New-York tribune., 1868-05-26
"Wben lilaes last in the dOOr.ysrd bloOmed,"


anu spleDdor Of e.ded day floating and filing me-"
This metrical promise is seldom fulfilled stil there is
strange sort of rough music In almost all that Whitman
writes His defiance OF the ordinary laws OF meter prop
wants 10 saw unfettered by questions OF sound syabes
and partly from sheer incidence He viii not be ut the
noins IN exercise the dun mechanic labor of rhyming
thongh the labor would be excellent discipline for him
He would thereby learn 20 ne o co1eS Se tbat his
pOens are often wearisOmey long anp tedious, ana l
Of needless repetiOns Their chance OF vitality would
he mnch Increased by condensation and polish Pity that
ali his thoughts not expressed as muscay as th0se
in the touching little monody on the death OF Lincoln
beginning
4" o captain my captain fearful trip Is done
The wesbered waek The pine We sought won
tits curious to note Whmans addiction 70 scraps OF
French and his fondness Tor ge9sraPhy' Amy s HVorIee
epithe for his native Long Island. hshshape Fauna ma
man and his frequent panoramic surveys OF the world
seem prompted by the love OF pOring over aliases
In spte of-Indeed, perhaps account Of-al bis odd
ties there is something attractive about Walt Whitman
There is fresh, healthy, physical glow about his writ
very Tefreshng II We Thought that he had been Tapped
i'm luxury and that he went about elohedn soft ramen
sentiments; but from what have heard OF his tastes
and habits ready 10 believe that his poems are the
genuine reflex Of his actual life. ,
Finally let us observe two points in which this remark
able rinmvirate of lyrsts, Blake, Whitman, and sWl
mony-recOgnzed dOgmas Of religion and social lfe ana
they are all diligent Bblestudents. Blake writes IKE
modern Ezekiel Whitman though ms anguago IL Iqr n1To
century and vernacular. Is suused with Blole
Influences; while in Mr. swlnburnes essay, Bioneai
most every page.
An article on the American Church." which though
written by q ayman, speaks in certain tone OF author
ity has some curious details with regard 10 the prevail
ing state of opinion in the Episcopal communion In this
country The statements Of the writer concerning the
meacroness OF the literary services of the Episcopal
clergy in the United States, will, Of course be called IN
question and, as we think, justly.
g7The sympathy between the mother church In England
and her daughter so ia proud TO call herself IN tue
ITpftnd Gfqf Is
former agtated by fresh wind Of doctrine than the
latter stirred by H. The High and Low Church parties
the Tracarans and the Rituats OF England haVothelr
representatives IN the United States; where partanshp
has lost nothing OF It's heat by It's transition from the Od
10 the New World. The Broad Church party, however
particularly portion OF represented by such lheO
logical liberals Maurice. has never gained much
schools as represented by Bishop Coenso and the writer's
OF the Essays and Reviews" cannot claim among
ANYTHING vergng upon hetcroGoxy Of belief-as for
example, doubt OF everlasting puhIsnHehi oi
a questioning Of the inspiration Oh tle BlDle'
or me peuuneness Of the miracles recorded In il
would not be tolerated. Tractaranism ana Kunailsm
however and every kind Of religious theory tending TO
exnlt the sacraetal Offices augment the ceremonial
obscryances of the Church are sure OF an enthusiastic
welcome from most American ehurchmon Nor does
there 10 be the same danger In the United states
as England OF such apparent approaches 10 the arms
OF the old mother church OF Rome, finally eadlhg 70 hr
permanent embrace Inc Cathoc Ohuic III t!g Dil'su %
States represented for the most part by stout irish Ia
borcrs and Irish wOmen has not the same attrac
ton Tor dyspeptc Cel6y men ana sem Women l9
u has in Europe where ~ surrounded by the ponp ana
circumstance Of great hierarchy and Is set Oh with AL
II Is astonishing how little such great body Of un
doubtedly weledurated men compose the clergy OF
the Episcopal Church in the United states mas done 9r
leaning science general literature. would ne dl
cult % mention single work. even IN theoogy geneTay
accepted rs MASTER piece written ny an AueIiS N Is
copa clergyman IL owing doubtless 20 the fact, that
the Church finds fun occupation in practical paroehla
service, and no Time Tor dggAg up heoreg and Gttch
roots, cuyating the fields Of science and literature
ANA II may point 70 ats constantly increasing wealth. ara
numbers IN Justification OF this exclusive devotion 10 is
clerical duties.