New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-05
NFW pUBLICA4IONS
.,,rr nnnpr nARYs POEMS.

NrSS PUGBE OARYS POEMS.
Yor,,s or FAITH. HOPE, AND LOVE. By FHd.hh
Guy. emo PIP 2i9. Hurd Houghtoh'
oroot nroportion of the poems in this
volume will be welcomed as pleasant personal hieilo
ia,srotbertban as admirable productions of art In
Ss5 the tone Of graceful modesty which runs through
tboir composition calls forth a feeling of kindly
interest. even if they had less valid claims to APP
proyal from impartial criticism. Most OF them ara
founded on not rare incidents in domestic me- tno
passing JOYS and sorrows Of the common lot' anu
are characterized by purity and tenderness OF senu
Inent rather than by fervor of passion OF DoluneSS
imagination. They present a faithful plctuIo VI
many aspects of human experience WITHOUT co'i' iHe
effect from the exhibition of morbid feelings u
seeking 10 starte the readers by surprises IN te use
of affected and fanciful dctlon. The lmaglhauon "
She writer appears to have received chaS,on -
though not a sOmbre. hue from the events u - -
giving a tone of serenity and hopefuiness Do'n - ~.
6houghts and illustrations. Among inc D'o'' ''s
GUS pieces in the volume is the poem on
JOHN BROWN;
Men sienccd on his faithful Ups -
Words OF RESTLESS truth and power
Those words reGchOing now, have lhaue
The gathering WarcTy OF l1e hOui'
They Thought 10 darkcn down in blood
Tile leht Of freedoms burning rays
The bcaconfires we tend TO-DAY
We're lit IN that undying Dlaze
They took the earthly prop and staff
ont OF an unreslsting hhhUj
God came and led him safely on,
by ways they could not understand
They knew not. when from his old eyes
They shut the world for everm0re,
The ladder by which angels come
Rests firmly Oh the dungeons HOor
They deemed no vision bright could cheer
His stony couch and prison ward
He slept 10 dream Of Heaven, ana rose
To build Bethel To the Lord
They showed to his unshrnkng gaze
The " sentence" men have pdeQ 10 see
He read Gods writing Of "reprleVe'
And grant Of endless liberty
They tried 10 conquer and subdue
By marshaled power aud bitter hate
The simple manhood of the luan
Was Drawer than an armed state
They hoped at last TO make him feel
Tie felou's shame. and felon's dTeaN'
And 10! the martyrs crown OF JOY
Settled forever on his head!
The following version Of an incidentin the war has
the simplicity and siful use of the prosaic element
which gives force TO true ballad poetry
A TINT SCENE.
Our generals sat in their tent one Night
on the Mississipp's banks,
Where Vicksburg sueny SIN helO out
Against the assuming ranks.
They could hear the firing as they talked
Long after set OF sun;
And the blended noise OF a thousand guns
In the distance seemed as one.
All at once Sherman started 10 his feet,
And listened 10 the roar
His practced ear had caught sound
That he had not heard before.
"Thev have mounted another gun the walls;
IT'S new" he said. ." / know;
1 can tell the voice Of a'gdn, as man
Can tell the voice OF bis foe
WHAT not a soul Of you hears but mel
No matter, am right
Bring Iue my horse! must silence this
Before 1 sleep tonight "
He was gone; and they listened 10 the ring
OF hOOfs on the distant track;
They talked and wondered for awhile
In an hour he was back.
"Wen, General! what is the news e they cried,
As be entered flushed and worn;
eve have picked their gunners on and the gun
Will be dislodged al morn"
sincere love Of nature, not caught from imitation
Of the poets but inspired by personal knowledge and
memory quickens the fancy of the writer. and finds
utterance in frequent meodious verses. She moves
freely and naturally in the midst Of rural scenes and
her vocal sympathy with the homes and the habitsof
the people viii assure q generous reception 10 her
volume in many an American household