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

Tieknor & Folds hayo in press tho "New Poems
Of Mathew Arnold. Tho volume contains thirt
ono different po oamS, and opons with "Empedocl'
on Etnn,n q dramatic poem, which HIS tho nr
pages, nnd is followed By ''IhyrHie,
TO commemorate tho author's friend, a
thur Hugh Ciough. Those pieces indicate gre
artistic skill, but they contain no popular eiemen
Tho legend Of Saint Brnndan is i'll ditforcnt Yoi
SAINT paASDAN.
snint Brandan tailH tho northern man;
Tho brothcrhoods Of saints arc glad.
He greots them once. he sails again.
soiatol-sucb storms Tho Saint Is madi
He heard across the bowling sels
Chino convent bells on wintty nights,
He SAW on Hprsy-s~ept liebridos
Twinkle the monastery lights;
But north. sill north. saiu. Brandan steerOdi
And now no bella. no conSupiJ rnorei
The hurtling Polar lights nro nearcd.
Tho sea without a human shore
At iaat-tIt was tho Christmas night,
Stars shone aler n day of STORM
He soes float past an Iceberg white,
Aud on it-christi.a living form
That iurtiso nicn. that seowling eye.
OF hair that red and tufted fell
II $50, where 8hall Drandan fly p
Tho traitor Judas. cut Of helli
Pasicd with terror Brnndan saio:
Tho moon was bright, the iceberg near.
Ho hears yoico sigh humbly: "WaHi
BY high permission am hero.
"one moment wnit thou holy mani
On earth my crime. my death. thoy knew;
My nRlno In undor all mons ban;
All, tell them OF my rcspite tool
"Tcll them. ono blessed Christmas night
tit vns tho 1rBt after Icamo,
Brt ntbing Belfmurdor, frenzy, spite,
To ruo my guilt In endless lhmo}-
Mia tho he ,ouls plagued By heavenly power.
AN angel touch mino arm and Say;
Go hence. and cool thyself an houri
"Ah, whence this mercy. Lord said.
Tho Loper rocoiloct, said ho.
Who asked tho pasxers-by for MD,
In Joppa, and thy charity.
,Tban remembered how went,
In Joppa, through tho public street,
Ono morn, whom the Birocco spent
It's storms of dust with burning heat;
"Ana In tho street Loper satc,
Shi7oring With foyer. natod, old;
Sand raicd his Borca from hocl TO patio.
Tho hot wind foTcrcd him hyefold.
"He Razcd upon mo rs passed,
And murmured, Help me. or die y
To tho poor wretch m, cloak cast,
Saw him look cnsed aud burned By.
20 Irandan, think what grace divine.
That bl. ssing must truo goodness shower,
II scmblanco or 1t faint, like mine,
Hath such inestmable powori
"woil.fcd. woll.clothcd. well. l.fricnded,I
DID that chance act Of good, that onnl
Thon went my way to kil aud lio-
Forgot my good as soon os done.
.rTbAt germ OF kindness, IN tho womb
OF Mercy caught did not expire;
Outlires my guilt, 0utliyes my doom,
And friends mo In tho ltt oi frc-
.Ouce eycry year, when carols wake,
On earth, tho Christmas nights repose.
Ariring from tho sinnern lakc,
Tourney 10 these healing enowE.
al stsnch with leo my burning breast.
Win silence balm my whirlins brain.
O BrSndanl to this hour OF rest,
That Joppan Leper's easo was pain ~
Tears started to Saint Drandans eyes;
He bowed his head; ho breathcd prayer.
When he looked up-tenantieas ioH
The iceberg In the frosty airi
or the fonrteon sonnets, tho best is entitled
WEST LONDON.
crouched on tho pavement close by Belgrayo Square
tramp saw, Ill, moody and tongue-ted;
babe was IN her arms, and at her sido
girl their clothes were rags their feet wore bare
Some lAboring men, whose work lny somewhere there
Passed opposite; abe touched her girl, who hied
Across and begged, and cnmo back satBhod.
Tho rich sho had Let pa1a with frozen stare.
Thought I: Above her s.ato this spirit towers:
She viii not AJAX Of aliens, but OF friends,
OF ahnrers in 4 common human fate.
she turng from that cold succor which attonds
Tho unknown little from the unknowing great.
And points us to q better tine than ours.
Among tho 'spooms," distinctly so classlfit
those on ''The Terrace ut Berne," "a SoCtho
Might" "Rugby Chapel" and "Heine's Grart
are especially noteworthy.
MIR. Arnold will probably mover addreHB natic
al audience, but he cannot fail to bo cherished
q choice and cultivated class Of renders.