, 1866-11-11

itA tile, pastcU ofcs tAc Afst Pase, III Tue
phrases following:
ontepekcn honesty. etn1dy lore of irccdor, cs:-
restncse, poetic insight. truth and beauty of e1.
preston, beyond eny.hinE at ainea to ,, ota5 ol
the poems ART tue passions Of youth fcatlessl5 cx.
pressrd md estErn: depths thst hasc eocn stirred
nss.o 55 r. rs: ~ nas 50n;n ana ,a s
ciy thaf has been made over his volume y not
very crsdtab1e to bis critics. 80 IT is the
re- sn!i!ee s5sarss Il W he vine Of thought Who
tbake their heads over IT. London
E-21tHeT.
The artcrisks 60 plcntifnllY sprlnklcd In
the above quotation probably mark tie con-
dcmnaticn tho E1a,niarr upon Mr.. Swim. |
burne's poems ns whole, while the words |
selected TO advertise Its merits nrc tho COM
mcnda,iou Which the critic has passed upon
some exceptional yerscs, which arc really
very good, md n1c as much out Of place In
the volume as the jewel In The toad's head.
The praises Of Venus were suug long ago
hy Lnac1cou and Ovid. Horace gaze rs, in
lis second saiifc, All the filth he could
think OF, ana our college professors
have jndicious:y excluded 1t from their
text books. Aristophancs and Juvenal,
willing in the later days of Grccian and Ro-
msn greatness exposed and satirizcd the
rc1snirg vice of the age in terms Of unmitt-
gated p!ainness. Doccaccio is excluded from
all circulating libraries nowadays. Tom
Moore In his youth Gang the loves OF the
roucs. and Byron tnecred his sneer at yirtnc
TO tie last canto of Don Juan. Yet lrou,
Anccsecn 10 Byron we have encountered not1l-
icg so rcpulsivc TO all the moral sentiments as
-Nr. Swinburne's poems. The fact that they
are issued by respectable publisher. and
f.%H -.-f.. r..
nishes the only excuse which npy
tcurpal can have for notieing
them ut oil. But these thiucs arc nat doue
In a corner. 31r. Swinbur1lr's poems ase not
kept under the counter and rctailed conf
dentia!Iy. Their glitter and poison IRE CT.
posed in public, and In public they must be
dealt with. Wehad proposed to 20 somewhat
extensively into the dement's Of the volume
before us, but VIC find criticism in the New
York Times, which does such ample justice
10 Mr.. Swim bnrne that We are faiu to repro.
duce It in place Of our own inte. dcd remarks
On this la1est attempt to cxa1t Venus
above Minerva:
4y. twin5uzne ia a younc gentleman who has
Eel himself sse task et essce4ns N .ntse change
csa:c ds5s. We have nllrn o1 i irous On i the n s:sn-
dard which be considers to De the pc.lcct rule Of
live Nc are, some Of Us. tu The Eabft-{os The
JhuCl.EE II Lul uut*E4t1e-Df uel&tlc women Upon
tic hspn,hc.is that they creA1nScs o.1ncd IN
ieilcS:aally sad morally no, unlike oar:slss.
10 convenient cbees4 fes Tic .:sa::aeasaa of css:
tain pas=:tce, wl:th Le Issesi0ss win Great
,TE.nl.h asd cnlh::sla. N. WoMaa'a mission II
*im,,y 10 pefioF., The f+nc:inns ot iha famslo 10
t,,r human rice :. .aouiu br In alI pats o.
1l4s ,sald VIA ~, II IL IT. natsM; Yi ias E,s !,
ss; xseea Tss2 a.sa. &ss'ss: &sss 'nf :sssSs
If sat ,t<.- i ncn c,sn VIII marry !,
sio, ~ ~lorc, altaoaEh ihe:e !. passion waicl
10 the qualification Of that, Al! our l..st eu rgie
pn.ht 10 be directed. Sensuslity L The cHicf :opt
%lira ue arc capable Of rnjoy.1R il this ,npes
worthy OF IL. Ncu ioll on thn,nyh weary year
for iLc a:taisn,e,st Of eona c4d on which .hs,
iaii Of W srs diseos icnea wisl, thcz pr,ze when
Within th.ts Esasp: The failures ats n,ore e1 m
-
nearer 10 H. The land which looks green aud tel
lille In The dstance proves To be Wild and cheerla
drawn Mr.. Swinourne looks on ri this, an
would larc us a@ndou .nr unp',nduetire sstagxl
VIM ;sin Al tSn1 Sns e 70 oq hh,np h,nns
upon animal eradication. =. oil opchs not {
dilute yons sensuality," says lis poet; lst !. ;
iuv much, Women asr made for nsnt and II Is
waste oi tn,e u e Sc 12ners T. our tss,t1s,
-uis dive, sion woshy Ut our nohlesl impulse:
end. a1er alt. II Is very cheap enc: i E,luirt
sra tsat i a1 ast fortunate ci rnuisa tor =
lie mA;oiity Of mankind, VINO olhcr"ise :vonl
sues /. t. % CODE sls Witch Mr swa,u
row rnnlnl,a to thc void. of course, It se moi
.cu code. Mr.: s.rfnbufns Is aot tls os1:;,uator
sre.st ici:ei:s d iarsus:e 10 .hc work ol pfesen
IL: Il 10 Us a,,esh, II vi enticing form; Byron :
e,s 1as IL
1cft less roon ior t,s corteetn:c aud ingenuity
LIS f nc VA 1f n1 as sS
divcreee Into hun..r Or narrative. He leads !
lu,o IN atmosphere Of an Intense and una
1tsy sometimes scli ioai pabtea,ios,., which d
lone o. thcss sheets ~ .1sattsas with , d
ine wo.la-ony lin. hr i more adrolt in di,enl
iss brsneh Of iiteIniuIe. liz ido!tzcs depFayt'
md concca1s loo> cners ol moral. hrsSrrn . III
lacare- q true poeue 'ce.s ae & g,ssass s'. le
1il;h w!..c, Il not dcEdortzc't, Ar. ssinauFat
rficncu aralpkt epc1ety ln not ler4 unparhonao
Nc ca.,,o, tri policemen 10 hunt him down. u
lis boot. Nilt be read ba Lunit els w!so arc +,
} 1 G eaf as H. na no u
own scnaaion: Eets lisely iood a. many so, wo,
ssesd + ts;s tic aosI1ns ;I.,. RIos3;iled II; n
h,as sn's .,;;, @ a1d 1d Which i L ~ @si to sa,
efee to. What III. 3winlnls'c recommends II
60 IL dong e,ciy day, hrt ihat Is 90 reason v
:p,o Nur fa1nu.e.. .: ,,lu;se ii suua be use.
to srguc ac1tnst Mr. s~inbuFnc's c.ecd; We
u6i antxEd 10 waste 4.Ae ~ AnJ such toAy. Ii
arc ihos. who alc viilin:: IL zt:.p. II aud + Is
within our rrostt ec To- d1-euaac tlcna. Dut !
our du,y 10 show what ,nsnneE oi poet
rhoscn 10 turn himself INTO, aul afscs that
must leave lcopl.' IL take hina hone OF shat
cliu.ticEs IL MI. sMil,Susse's n!llenlum !
would tase ia usq1e stoned 5o their @ lnil
fnd stEeG5s'l'y 5sl t. 2 r.. .hs. vi s bs
Nc 30 mast d" Mr. sviaburnc the ias.,oe 10
TINT wlsc,l he tn,ctds 10 BE- grossly lndyc.n!
Eomrl,raes tries 10 be vc.y ob-eu's-l,.e the
..kiel Is said I. sjeet a cioudy stuid when 4 .is
70 st a. 'ls 'sss &C.. L
voting inpnrs1y viii ot ansi;this 10 oTain
rc1acss, ~hilo set every ltte u It IL as highly
Q. Tic SAND hl4d IL TIC t:ieek pe:t from who
qlo.ati1n IL made at the top. More fc1uri
xaasss nj ol H. pens. aa
1tcm with gilt and tinsel. Ills Ideal wutna m
roman Shos s. IL aa a! eh 10 = xS ssp1h,0f hy he'
aens!ts md teans5:
..Fotu.sr III our rtr'nes," il NJ. Swinhu1
Gceon,c Infused IL the r1slnS .Crueza:son, !
vii be li;isc necessity len tor tne pt.yst- !
be woven into csely. 1b.e ot hle mind. 10 tp
VIII caullatlon Of its mott tsso ling verse;
vc.ser, the a:st fFnit .! nc. sna sfl.s s, n !,
GO not believe hIa,. They wtrs born q I
diseased aud corrupt Imagination, waien
strips thr widest excckees Of an old aeoda
2Ass arc intended 10 lantes to Inc came 1epl
taEtsr 10 The same class OF petrons-Eny 7:
Who think It great thing 70 be daonItnC ~
At eeeord l!snd, ard VITO Will very likely
II him hy his yc-te, ne thu2ld conclude u:
ssns IN ,neuieraLlc coxcomh and ps~ui:ate.
iu q cepstant v htH of pss<aon, 4nd wlth e.
he Skinned 10 avow. We should look u19a
as man who's: life = - Spent III tae cnha'au'
lcentioufncss AID tnpnsiiy. in 1esh;y.
Lnrd lkely that be IT, ans ,ts,,x ~ ixs snl
must allow Ills clasm to be p1sss*seSo ~ sitn .t,,
y!cyls Of nrElcanlln.ss, VIC 1nitt also eia'
shst ,hcv have left hic, un1y dummy boa
sitcr ii. One siekcus VI his incc-sAut edo
1r III n, fur 4 1ibcfsiur w3ci-edpe-s Ia "a
Addison, to bc, no: di.ple1ssos to wofacs ysha'
by mere intellectual wicIeane*s
7sat u,, sx.nouruo is capable Of wtsttas
ros,5y ss9ssat: n .a pss die %is g., Il 10 u
6e IeeGns. IN ap2is y ihc ass. Asaos: eves7
ispublhet no.sda5, e !: na.ea tSr %poa se4e. fe.a
autho.css oi s:Adam Isede'' has followed II
eral cssnplc,: a,sa nssa4cr s nsvet ce2snss ;..ss
sPa eeea ma e claudos hs e. IL hs b.
eyv;s % sisl. oas literature 1htea:e
l,ceooe worse .han tae Literature 2
nersl nefsG'stus:b Steb In former r. dsys IL England
puIlic naisapee. The last Enslisl payers
as a!enee is histed e ma hoo;ed Il il. saeh i IL