, 1869-03-28

copied, and In fsw days he quief hotei va
the scene OF Marriage rrvchy. Thus thd
solemn weddleE ceremony rnised man Ia.
the Wife OF his tathsr-his m mothex, ncsss7-
ahd to the. wouid-he .AssA..in of his ntScr.
Verify, truth Is stranger than fiction.
=. "A cusloaisY OF Literature.
i When Wolkc published hsa celebrated ods.
The Burial o. Sir John Moor, )" thu poonls
of England thought that = rev great pots
had arisen IN the literature Of their cnuntry,
Lord Byron pronounced that poem one Of the
finest IN the lang oa.e, and Goethe said he did
characteristic and impressive oda he had
ever read. Henri Tame thinks that ats
author was great poek, not oulg knowing
how 70 produce grand effect bT the simplest
f,n.ss Of mfsns but also perfect uasseF IN word
Strangely. enough, however, tic ao-
thor Of this remarkable poem, which
has lost none Of It's popularity slnea it WIS
d1st published, In his su5sequent productions,
short 4 of he ies,t1mste e4peesssoas @ to . wbea @
ii The Bur1sl Of S;r John Moore" had given
rise, that for the sake Of his poetic=. fame, It
Was regretted BY many Of tie most compe-
tent critics that Wolfe should have written
inye pes 9ss ertas sa!s r!sata Sfsas .aa sad
gard to this subject: " Lad the author OF
The Burial Of Sir John Moore,' written
nothing but these admirable lines. who
won hare sus spected hts poverty Of ima9f
nation ? As 1t Was, his succeeding fAlurea
betrsyed the secret, and showed that his in
| spirauon Wis accidental, md not tha remit
OF natural tenperam-ut- f.sh Of Ency
only: not the steady blaze OF xea1us-r And
| another critic SAID: '' Wolfe's HEst shot
struck the very centre Of tbs ring; tht
others could not be found"
Under these circumstances It Is certainly
somewhat singular 1hst the critics should
never have suspected Wslie Of plagiatisms
kt@$ TAD hnYiu tFnf
he had for once brief fs Of Inspiration. and
| not another attervards- It IS tEue. aimi1xr
instances arc not wanting tn Eaglsh and
American literature. Sir Eserton Brydges
Ing bns his exquisite sonnet, "Eeho and
siienes," which Wordsworth aud southey
So loudly prassed. he would have
'a htsn Ss1s f*es sen :. ,t,,RR poet and sn,e :
regret that his Muse should have h,ea
60 grudrtrg Of her fsyoss. But his subso-
quent efforts were unequal TO the Aforesaid
sonnet; they broke the charD. he had rsiseds
and showed that he was indebted to Fortuna
the Muse all his life long most patiently aud
labostously, but she never suaIied on him
again. Similar instances Of the ch1nca
Inspiration Of an hour are Pomftet's
"Choiee." Woodworth. the American poets
nold n ostfn = T. Baefet," Keys" ssar-spanzled
But N regard to wolfe's poem, we belI.va
| We have found evidence which seems to es-
tablish the fact that 1t Is not an original
PRODUCTION. bnt 4 mere tEAu.lAtfou. We
beg our readers to com oare Cart
fully The Burtal Of sir John
Moore" which We append here, with
the following French and German poems,
and te>y viii ind a striking similarity be-
tween them-so striking, indeed, that NO
| one will undcrtake to DENY for moment
that they must ha transla1iocs, aud, more
over, aluost literal translatlnns Of each
oiber. The Gelmsn poem, which tho editor
od,cai. the Le,rzie Esro2s: g. qnetes @ On Pase
39s Of his Periodie1l for 1881 lSo. 10y. dasSs
.ao1a NC s. uu -. -. u 80, " - =
nous s#eo1sn nero, Senernl Iofstensoo, WHO
fell At the biege Of Dantzlc, ct the moment
When nas nen. hsVins oeen fepa,ssa rs oy tne
i. men-ot-Wa1.
The Frrnch poem N L aon du fons5our-s&
tion nf !. ra1tant R,etor oftirer e ,1onej IL
.. Reanmanoir. Who was shot ia III At thc
! s!eFe ol 1ouo!suesIl. Lls eoua9aaS We!o
that TX s Id tDs '%s to 1ss ssIy s
! Is to be found fu Lallg To1fend Ala AemafuF
. | for the Rehabilitation Of mY FAther,''
! ! -..k..A 80 t.,..,..
N9t Auaun ~ aGa4: ~: suuss1 ~ ngs
! S% f9lose. ,h afsseasx "a e ~ .sfeMen sses; .d
| ---~
: We buried him d.tk1y It dead OF night,
, | 1ne sof1 Gith oof ba9onel9 knfein9.
t1a an1 snH1ns djrniv hnrninS A*'
/. " ~ '
Few and ehoEt wess the ptayexp We sa.d.
AID ~a kpoks not woR1 of sorrow:
! Bot vd enaotasg Refeo On sne faee os kAa "a aa2
ana W. p''1esS AnoaxH VI .n' no11'"'
| No uSelels cofou conhned ht1 b<tAst
Nor In eteAt nnr IN abrouh VIC noucd hims
But NJ ~ lika wIft1s taxing hts rc9s,
WIN hls mt1uA e'oAk afouaa hi".
: We thon,ht m we htaped his nxrrnH bed
: AId smMih,d Gown his lonely ntliuv.
! | Tha, lhe fae axu the strapRsf w.zl1 tread Qs1
! hu head.
, .s..1, =, ~ s.,a , ~. y. 'ae s.,o".
M noss151 as s. Snia ~ apetaa ,es h n
y us kfA'o "Aes' !. nf''on n1a 'A'1 nA'''
E. But halt our heavy task waa done.
r. Ard We heard ~ The dfstsrs \, random gun.
~ ~ That The foe wa sul!euls nrirg-
IT Slowly and sadly We laid HIN dosn.
ha | We t4ty'd uot 4 t-e, We rl{s'd cot a st0re,
~ But We l.it him alone In his R.nfy.
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- TH6 GERMAN POEM.
cs Eein MI esf seto.e ,hn - xbs Fonl.
II RuVir am ruteiu Heldeu brgfqber.
~ I
w Wpr Eupen in Summer Nacht ,hn eiu
81 MI Seh1efttIa IL Era uod IN rsumuer,
- Bel ces tfanfu Aaooltcnta een*xLAen dca sSoa1
uG u1t der mAtsen AtsfAe Gedlm0af
ta KEN unrutzer s1R slime Bvust, einhs9t
tie Er lsR, VIZ elm Ktt<9er slen ahjalen ies1
Ill In seldsteEmsdiel 2e.recke1-
,.s 91f !st 60 esoste ~ msiten i n. wsr ~ n:enL aa
~ | wiz sresn:cn nnr Erst snrtlss fcdIs t;es,cat
I'd Ind dacnten NIT Echnez IN Cen Ao.gen-
t. | Wiz dsch,eu sls vir rcNuhlet teiu Bet
~ | f1rd LAW efssamrs Ef,.en errcr.n
l nj y IT tN~n-