The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-18
. rho Poet at the Breakfast gable"

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holiness "Poet NJ inc
Breakfast Table" In the january 40. VI
the atlantic Monthly, is somewhat III Inc ''''
cc"Thc Autocrat," and opens tnns: ,.
"The idea of a mans Intervening nnh-
so,r is rather odd, TO be sure: but then uS,
g. ,,h,t v.c are ali Of us doing every day.
an holf fhe time 10 find out my own
thn,,~hts rs n schooi-boy turns ms PocHe'S
inSiIn ont to ace what is i'll them. lie pfihss
+, Iight All sorts of personal properly nc iiao
forgotten in his inventory.
Tncn comes what tho Doctor calls "a one
sided dialogue" with legislator, VINO Is 1i'ss
described:
,,'I. and TO tell the truth, rather like to
r,r,r him. lie stirs me up, and finds me oc-
c,,p,tion in various ways, and especially De-
rausc he has good solid prejudices that one
can rub against, and so get up ana let OH
,uDer,icial intellectual irritation, ju.t as the
cai,I, RIB their backs against rail you re-
member sydney Smiths contrivance in his
IVA .turel or their sides against an apple tree
II don't know why they take TO these SO par
ticularlv, but YOU will often find the trunk o,
an annie tree rs brown and smooth as al, oiu
,,d,,tr at the height OF Il COWS ribs. thlilR
thov hcciu rubbing in cold blood. and then,
ynu know. fdppCtt cIem Gu Wdh9c".. ,ne
n,nrn they rub the more they want TO. nat
!. t,c way TO Use your friends prcludlccs.
rms Is sturdy-looking parsonage, OF
= rrno1 deal more than middle age, his face
n: .r!,cd with strong. manly burrows, RECORDS
~: hard thinking aud square. stand-up nSn's
with life and all it, devils. There Is siiGht
touch O; satire in his discourse now ana llch,
and an odd way of answering one tiiat iih'hes
il hard 10 guess how much more OF less III
means than he seems 10 say. But he Is hoh-
ct, and always has q twinkle III his eye 10 put
YOU on your guard when nc does hot ''i,.ii
T. he taken oute literally. | think old Ben
Franklin had lust that look. know his
gre, grandson {in paccN lad it, and don't
,,ouI,t h took il in the straight line Of de-
scent, as h, did his grand intellect.
Alter this is the story of "Thc Gambrcl-
Rooted House and its Outl0ok-a Panorama,
with { de-Slows"-wlich it must lie coi-
f.sse i, rather hcavy-and, TO wind UP the
=. ~,,,,ar. - poem called "Ilomcsick in lea
yrr." !,c opcning verses Of which are as 1o'-
vs.:
go eek t,llr cart-nin si:t"rs-;lts TIC olce
.rn.- nil ,t,y- the sad and siI"ul three:
y l,,.,n,,iv. nniic The hosts Of Heaven rejoice.
Siai!c never: ask ti"i" what tier s"rr""" he'
,nlvlcn The scc,ct Of their grief they tell,
Look on them with thy mild ;ti!- itlInan c!",,'
g., g'u,i Ihun vast Oh earth tiinu knn"csl "ch'
- .a!l thy cease tro'n ''lIaNallinS s:e'i'.
--.liv ,l:s. als,r;--thc s"ii-"lhgc hcl'i' SfaNV-
s,tt yc with silent Hrs and unsir"ng Tyres
VINE he tr.stgion'> blending clIcia'S wake
In ,hollt, OF joy from all the heavenly ciiore;
f.hIdc not thy sistcrs-tus the answer can't
Children OF earth. our half w,silie nature ci!hPh
- r,'. fond memories. and her Whispered ltc
Ju;uncs our Gui:cri!g ilps-our &!d"cncd stEliiS''
Ir.r tho n, We loved, and where we love is home,
tom, That oar feet may leave bli! nor our ttiiS'
Though DER IT'S shine the jaSp'i-'ighcd d"nc
'ilc tlatin may lcngt!cn, but II nc'cr l'TI''