New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-26
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hight the CLEAN of the silver OF the fountain
mise there anon its rocks and pines and tue soul will be
much of the earth-sometimes not the best-the rains
descend chill and stormy the sharp and bitter winds
thai moder on its banks, aud sometimes IL swels to
Wild and angry torrent but ii clears itself and flows on
again. calm and deep rejecting near images OF Joy and
beauty and now win RAPID, gushing current II vows
on fast to the great The poetry OF Burns genial
hOmelke. not only excics and srs all the stormy emo
tons OF the hcaft 10 ierNld pleasure anu auen az
thusiastic present enjoyment hut, when the hrst WIG
wave of melody sinks sveetly and slowly to calm.
Those who have passed through the Lakes
Of Killarney will remember a spot where
hemmed in by the most magnluc99Hnt sCeheIy;
at bend in the lake the guide lays down ms oars ana
sounds bugle noc, which echoes ana ieechoes hgan
ana again. and again. ana once more 1 ~ 1Cs away
IN the far solitude OF the mountains lHu 1enu your car
TO the watereage breathcs To eaten the last stI LOT
the last is the sweetest ana most exquisite SO the
poetry OF Burns wakes in the hcarl not ue one luI,
all its secret chambers ana the responses lingering ana
long drawn out fade away In The most delicate ana en-
chanting cadence. lCheers The genius OF Burns Is
conspicuous i'm this, perhaps, more thah IN any
anything else-tha while his characters are direct ana
he seldom sketches his image. Byron the hero OF
his best poems; neither his men or women are
row. It that Of an individual but that OF the human
heart the world over in all times And II he blends nun ~,
that conld be given of human life ana character And
there for this, there Is for all the true ana
genuine his character and poetry rest on the same OASIS
thorough honest convection earesness sincerity These
qualities cannot make "a man poet but born poet
they make him man. lchccrsI ana INSPIRED ny l1e Ish
est poetic genius the chief amongst men, the highest
type OF the race allied ana akin 20 all He loves what
they love and respects what they condemn with an earn
power that commands their Homage. Thus the common
mind fixes upon standard Of excellence OF woth-not
only because is high elevated something to LOOK up TO-
TO worship but il grows out of the ealh-ts
strike into IT, They can lean against u ana sllAe
under IT, There is scat for the humble and the IoWya
couch for the high born aud gifted Peasants garments
and royal robes TO ht every human form th9t erect
and stately bears the impress OF Co.'s truth ana
sincerity For things not genial aud sincere, no mat
ter Of what repute, Burns had hHrd reckoning lie
could not abide cant III ltils1n petGhSe IN hoclal me-
afIectation anywhere. lAppauscl But what shall we
Of his errors and his iaust sha not stop 10 CRIT
else He who has made every mans me better ana no
bier should not be severely judged because te power
was not given 10 him Of wisely guiding his own Car
lyle says in an essay upon Milabeaui Moral reflection
shows that neither those nor good readcrad any mana
I'm the making Of this AIrabcau Else. who knows
but we had objected IN oar wisdom! Bnt IL was
the upper powers that made hnn, without once
man, standing on the broad ana even plain OF ne,
close by the side Of his fellow men, struggling and tong
lifted up the whole mass 10 higher level-to a
nober destiny aud from his warm, lOvhg truthful SOUL
path and by-wav OF mans existence light that bright
enng along the future Will give joy and hope
The birthday Of Burns is celebrated in every land aud
wherever IL is observed throughout own country IN
IN place do more devoted admirers, with warmer
hearts than ours bring their offerings To the shrine OF his
genius. Fairer faces and brighter smiles do not any
where grace the festive board. Chees And IN another
respect we are iortuhdte-iLat VINE tOhsht l.e
memory OF Burns enshrued in .our inmOst hearts
chief Scottish bad 10 is our peculiar privilege
to greet win proud ana n|Sie' %vicOo tT
cbeeriug.l The greatest say, not because ne Is mere
but because he Is the greatest Hehe"Iu In
~,r, w country and tGc world las SO seldom
sounded from the neglected srugs OF the harp that
tbougbt and beauty ours Is th6 earnest wish, the
feryent prayer, that many, many years may YET
roll away ere he will 10 honor and adorn by his
presence and his specch-thc banquet spread lgreat
~ NO In a. 4
For the fourth Entertainment" Mr.. r. W. Wright read
poem which, by reason OF the ingenious arrangement
OF the reporters and tho peculiar character OF Mr.
Wrghts voice, naudblc to the representatives OF
the press In response TO "Our Country" Mr. Hosea b.
Perkins the Fourth Of july element with great
success He must have convinced even Enghshmen that
our country was and is and shall be great and gor
GUS. Mr. Courtney did tho Ike good service for the
"Land O. Cakes" For "Miusirclsy" less minstrel
spoke than william Cullen Bryant The venerable poet
was received with rounds Of cheers and spoke substan
TALLY follows:
SPEECH OF MI. BRYANT.
am called up 10 respond 10 TOAST IN honor OF the
poets. hope that none who are present-especiny the
ladies' whose presence avn glad 90 see glaces TINS est-
val-will say 10 themselves Ihs j. much as u TOAST
TO musical composers OF the age were to be answered
by grinder OF toast ~ honor OF our gallant
navy were to be Acknowledged WIN THANKS 10y Cabh
boy or the parsonage called a powder monkey" Ibeg
the company not 10 let their minds wander after such
fances, but 10 consider hat must OBEY Tue esden lhe
supreme authority of the evening aud do the best eau
And certainly must be proud OF being required TO speak
in the name VI 80 vast brotherhood, the poets OF me
age i'm which lyenOt those 81 oar country merely
several Of whomae iayores Wherever our language Is
spoken, but those OF the whole word the poets Oh the
British Isles those who MARBLE IN Dutch or German the
weavers Of verse in soft Italian and N graudIoquent
nothing OF those OF Persia and India wonder how they
would look II they could be oil brought together with
their eyes IN me ielzy lOhg anu s"no VI tnyiI num-
ber fear sadly at elbows. What would the den
liens OF Wallst thlpk OF thcln !hey were HIvneu III
procession through that quarter OF Tue cS II q" army
Of stockholders could be mustered ana another on Bed
lamtos and third OF poets 10 which OF the other Two
would the troop OF poets seem by ther dsneao 70 9e
most nearly rolaedi To that question. fear, could
not give impartial answer II most hitting that the
poets Of the present time shond be remembered when
we celebrate the memory OF Burns, Tor there are
acquainted with the English language. who VIII not con
fes their great obligations 70 the Scottish poet Burns was
one OF those who IN age Of Journalism M poetry otcOd
and feeble imitation and parrothke repetition hrSt led
the back TO truth ana uatuTc ana those VINO nave
the poet gather his images from nature at first hand
to discern fresh analogc between the moral and natural
words which carried them directly to the heart Mr..
President They who make the sciences their pursuit
including poetry. The mathematician builds
him. and carries his science further than they The
latest great astronomer sweeps The sky with his tele
universe, and ecpses the glory Of his predecessors.
Frankn's discoveries IN electricity threw those OF
OF the electric telegraph leaves Franklin at distance
behind hun But II J. not 30 WIN the nae aris After
Of further, The noble relnains OF Greek
statuary the admiration and onvy OF modern scup
tors. Who builds now like the ParthenOn What arch
tect OF modern times can hope 70 excel or
even TO rival in his structures the grand old
minister's Of the middle ages, which we look
upon with awel There s 40 epic poem which the critics
place beside the great work OF Homer. Who will ever
like Shakespearei 10 Is almost impossible, think.
for poet OF the present day 70 read OF the finest
things Of Burnss without despairing to equal IT, aud
without saying as he lays 1t down, this Is unapprOach
able But there one consolation for the poets OF the
present age particularly FOR those who write ~ the En-
gs language II they cannot surpasS their predecessors
In the beauty nobleness 81 their productions In their
power TO awaken'he imagination or 10 the heart,
they at least write for far moro numerous
circle Of readers than those OF former DAYS could
pOhsihlY have I'm the time Munn IlnN nnlrIs1nh The