The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04
Our home Poets.

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these writer's we would mention Annie
Stansbury, Mignonette, Jessie, Matte,
Quill Pen and Mrs. Frank Leland. Some
times we have made remarks in relation
to the poems, pointed out what seemedde-
fects, and suggested what seemed to US
improvements.
We publish to day letter from Matte
referring to what we said of her po m,
:" Lake Zurich which appeared in the
TELEGRAPH some week, ago. Our read
ers will find in this issue Of the TELE
GRAPH an Original poem, Twilight
Musings by Matte. 1t is a pretty poem
but not quite perfect in measure. We
send the TELEGRAPH ofAug. 26th. to Mat
tie, containing some remarks on the wri-
ting If poetry, under the heading Of
Lights and Shadows" not that we CON
slider them applicable to Matte, but in
nope, that she may profit by reading them
Matte can write good poetry, and needs
only to apply herself aud observe the laws
OF versificatlon, to write poetry without
lmperfection.
Last week we published the poem,
Something New" by Quill Pen, which
we considered well written poem. We
changed three words, thinking them to
be errors of the printer. In the fourth
and rAAe last verse the word modern was
used in print, and we substituted the word
olden and in the eighth verse melting was
used, md we substituted the word ruling,
not knowing such word as neling. Quill
Pen can write poetry of high order.
We publish, to day the poem, Early at
the Gate" written for the Walworth CO.
IndepeasientAby Mrs. Frank, Leland. 1t is
a beautiful and well written poem, and
we are thankful to Mrs Frank Leland for
writing it and to Frank Leland stor pub
fishing it. We. think however, that e the
latter has made some mistaktlsifi printing
| it. And we have printed within brackets
lines indicating where we ulink mistakes
were made and how the poet tess) wrote it,
We have no objection TO Frosty locks in
the second line of the first verse, only as
the use ofs6'dsty cafries the idea sef old
Eage being the winter of life. In the sec
ond line of the second verse brushing, be
Hing accented on thelfrst syllable, spoiis or
changes. the verse in the first two. .sylla-
bles of the line. In the, second line of the
third verse g sointru hands''s hardly cor
respond with "summer morning in the
preceding line, only as it. would make
old age the winter of life. In the fourth
line Of the third verse. it is, not certain
| that the Fair girl " will live to
see either the winter of the year, or
the winter of life. In the last line OF
| the third verse, it is not certain that the
goodly seed sown will be found eeaagan
mid, frost and snow" but lather,Eit is to
Be hoped it with be found again in d ge-
NAL cline and all aglow. bio
Itis not every man mot every editor
who. is fortunate enough to have wife
who can write good poetry / And Ffank
Leland being sucha fortunate man, pub
Usher, and editor, should be the NOR
careful not to- spoil his wife's poetry in
printing it, In these remarks we take it
for granted that Mrs. Frank Leland is the
wife of Frank Leland. And yet il. may
not be so, We hayeno acquaintance with
Mrs EFralfk Leland and noteenough with
Frank, LELAND to. know who his yifeis. or
whether he has one. From the names
however il would beEa natural inference
that they are husband and wife, And we
trust 81 hat such is the relation, and that
hereafter Frank Leland will be careful
to print his wife's, poetry correctly For,
" Early at the Gate !" is notthe only poem
Of Mrs Frank Leland's1 which we have
seensin the Aasiepe'slent which wethought
might have been improved in the print
ling@lB SB3sJfE3GIffOs9
Weshave several more poems of our.
Home Poets which we shall give to our
readers asaodn We can fndroom for them.
Some which we had selected slippedaway
from our table and we know not how to
lreplacethem. But. We arereesisihg more
| r% may 3 have '!f al! supply ppps lEiw
f o. Characterization. 81
EI ] DHAS's CORNERS; LACE Go, ILty.)
| Der. I. 1850.