New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-30
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:. fost Thou not Care :" and THE Thee hb~--
arc also examples Of Miss Rossettis best sye' v,tA|
Ofthe Shorter non.rehgious poems SoT The Rose
"Maudc Clare and especially - chueI enrfect do.
combine grace ard vgOr in much more ~ yvbic,
gree than any Of the Others, and the mo eso;ned
nuns through them is comparatively WI ~ zone Of n
The tone however, OF two OF these Inv III 10 eonber
great majority Of the pieces IN 'hc 80 I'll Ghosts
and morbid. Miss ROsscu loves 10 see u :; nayar so
and 70 moralze among the tombs, ana ls heNoI , oo
bappv as when she has grievance Pa deso
collins winding. sheets graves D0Ou 'e" tos,ne of
lation dance through her pages IKE w Iaasat
a horrible nightmare ms IS NJ O,9 eTn,notb,,
hint II rnts off the writer from all human symYary.
Nobodv can read such catalogue oil woes W"houI
feeling that they are all sham ana Ies IuIoiy '-'s
~. Is, o,ai,St them We might drop year over
ono grave but il is TOO much 10 ae6 rs 10 go Crying
TroSSrb the whole churchyard. II lennyson had
fred an entire volume with dying Niy.Quecns, we
bould be insensible to the exquisite pahOs OF DIS
verses because sorrow at Wholesale al Ways strikes Us
os purely fictitious and theatrical sorrow. So WLVh
we find in little book Ike the one before us no FEWER
than II deaths and dSembodied SpIts, our hrst I'M
palse is neither to weep To remblc but to- Ianeh
AZ the supernatural machinery and the whole parapnt
MALTA of misery, as We would al clumsy s'age-IICh
There Is also great deal IF grief in the book whch
has not even fictitious cause; as If the author were
in the habit of feeling badly now and then, just ioI
the fun of the thing ...,,..
Once in a while, however, Miss Rossetus somoer
vein is really impressive Her Twilight Calm IS
rperyaded by a soft melancholy which is uue ''1i
natural:
O pleasant eventidci
C.ouds ON the western side
Grow gray and grayer hicing the warm sun
lie bees oud Oifds, TIER D. ~ aDO's ~ON''
Seek their close nests al Olue
| Screened in the leafy wood
Tue stockdOyes BIT and brood;
4 The very squirrel leaps from bonsh 70 U'tEb
Bal lsziiy; pgusesi ard settles now
Where once be stored his !ood'
| One by one the flowers close,
l.ly end deny
| Shutting their tender petals from the moon
Tbe grasshoppcrs are stiIi but mol so sV0N
Are still The noisy crows
| The dormouse squats and eats
| Choice htte dainty bits ,,
Beneath che pIe4ng roots so o. ii or ga se
| And Listens where be SITS
From flr the lowings come
| Ofcaitle driven homei c.,u
| From further sill the wind bring ttinIy
| The cOrtinual murInur OF tue sea-
Now loud almost damb.
She seldom breaks into lively strain; hut there i
| a hearty ring in her mo- thank you, John" AND
| "Oueen Of Hearts that shows how well she could
tune her harp to glad sounds if she would Neitner o.
these pieces is by any pereeti butin the desert
of bitterness which surrounds them they sparkle Ike
| cases in the Great Sahara.
| UpOn the whole, We cannot call Miss RoSsetu q
| poet of high order and one who should read hei
hook straight throu might be excused for doubling
| whether she is q 4 q all; for detached passages
| give a more faVO Of her powers than ehtir'
| Doems. She sh al she has seen better than
| of what she has il is unfortunately her am
bition to sing of ~ 4e pretends TO have felt rat1e
than of the external objects OF which she has really
been keen observer. Tie preense IS too hollow and
heartleoS, and passionless to DC Tor moment ac
cepted; but in the record Of her genuine love ano
study of nature there is truth force and beauty The
! pity is that the record is so short.
The illustrations, by the authors brother, Dante
| Gabriel Rossett, deserve particular mention. The
best of them is that called Golden Head by Colder
| Head"