New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-28
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their wa. but We quote the following, which was
favorite with the author himself
20 cool Green waves that ebb and Aow.
Reflect, calm, blue skies above
How gon.J ye come aGd go
Since ye have drowned ny love-
"Ye lap the shore Of beaten sand,
WITH cool, salt rpples creiag ty
But from Your depths gbosty hand
Points upward to tho SKY
90 waves s.rew corols white and red.
with she ana strange weeds from the oeep
TO make and REGAL bed
Wherein my love may sleeps
May sleep, and, sleeping, dream Of me-
In dreams that lovers fud so sweeti
And VII couch me by the sea-
That n dreams may meet
The same soft melancholy pcryades moro than three
tourths that Arnold Many Of these little songs re-
sembo those of leinegh0se paho and beauty they con-
tan however with nothing Of the sensuay which 50 fire.
painfully even Heines sweetest
poems.
Arno1s genius also almost entirely lyrical In ITS
tendencies All his poems are musical every of
the word and many Of them would be yauably sugges-
tive to the composer They never highly imaginative
but always pleasantly aucful Dcicacy rather than depth,
of thought their principal feature, while the strong,
frequently intense feeling, which is always TO be found in
bs pOctcal moods entirely frees them from the ariibciaiy
which Aldrch manages 70 successfully blend with the dam
tness he derives from study Of Keats Indeed the diff
ference between Arnold and Alch who devoid of
strong points of resemblance in their works. is just ebcut
the difference between "delicacy' end daintiness.
Another admirable quality OF George Arnold as poet is
that he never wrote for the sake Of writing Gen
sral literature his profession, and he would hastily
write 10 order reviews criticisms stories and comic trash
by the yas measure for the markets but il was his boast
that he never wrote verse when not mpeed to by gen.
oine poetic feeling; aud inspection Of his works Will
convince the most critical that the assertion was not an
idle one on his part. Personally nc not devoid Of
Geotaon bu. his poems are unmarried with sEgle H.
stance that perceive. Ike may have been, as he
describes hmself,n his careless "Cui Bono!"
A harmless low, wasting useless dnys.
AMI / love my comfort and nv leisure;
hel those VINO wish toem toll for goli ard praise.
To me- ilis sanmer.day brings more Of Measure
so you. who wish for fame, good fIiend. pass by;
GWc me peace rest this bank wherein lie.
AND spare LIE bOtn tie labor and the lauTelW
But despite this seeming carelessness, the tone Of
other poems reveals undorcuuent bright and glterng
with an the high hopes dark and tumultuous with all
te hearl-buruuss Of passionate worldctted nature;
The poem entitled "IntrospccOr is specially prolific of
passionate feeling which rcdeems It from The mputaton
which might otherwise be invoked that It resembles too
closely both in rhythm and spirit Owen Meredths longer
poem Of Last Words" And in the following sanzas
may be seen the weary shrinking from that reckessnoss
and somewhat ooseness Of private lfo which the poet
YRS fOnO OF QtleNull1 Win fhhicdi IuttDoOin9s
I'LL LEES or LIFL.
have had viii
nave drank my III
Oftse purple measure
1T mas Iost lts 1esN
o, the lees aIe hltor. bitter
Give me resti
Love filed the bowl
Running Ger with hlsses,
Mode my very soui
Drunk with crimson kisses;
but drank u Dry,
Love has passed nc BY
O. Tue lees are bitter. bttcr-
Let die
Arnold mostly, however, drew his inspiration from
plessanter phases of lie. As Mr. Winter, the editor Of
che present volume observes in lis brief biographical
sketch ofhe auhor: He loved 10 think Of quiet wood
land places Of mOssgown rocks and the bright green Of
creeping vines; of the musical purl and tnkle Of lonely
brooks Of thickcusserng, deWy Of the FURNISHED
sloros Of Autumnal woods fthe wind among tho pine
trees on somber Autumn nights; Of lonely beaches,
shereon forever echoes the ancient solemn dge Of the
borrowing dcOlatc ocean, mindful not alone Of its own
mysterious grief bat Of missing ships and vanished forms
and wrecks far out at sea-
These various moods Of fancy very beautifully mani
tested in his poems. They Oh evinco genuine love and
keen appreciation Of nature though her queter aspects
appear to have been his yorites and October was the
month which he mostly loved quite number Of sweet
songoferngs in the present volume attest. In mere hap
pHes Of expression, he equals Keats IN many instances
The changing hues of tho falling sunshine sptly
. pictured as
Green on The grass. and golden on tie sand
An everyday seaside view is exceenly and uniquely
described as follows
IAN old dumb beacon all aTry.
With drabble ed sea.weed round us fect
A sfaf-lke sail against the sky
Where sapphire heaven and ocean meeti'
ard the gathering Of evening shadows in drawingrooa
Is nicely hit in the term halflight"
George Arnold commenced his career as an artist but
after few years trial. relnqushed the brush for the PEN
though no frequently amused himself With the former dur
ing his literary life. few months before his death be
was engaged in Illustrating the following little poem-a
fvote of hiswih wateroolor sketches several Of which
were completed before sickness and caused him 70
give mp the task;
JUBILABE.
GRAY dis4ance hid each shining