Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-12-08

nulch naue MIN Wise ana BOou man, ana "a
model ruler among the ther masters Of the world.
An earnest and in some respe IS profound think
er, he grapped with the great problems of timo
and eternity, and lite and death, which crowded
about him, rs they will about the few ia every
age; and if he did not always come off victor
from the struggle, he wrestled manfuy and even
in defeat won an impeIshabe crown. Consider.
eng the age in which he lived, and the circum-
stances by which he was begir, he deserves the
yenerauon OF mankind. Obscure as his anguage
sometimes is, aud galueess as some OF his speCu-
latlons are for US today there is cosmical
greatness il his thought a, palpabe as the uni
verse, from which, rather han any school Of phil
osophy It emalated-the secret OF the unathom-
able heavens, the reat round earth, and the iu-
nefmoss hopes anu 'e rs VI Tue mysterious soul
Of man. Besides his translation OF the Thoughts
Of Autoninu.,' Mr., Long gives US q vel written
life Of him, and careful analysis OF bis philoao-
ply
TALES OF A WAYSDE lNN. By Henry Wads-
worth Longiellow Boston l'cknor & Fields.
This origin Of This latest gift Of Longfeow's
poetic genius to the public, IS thus pleasantly sug-
gested in letter to the New York Euening
Post
Longrsow entities the volume Of. poems ju st
ISSUED, " Tales Oft Wayside Inn aal it COM
meoc., By ao old New England ,avern or hostel
", in ti.e parIor OF wh ch small company is COL
ycteJ Consisting d a uusciau,a ,tudent Span
sh Jew, tLeJlogi4a iiJm Harvard College and
poe. Each ) tHe.e representative traye Iers
and the landlord Of toe ion beguIe the evening
by ii iratiye- each being p0eA already pub
h.hed IN ,he Atlantic .HOaMy-and these being
strung upon the description Of he personages
and the place, together form he volume entitled
"lhe Wtytl4 Inn" The poem commences
sI.h these lines;
g one Autumn l ght in Sudbury town,
Across the mesd5v,se sere and brosn,
The windows OF the waysiae inn
cleaned rsd with hrelgD through tn, leaves, &c G'
was d. ,lcl sIuc, with 'he re.emo ance
these lines bife to som slanzls of the poet, I.
W. Parsons, which appeared A volume pub
lished in Boston, by Icsnor x j. elds, in 1904,
nearly ten yeaIs since. On turning to the poem
Of Mr. Person, find it entitled " Fifth Of No
vember al HJses Tavern in sudbury Its COM
mencemeHtl, as follows
one hfth ON ,smber when meadow were brown,
And the wclIsv re all wit .fed-in .Itury town,
-Four lads from o., oityi by special request
Al an old yerH met Tor a eAoIe DAY % rest"
The ,in.h 10 loc ty aud ,odpton the
name Of .he IOWA, Sudbury" aud The mead
ows brown identical in both poems, leaves no
room 10 doubt that the author Of the Waysice
Inn received his suggestion from the poem ct
Parsons That Longieow was actually one Of
the four lads alluded to in the latter poem IS
also apparent from the succeeding verses. The
second e0mmencss thus;
There was Henry and Austin and William a4d John,
And the glasses round the ak wood vent on
That " Henry was Henry w Lonpfelow is
as clear as hat " William was Thomas HIlidm
Parsons, and that the others were the Christian
names OF two other Boston gentlemen, well known
there as being intimate friends of the poet at the
period referred 20.
Mr. Par,on, poem is TOO long 70 insert here,
but f any Of your literary readers want to know
how these gentlemen passed tie memorable eve
mug At the Inn in sudbury town." and what
good things were said by the two poets aud their
TWO friends, they had better procure the small
volume ol poems by Thomas William Parsons,
published ly l'ckrus Fields, az above m n
toned. They viii thus Ip inclined, think, to
give Nj. Parsons the credit %. lniiaiHg the idea,
so pleas ngl dey lop. d aid e.abora I'd by the au.
thor Of The i" Wy side Ian Mr.. Parsons poet
~ is manly, te;se, AMI vigorous, anu some OF MS
humorous pieces sparkle ulh great natural wit
aud yyaety. Your readers viii thank me for
calling .hcir attention to the above interesting
taci, which the ew volume OF Longtelow has been
the meaus OF eli iting.
TIE posm occupies two hundred and six pages
Of tie volume, ia which the travellers rehesrse,
each bis story, while delightful inierIude is the
poetic link between each ale ard rs successor.
The landlord tells #" Paul Reysres Ride from
Boston 10 Concord
onhe shtcenih Of Apri in sacty.hye.,
Hardly man Is nov alive
,vho remembers that famous day and yaar"
to rouse the slu nbefng people toarns
Then follows the Students Tale, " The Falcon
Of Ser Federgo," version OF the old Italian story
ofthe Falcon. The Spanish Jew rJctes his 4" Le-
gend OF RAL5i Ben Levi rae SioiIan tells the
story of Kng Robert Of Sicily"
Whose face was Ike summer's night
The Musician hymLs his tale, the ongest OF them
all, " The Saga Of King Olaf" The Theologau
discourses Of" Torquemada,' story of the cruel
lnqusition and the Poet sings charmingly of
" The Birds Of Killingworth," and
Lhen all arose and said " Good Night "
Alone remAneth the drowsy Squire
To rake the embers Of the Are,
And queueh the waning parlor lighti
while from the windows here and there,
The scattered lamps moment cleaned,
And the numined hostel seemed
The Constellation Of the lear,
Downward Athwart the misty air,
| sinking and setting toward the sun.
Far oif the village clock struck one.
And thus ends The Tales o. the Wayside lnn.
The remaining twenty pages of the volume are
filled by poems, entitled Birds of Passage,