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similar train of thought showing the CONNECTION OF
religious truth with the discoveries Gi modern sg!
ence and illustrating the universal character OF ul-
vine revelation.
RECENT POETRY.
l. THE POEMS ALFRED B. STREET vols Emo II' w.
Tin OLD LIS sHRGEAST AND OTHER POEMS BY FoEoFrTHr
POEMS BY i1 FSis5rs DANA lo Tp a'2SJ 1FPa
PoENs By A~yp Ioyrs Pine 2o Iqr , oge lIcii
T2f R FoE SO SoxG FoR TE nE SD THE HOME ny
T. WAR P6HNs By ELsiIDGr JEFFERSON crrlfE 2Ho ~ So
r6EMs Of Siz&EETH OF TIE cross BY TM,AH ALIEN
POEMS 1SD fRANsL1TIOSS BY ESsA LAIARUs. Lmo %
10 ciyyoYFIASiiES AND PEY-DAsHEs l2mo. rr no. II
H. GXToMUs 4 Dramatic Poem By !. c HAYWOOD Emo FP
p KISG RFHES DAUGHTER. Br H7Kri Translated
Prom Danish By Theodore Martin limo fP l"" L@lom
The fame Of Mr. Street as poet of pure and tender
fancy passionate love of nature, especially Oh inc
scenery of his native land and Of more than common
descriptive power is well sustained by the contents
of these volumes They comprise variety OF pieces
which are more or less familiar 10 tho public IN Tor
mer editions of his works, together with several pro-
ductions of later composition that have been
prompted by recent events. A large proportion OF
them are devoted to the cclcbauOn OF beautiful
American localities where the author has caught the
inspiration of the scene, and depicted them III How-
ing numbers Many are founded on incidents IN the
Indian legends of early times for winch Mr.; street
ALWAYS eVinces q sincere tOHdness, ana when ne
loves 80 embelsh with the charms of verse: DINERS
are of patriotic stamp and recall the heroic deeds OF
our Youthful martyrs in the late war. MI Street APP
pears to be free from the influence OF popular IDOLS
he calls no man master III the construction OF ms
verse but draws from the fountains OF ms own heart
aud imagination When he leaves his favOrite haunts
by the river side and Ill the forest, his strength Is
abated for instance, in the dactlc portions OF ms
poetry, which show neither the beauty OF Thought,
nor the sweetness of yerslhcation, winch are often
found in those devoted to the description OF external
| nature
! Mr. Forcevthc Wilson is favorably known TO the
public by his spirited ballads and lyrics OF the war
which are here made the basis for collection OF ms
! fugitive poems. The intense realism OF the ga
! Sergeant and the Rhyme of the Masters Mate IN
which the panest language put into the mouths OF
the heroes of those thrilling narratives, is here eX-
| changed for weird, mystic VEN, dlmly shadowlng
! forth high thoughts in rugged verse. Many of the
shorter pieces without being palpable limitations have
of the echoes Of the mild Assabcth' The following
stanzas from the poem " To IIcrsa' arc al example:
Maiden, there is something more
Than raimcnt to adore:
Thou must have more than a dress,
More than mortal loveincss,
To captiyatc the cold.
Bow the knightly when they bow,
Not 10 marble, not TO dust;
But To that which warns them:
Not 10 contour nor 10 bust;
But 10 that which :oIms them:
Not TO l9nguid lid nor lash,
Satin fold nor purple sash;
But unto the living flash
so mysterOusly hih
Undc1lash and under lid.
But-vanity Of vanitlcs-
II the re. Ted-s 1s.i in a young cheek, Ice
For the most terrible ances
or the True, true Knight,
are DIS DOid eycbeals;
And every time that he opens his cyes
The falsehoOd that he looks on, dice.
II the heavenly light be latent,
1t can need no earthly patent.
UnbchOlden unto art,
Fashion or lore,
Scrip or store,
Earth ore
BE thy heart,
whcMwas music from the start
Music, music TO the core.
Music, which, though yoicecsS,
Can create
Both form and fate,
AZ PetrarCh could a sonnet
That, taking flesh upon II,
Spirit nOselcss,
Doth the same inform and fill
With Music swccter still
Lives, and breathes and palpitates,
And sleeps not from its duty
Till the maid in whom It's pent,
From mortal Tudimcnt,
From the earth-ccU
And the lOye-cCn
BY the birth spell
And the loye-spel,
Come 20 beauty
The themes in which Mrs. Gage most delights are
drawn from the recoectiOns of domestic life assoca
tons OF early days in the West and incidents in the
The sentiment OF patriotism furnishes her with
perpetual source of inspiration She loves he mOuu-
talns and rivers OF her native land, she is proud of
the noble traits III the character of its population
she dwells fOndly both sad and Joyous scenes
around the cherished hearthstOne and finds no OBJ
OI lltt feelings III ncr aTtlcSS
and flowing, though unpublished, verse. Her ear il
attuned TO rhythmical melody, and she easily falls
into the movement Of avOrite strains without pre-
tending 10 originality Of thought or construction
Nothing formal or elaborate is found in her compost
ton and with her great fuency of utterance she is
often content to weave commonplace ideas into her
smooth versifieatiOn. Her style may be called home
y, in the best sense Of that word, describing homey
pleasures, homely memories, hOmely aspirations but
never aiming at elegance, artistic grace She is
sometimes betrayed into the Of improper colo
quiasins, one OF the worst OF which " I've often laid
awake at night" is without excuse. THE Maiden's
Choice" is a specimen OF the facility with which
rhymes flow from her pen, expressing pleasantly
enough thoughts which have no special claim for ut
terance.
OH give me the life Of farmers wife,
. In the fields and woods so bright
Mong the singing birds and the lowing herds
ann Inc clover blossoms white.
Ane note OF The mornings hcaVcnWaTd lark
I3Ine music sweet to me
ana me dewy flowers I'm the early hours,
Ihe.geins love to see
On! give me the breeze from the waving frees
me mullngf OF Summer leaves;
anu INC swallows song as he skins along
Or tWtters beneath the caves.
The plOwman's shout as he's tutrino nm,
His team, at set of sun, 'e '"'
Or ms merry g good night" by the firefly,s liolt
When his daily work Is done. "e
And!give me the root and the luscious ,,,,,
My own hands for fOOd
Ana the bread SO light, and the honey white
ana the mix so pure and goOdi
For sweet the bread OF labor If,
when the heart Is strong and true
Anu dressing viii come to the hearth and home
III our best we bravelY do
4he tOW!A wOIk On oW lst opens With . poem Of