, 1870-12-25

some lou! Jes1a ago, Tennyson agreed to
write the HbSetto for contemplated oper-
eta. by hia friend, AEthu. Sullivan. The
metres, but, the music not beiuE composed,
the poens are published By Themselves, under
the lile Of the Loves Of the Wrons.n
~, In scope and Intention, theis story has some
lore enda happily, "a ali true love should. In
Tue opening Etanza, We find the lover stand
ing On tho hill'slde watching his mistress
- The lights and shadows 17t
Tonder II ortghtens and darteus dorm on the
Oh ifooi, q II poo S's 81 = IL window
When the winds are up in the morning.
And then he spost1ophizes the roae. ths
Elne, anu eelanttne that tTine about the lady's
easement, snd presently enters the houss to
find his mistress abaent-gone away without
word ofpartiug
"Gone. snd The light gone with her, and left me
N shadow h:Ee. Uane-1itIsd away!
1s8en sae s.a1s hon tha nlsht, and The sun from
Gone, sn9 cloud in my heart. and storm in the
Flown e @ sse East or the West, n.:sea know not
Down to the South y nasa and g7oaa; she Is
1aere-she Il there !"
Autumn deepons into winter aud the loy-
er. heart ie cold, Ike the earth with the bite
ot the cruel 1tost- But he ID uot without hope
he does not detpair, foz he looks an1iously
for her reiulni
- Bite, fEcst. bite
The woods are all the searcr,
Z be fuel Is aN the desre,,
The urcs are al the clearer,
Ny Eprlng Il al the ue4ref;
iou have bitten into the heart Of The earth,
But not lnto miner
Then be Hkens his nai.tress to bird, and
thu: We set 1t the eecret Of his titls:
"Aeny lore and birds love.
| And v onep'a lore snl men,as
And you. ny Wren, with crown OF gold,
fon. he Queen OF the Wrens!
Well I've bids Of a feattcr;
III be The King Of the Queen Of the Wfeu4
Ana We'T have ness togcthe..r
He caeuot rest cootont, however, while
re re Is away, 40 ha determines to write her \
"F1y, little letter, apace, anace-
Down to the light tn tho raIieS tly.
Fly to tn light IN The valley helom;
Ten my wish 20 her merry bine ose.r
He waits, and waits, blaming the wind and
Jet, and at last the expected answer comes.
aud, hesltsting to break the seal, he aolilo-
quixt thus, IN perhaps the sneetest and
rnost delicate stanza IN this elight but exqui-
site poem:
"TEo llstlc hands that meet,
ctasped. en- her seal. ny BHeett
Must take Jon and break you,
TWO little bands Inst meett
must TIE ypu and break you,
And loving hands mugt paTt;
Tase; take-brEak. break,
1reak-Jou mar break my heart,
Faint heart heFer Mon-
N1eal, brFa1, and aLls Done"
The answer ia favorable. and tho lover breaka
ont into jubilant ve1se, calling on the lark
and the linne., the dove and tbs nightingale,
the thrush and the sparrow, to share in bia
Joy! Aud last OF ali comes tho l&dy hors cls; ;
and the happy day, tue morrow, Ia fixed.
And then. full Of joyful anticipation, be ques.
tions lis heart. Is it great enough, good
enough, to bear such triuuphauS good for,
| tunea
"uearts are you great enough
For love that never tttts:
D heart, arc you great enough for lAye;
l have heard Of tnorns aud brtera-
lover the thorns and brters
| Over the meadows md stiles,
Over the world to the end Of 1t,
Flash for million mtlea"
| And SO the poem ende-a delicate little gen
| IN casket Of COLDER fil1agree poem which
II mol 20 important poem As We might La.,
expected from tho pen that wrote MAUD
AID the s'Priucess," the "Holy Grail" an.
ain Memorian," is At least full Of suggestion
and worthy addition to tho literature Of tA
| seAe0n."