, 1869-03-28
PARIS.
The Death Of Lamartiua
HIS career as Poet and Statesman
The Results Of the Revolution Of
July.
vanity and Extravasanea ~
LamRrtine,

vanity and Extravaganza OF
LamRrtfne,
4 lFAoA oGR OWN CORRESPONDENT
| PARtA March q, lsoe.
aae sas e'ehs OF the day, Of the rear, aud H.
..a ~ als naa century, Is the death Of Ianuar-
rnr.n~ aoasl u aa not come upon Us suddenly; for
morally, and almost physically. he den,,-aS ..s 49,
5eafs ago. This death affected us. hovry.r .,n.s
| N poeuy IN history, and In the sntaIs Of F+sncs
Nc "ss ouf pafest literary and political pr1tfr MI
more than ooseure death has aFatene,, In ~. .
ieeuus fefnoEse Tor allowing this xreat ,u,n 10
| ea'e "a nn1ofVotten and unseHaf1ed. Th,, o,,e,.
sssa ~ NC Ho8s tlasf1ous Of our poet5 and ths
sa'ns u france IN ls45, bring. us double o,tet-
-. sae Iepupnc ne founded, aud the poesy whos-
high priest he Tas. f0>7' "nssE
| Permit mt to mate ot b,,,
| this letter. ~4Ae1 soolees o.
| TEE POET AND KoxAxcxR.
| al who know French know 1.n,r,in.
Els lStatsafsosas will live while our lanvn,r.
a 1m1ao1ta ~ Pthdar's odes- They cont,t, ~.
o1 Ioe pnfrat expressions Of poetic sru,nx xn.e
French month haa not NJ souc ,tne r,r,-,..o
"k kae5' We're to quote The beautiful o.rt. ID
thta poem, should gre Il al. Its gentle .nd
fender - the song Of an enamored swain az
Lae" haa been Translated and sung In Ill touguea.
BIS HaTuon&<s, Joecly7., Ia chute un< A me r..
Ase poetry itselk They are sometimea uonoso-
nous with more words Than fdeas, but slvays nurr
noble and seraphlc, Ike Ill which emana.ed trons
genius half lost IN the e1pors Of the sky.
PoetJ MA the essence Of LAma1tine Eye57-
tnln8 u LIE, The physical and moral man, pot
non. "ofis and ideaa were almaya poetic. &c wxs
uffpg rnJthlu where thefe were often but sounda
and few tdeaa, but where there MAJ a,xays nnzso
which charmed the ear, eyen II the sp1Ett WIS not
eat1soed- Poetry flowed num him uks ,.up{x
"HteEa from N immortal spring, refreshing snA
taH1J fascinated
One dry. when he MAS at Macon, to The heas az
my lreco11eetton, they serenaded him It dawn. f.st
before hia departure. Before tt N1s ended tho
naif'e1ad poet stepped upon the balcony, and ID
dfezalnE himself To the muxdclana, who were inter-
fnpted pJ LIS appearance, spoke to them these
enar1ansJ sppoaate aud n,elodeous sesa:
~ ~ TIE sss & esfsa n9ts e. oae tiouee harmonic
Euchaata:t mon sonmeN, ca1malt mon ipsou,nta. !.
e e d:As en- moi: D1eu, que ce Teve est dogT.
q 4o1 eeas CT ni
Je n srAit Tten reve; Javais dornt chez yong.
LANAHIna8 IN rEn1Ic ERR
HA political history Ind but one pare, but II xsa
sublime one. During 1879, he, By virtue or MA
gen1ns, tnf1amed, saved, seduced and eoyer,ed
F1xnce- BE w1s more its master th1n any despot
who ever governed people took parr In thzt
time, though figured a. an almost nselesa bot
living atom. Ths legitimate fascination which L.
mArtne exercised over Us It that time rrturns n
me- now, all powerful, like the blessed presence nj
an adored being who resn1na,es. eonso,e. s,s
charms you.
Noble, Rreat and cherished being. who s.ved y.
from the lingering death Of the Or,ean,st dyna.r,.
ftoln the bloody disorder Of The steeta ,nt tf,.s
neErc and tmprudcnt reactions of our tav at rheF.
y. And yet We left you to die In a,n,ost m,zerv