Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-10-25
WHOLE NUMBER lg7.

the fault Of Caesar, was grfcvuu~, rnd
'grievously he answered il"
y quotation or two from Wordsworth
will show he far he succeeded in throne
building on humble truths.-"O!dS Susan
Gale" being suddenly taken with Il chad
spell" of some SORT indeed. ~ the poet
aftcrward assures Us, SHE was in
dreadful way" and her husband alb.
sent, Betty Foy, her mcighbor, deter
mines 10 send her 'Tdiot Buy7 for tile
doctor.
And he is all in travelling trim,
And, by the moonlight, Betty Foy,
Has up upon the saddle set
The like was never heard Of yet
Him whom she loves, her idiot Boy.
And he must post, without delay,
Across the bridge, and thro' The dale.
And by the chsreh, and o'er the down.
To bring doctor from the town,
o. she will die, old Susan Gale"
Having the boy thus mounted, Betty
PIoreeds 10 give him counsel:
And Betty's most especial charge,
Was Johmy! JOHNNY! mini that YOU
Come home again, nor stop at all
Come home again, whatee'r befal.
My JnIniy do, pray you dor'
Johnny is OF for the Doctor, ami in the
meantime Betty cheers old Susan will
the comfort of cure which Johuuv'-
return will surely bring.
But time wears on; il grows late and
yet no Johnny AT last the mother, in
a panic, starts in search of her Idiot
Boy. After good deal of wandering.
adventure and perplexity, she learns
that Johnny had not found the Doctor,
but permitted his pony, which we are
assured, if he were to olive a thousand
years would never be out Of humor,' to
wander into a wood, where the anxious
mother discovered him toward morning
She darts, as with torrents force.
she almost has O'erturned the horse,
And fast she holds her Idiot Boy
Susan was in great suspense, waiting
for The Doctor; but
"As her mind grew worse aud worse
Her body it grows better"
and getting out Of her bed and her
dreadful way at once she joins and
congratuIates Betty and the Idiot Boy.
lost, and found again johnny had
heard the owls ali night long, and saw
the light Of the moon, and when his
mother asked him for history of his
adventures, he answered:
''The cocks did cry to-whoo. to-wlIoug
And the sun did shine so cold ~
1t seems almost Incredible that the
author Of such drivcl could have writ,
ten this:
"Our birth is but sleep and forget,
ting,
'Thesoul that rises with lis, our life star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting
And cometh from afar,
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakednc<s,
But trailing clouds Of glory do we come.
From God who is our home"
And this, at "Rob Roy's Grave,
For thou wertstiIl the poor maA,s STAY.
The poor mans heart, the poor mans
hand -.
And all the oppressed who wanted
strength
Had thine at their command.
Bear witness many pemsive sigh
or thoughtful Herdsman when lie sfravs
Alone upon Loeb NOel's Heights, 's1=
And by LOch Lomond'S Braes ,. .-.-
Aud, far and near through vale and
Are faces that attest the same:
The proud heart flashing through n,a
eyes, Hs.
At sound Of Rob Roy'sname.'r .
OfalI the creators Of verse, none ever
5uilded OH humble truth" a throne
10 regal as that erected by Robert Burns.
70 some it is a mystery that words so
Inpretentious and thoughts ~ rommon
as his, Shoud subIue all heats, ana
make conquest Of every mind; when. i'm
act, it IL because his words are those nC
The common people, and his passions
md emotions, his loves and hates tho>c
IF mankind ut large, that he is rccogniz-
I'd by all as the Interpreter Of hopes af-
ectionS, aspirations, and ideas familiar
% every one, but far too subtle for ade-
luate expression from all; tits ''tomake
he whole word kim" This is. what
Burns did, aS none hefure him had done,
md is none after him has vet succeeded
II doing. .....
Bret Harte, poet far above
lie average, Il wit and humorist, essay
'd to 'build throne on humble truth"
md he succeeded in winning wide
anne. He presented the humorous as
'ect of California life, single phase Of
Is "humble truth, " in the dialect Of the
mines, and he made the milliuns laugh.
The account Of "Ah Sin" is not surpaSs-
d in its own peculiar vein in the Ian
Bret Harte is not Robert
}urns He is not nearer being 50 than
and yet if he had been CO.
emporary of the Bard of Rydal Mount,
le would, by his Wit and hum0r, have
the Lake School from the
ontcmpt into which it has fallen.
The rabhlC Of imitatnrs of Bret Hartc,
nd the seeming success they have met
With, though destitute of all his real
merits, calls for a brief analysis. The
'oets, as an almost universal rule, to
mpluy a military figure, fire abuve the
cad, uf the multitude To meet with
.puCtry' in words which the million
ompreheud; tu find in verse the every
ay vulgarity aud profanity of the dat