dny. 1t quickened her logical
acultiesj giving them clearness Of insight in all
be great ranges Of social problems and political
Iuestons; creating within her q noble intellectual
ympathy for The aye in which ihe lived as the
,randest Of the sges. IL gave illumination 10 her
moral and religious naturej unysilipg before her
hat spiritual realm which 10 others is wrapped
with impenetrable clouds; catching her up into
he rapture Of clear visions Of such elores as
Milton saw in bis blindness fitting her thereby to
be the true religious teacher and comforter; giving
heT the power to inete othor souls to yearuings