The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-09

Formal Ds~sar. zion Of tho Monument NJ GULL
Nbrd. COun-Interestius CeremOnies.
Yesterday the formal dedication Of the monument
10 P1tz Greene Haeck, the poet, took place at Gu
ford the gem Of the shore villages Of Connecticut,
ana was attended by services Of an interesting
character. The trains from New Haven took over
a delegation Of several hundred persons, among
whom were several invited guests from New York.
The New Haven Commandery and st. Adams Lodge
No. 49, OF Knights Temp!ars attended by Wheeler
Wilson'S Band, Of Bridgeport, were also
present. The invited guests sat down to .
Ane dinner at $. h. Chittenden's resi-
dence in Guilford, and at two O'Clock the
knights remplars!marched tothe beautiful cemetery
on the edge OF the village, where an audience OF
about two thousand people were round gathered be-
fore the stand erected for the occasion, near the
tomb Of Haleek S. b. Chittenden presided, and In
calling the meeting to order made few remarks
ariedy referring to the settlement OF Gniford and
the noble sons to whom she has given olrth, aller
| which short sonnet was read by Mr.. George hill,
| q warm personal friend OF the poet.
| The poem "Connectlcutn was then read by Mr.
| John Gotten Smith, Of Sharon, which was greeted
Ge ERA James Grant Wilson, OF New York, read
| the following poem written by Or. Oliver WendeH
Holiness OF Boston, Tor the occaSDn:-
Say not the poet dies
Though in the dust he lies,
He cannot or.eii his meodous breath
unsphere by envious death
Life drops the voceless myrtads from ts roNi
Their fate he cannot STARE,
Who, in The enciane air,
Sweet with The lin ;erns strains that echo stole
Has left his deareF self the music of his SOUL
We o'er his turf may raise
Our notes OF feeble praise
And carve Win pi qys care ar 10, for other eyes
He FOR himsef has built nohler shrine,
Whose walls of stately rhyme
While DER their gates the cleaning tablets shine
That wear his name nnwrought with many golden line
Call not our poe, dead,
Though his turf tread.
Green The wreath their brows so long have
who, while the orient burned with new born flame,
Caa that celestial IRE
An struck nations Tyre;
These ggh the western winds the poets ma 10
The stars shall watch his bed,
The of fame its fragrant life renew,
Hi Dlushng mound 10 strew
And al he tunefal throats of summer swell
ltrlls as crystal clear,
OF the young muse that haan,s each wooded dell
With OF that rough land he loved $50 long ana we
He sleeps he cannot del
As evenings Aong Drawn sign,
Lifting the rose leaves on his peaceful mound,
Spreads al thei, sweets around,
So, laden with his song, the breezes bow
From where the rushing sedge
To the smooth sea bevond the peaks of snow,
His air enshrines and leaves but dust below
Mr.. Bayard Taylor then delivered an eloquent
address appropriate to the occasion, after which
choir sang the hymn beginning with the words:-
would not live Away; ask not to stay
Where sorm after storm rises dark DER the way
This closed the exercises and the audience slowly
wended their way from the grounds through the
ancient viage-very beautiful amid lts summer
foliage-to their homes.
Letters were received by MR. Chlttenden, express
ing their regrets at being aole TO attend, from
Messrs George W. Curtis, Horace Greeley, William c.
Bryant, VIM. b. Astor, General Jewell, Francis Coz.
Zens ana Others.
The grave OF the poet IS enclosed by fence in the
form OF an eIIpse and IN the centre Is the monu-
OF granite-the obellsk, shaft and bases being
about fifteen feet high. On the front face is the
scription:-"Fitz-Greene Halleck. 1790-lS67"
Above, on the shaft, is laurel leaf, and a little
lower down the letters Alpha and omega, ana
the base the words-"0ne Of the few immortal
names that were not born to de-" on the opposite
side are harp and two lighted torches. Upon the
other sides the names Of the poets parents and
an infant brother The grave was beautifully deco
rated with flowers.
Toe poets only sister, lady OF about eighty years