The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-05
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1861
MATHEW ARNoLD's "NEw POEMS"

Ticknor & Fields have in press the ''New Poems p m
of Mathew Arnold. The volume contains thlrss
one different poems, and opens with "EmPeaoSS.e Sr
on Etna," dramatic poem, which MIS- tne ~ . ?
ffty-eight pages, and Is followed Dy ts!a
monody to commemorate the authors 3 Irienu, a. =
thur Hugh Clough. Those pieces lndcae1 go
artistic skill but they contain no poPnar e;
The legend Of Saint Brandan is In oinefen' 'oiA
SAINT BKANDAN.
e.;o+ rrandan sails the northern main;
The brotherhoods OF saints are gAd
he creets them once, he sails AGAIN.
SO late such storms !-Ihe SAINT ls mso'
uo beard across the bowling seas
Chime convent bells on winty n,-hts,
He ssw on spray-swept Hebrides
Twinkle the monastery lights;
But north. still north. Saint Brandan stsered;
And now no bells no converts more'
The hurtling Polar lights are neared,
The sea without human shore
At tlsst-dt was the Christmas night.
Stars shone after day OF storm
He sees foa. past an iceberg white,
And on it-Christ!-a living forml
That furtive mien, that scowling eye,
OF hair that red and tufted fell
ttis-O where shall Brandan hyF-
The traitor Judas, out OF heui
pals,ed with terror Brandan safe:
The moon was bright the iceberg near
He hears voice sigh hrmby: "Waiti
By high permission am mere.
"one moment wait. thou holy mani
On earth my crime. my death. they knew;
Nv namo Is under all mems ban;
All tell them Of my respite tool
.Tsn tbem. one blessed Christmas night .
1t was the Arst after came,
Brt athing selfmurder, frenzy, spite,
To rue my guilt in endless hameS
81 felt as in torment lay.
Mid the souls plagued by heavenly power
An angel touch mine arm, and say:
Go hence and cool thyself IN hourl
".Ah. whence this mercy, Lord 2 I said.
= The Leper recollect, said he,
Who asked the passers-by for aid'
In Joppa, and thy charity.
..rhsn remembered how went,
In Joppa through the public street.
One morn, when the sirocco spent
it's storms OF dust, with burning hess;
.And In the street Leper safe.
Shivering with fever, naked, olo;
Sand raked his sores nom heel 70 pal"
The hot wind fevered him tvefold
ssHe gazed upon me as passed,
And murmured, Help me, or die T.
To the poor wretch my cloak cast
Saw him look eased, and burned py.
go Brsndsn, think what grsce divine.
What ble ssinQ must true gOOQueSs sno"SA,
II ssmb,ance Of 1t faint, ike mtne
Hath such .nestimable powerl
.wsr.fed, weIl-clothed, well.fisnded,
Did that chance act Of good, that onei
Then went my way to kill and lie
Forgot my good a. soon as done
.sThst germ of kindness, In the womb
OF Mercy caught did not expire;
outlfves my guilt outltves my doom'
And friends me IN the Pit oil nre.
.once every year, when carols wake,
On earth the Christmas nights repose,
Arising from the sinners lake.
Tourney to these healing SLOWS
..I ssneh with ice my burning breast,
Wilh silence balm my whirhng brain.
Brsndani to this hour OF rest
That 5oppan Leper's ease was pam
Tears started to Saint Brandsn's eyes;
BE bowed his head; he breathed prayer.
When he looked up-tenartiess Les
The icsberg In the fosfy ari
on the fourteen sonnets, the best is entitled
WEST LONDON.
cronched on the pavement c,ose by Belgrave Square
A tramp saw, Ill moody and tongueneo'
babe was in her arms. ana at neI nas . ,o,o h.rs
Soma lsorno men. whose work lay somewhere there,
Passed oppoGte; she touched her gir: Mno nea
Across and bogged, and came back ssusneo.
Tho rich aha had let pass with frozen stare.
Thouaht I: Above her state this spirit towers;
She win not ask Of aliens. but OF friends'
OF ahsrers Ia common human fate.
she turus nom thst cold succor, which attends
Tne unknown little from the unknowing great
And points rs to better time than ours H
Among the sspoems," distinctly 30 CLASSIFIED
those on ssThe Terrace ut Berne, "a soLIner
NIGHT, "Rugby Chapel" and "Heine's Grave
are especially noteworthy.
Mr.. Arnold viii probably never address nation y
al audience but he cannot fail to be chersneo D
a choice and cultivated class Of readers.