New-York tribune., 1869-03-19

% e e iToI be e he'd lie presence Of the Queen.
Deep in palace chamber where s., s,'9 i sate ,o
And made n sanity glory IN her hairi
An awe came on him as lie saw her tnere'
Aud because perfect love suspecteth not,
She found no blot upon his brow: II was good
To take pleasure in her welded lot, ,oo,
And watch the iufant creeping where he stoodi
And as he bent his head, She little wist
Mat kisses burned upon tho lips she kissed
And he. stiil kind and wise in ms decline.
Seeing her trustful calm, had Iittle lle@fL
To shake ii. So his conduct gave no s;gn
Betrayed him TO the cOurtiers or the wife,
Perhaps a second springtme In his lie
waxed green, and frcsh-bloomed love renewed again
The Joys that light ouryouth and leave our prlme'
Aud women found him tenderer ana men
A blithrr, heartier comrade; but meantime
What hidden gadness made his vsage bright 18th.
They could guess; nor with what craft ana scisn'
The paranours in fealty TO that Love
Who laughs at locks and walks in hooded glllSe'
Met here and there. vet made NO careless mONe'
Nor barred their strategy to cunning eyes
Aud though, portion OF the Winter year,
The Queens own summons brought her rival near
The Prince. among the ladies OF her train,
Then meeting face 20 face at morn ana nlghb
They were as strangers If was pain
To pass so codly on IN loyes deSpi'c'
It was Joy to hear each others tone
Ana keep the lifelong secret stIll thelr own
The trarc features of the story arc depicted IN the
conclusion of the poem which, we THINK Detrays u
little falling of in execution as If the sympathles OF
tbe author had been well-nigh exhausted IN
describing the scenes of enchantment and rapture IN
the previous portion If the composition OF this
work indicates o greater ambitiOuSnesS of purpose
than is usual with Mr. Sedman, it exhibits also INC
characteristic freedom and sincerity OF MS verse
which is never written merely for ar1lhcial ehec',
but flows naturally from the genuine inner sprngSoi
emotion. The stamp of experience IS lmprlhteu OH
his workmanship, however remote from the every
day tenor of life lie does not gain his insight lnto
tbe hidden world of feeling from the descriptions IN
| coDcciouSupgs of Adams
children. His pictures of external nature are not
less remarkable for their truthfulness. lie has not
made the studies for them by gashght OF furnace
heat but at noonday and in the open air. WITH DIS
| own ewes he has seen the fields deep with golden
corn as the level sunset perces the wayside hedge
no has listened to the sudden gush OF song from the
tuneful bird and watched the notified trout as they
| tempted their fate in the dark, broad pool nc
makes us feel when he takes us into the presence OIL
| Nature that our feet are the firm green earth
and that the odors around are from the pine ana
the fern, and the sweet briar. and not from 'he
essence-botles of the perfumerl
Doubtless the microscopic critical eye might ds-
cover minute defects in the elaborate finish OF TINS
poem but they will scarcely interfere with the ENJOY
ment of the reader in its perusa 1t strikes u.s. loI
instance with n slight jar, when the author speaks
in the Prelude of his intention to tell the story in
!
"the poets eve in q fine frenzy rolling" peering
down into the wells of English undehled" for
| idiomatic phrases Ho would rather get himself
possessed by his subject, and then "wTeak bis
thought upon expression" with no conscious regard
to the rules of Tammarians aud pursts In the sec
ond stanza of the pOem the repetition of the terml-
nation of the verb in cd some haldozen times IN as
many lines is an abuse of the art Of inverse acra-
tion. and CRATES harshly on the car. On the next
mage the beauty which brings to rHh" is placed in
opposition to that which is clear and luminous" "
but apparently without reason. The word "oass"
p 5G) has wrong accent, for the sake OF the meas
ure More of such casual defects, dare say might
be pointed out if it were worth while but they IN
no wise deract from the artistic merits of the poem
OF greatly impair the sweetness and grace OF its
diction.
! The minor poems in this volume generally OF
| lighter cast some of them have certain dainty
archneSs Of conception like Toujours Amour" and
THE Tryst;' Others are mere brdlike gushes OF
sweet sounds as at Twilight" and Autumn Song;'
while several are inspired with certain ponsiyeneSs
of sentiment which tempers not unpleasantly the
blthesome humors which form the prevailing tone
of this part of the volume. The tTanslatiOns from
Theocritus which are given at the close in English
hexametor, awaken curious interest in the YER
sion of the Seilian dyllic poets, which Mr. Stedman
hopes TO complete at some future day.
MARCEL ON THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES.
| TIIH STUDY or LANGUAGES BROUGHT BACK TO
It's TRUE PRINCIPLES; Or, THE ART or THlSKiSG
| ~ A FoREIGN LANGUAGE. Ry C. MARCEL, Knt Leg
| Hon 12mO. pp. 22s j. Appleton 60.
II an apparent air OF prctenson may be detected in
the title Of this volume will be found on peruSal