New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-14
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o,,,o eorr PIE Couatg Ballads which com
&c his Volume and are certainly much me mI oes'
snug in It, two, namely LtHe b,eeeteS Jo nST"tcd
ion have already appeared In these Coi9musi luot ;d
we wcro struck by their kyaI npJ bsT I'm iSeT rst
tbe iSnt Sill though our readers are tonaoH ll ANA
with MIR John Hays two mos, suSGSt1 V,Ti c sad
peitb.r az he other two PIKE County Ba;aus S"i S @
IN rSch oue the same high level e, tele Is
excirse in their formal aGeow ibr rsroons of his
"a Sr Jew criticisms on these fresh ana .SoIvuI
BALLADS hich thew aTe followed, is not because they
81, in any wav unworthy OF theli HUi, 1 onI thcv
nav litie beyond the line of avcrage abhty atsasu
e. clever men who write Nefc ~ d 20 .s ,bat NJ
~ @ Storcstiug 10 us. We learn from them ihU mr.
ya! strongly the liberal sympatmes OF an repup
Leans in relation 90 European an' e t ho d tbat
MAT he feels he with more tna ,io 1n,, .
amoun Of freshness and force Bui ~ %o , T0t me IL
- soeak of nc bulk Of the poems when ioioW e 1
%o,.j RIIIIds as in sny way remarkable IL is ny inc
class OF ballads Of which Litie f are as
W the only specimens, That Mr. Hay seems NJ pr'Soh
ynosi likely 10 win his place in American literature
uTsi NO. tho specially distinguishing characteristic OF
,hesc eve CO,lu BALLADS, hui rather OF an nIIo.ons
American verse rom the Bigow Ballads 10 Bret larte -
In Rrti 'monns and Mr. Hays that they treat with
certain grim familiarity and audatl'y tnc NUS
and ey, awful scenes and topics, not necessarily Tever
an f,r some of their authors NOTABLY Mr. Lowell and
M flaw seem generally to find their hWnor puoonns up
fional and intense moral faith the cutanGulled con-
srience nf au insnoeTe wOrlc-but not hleNcrcH2 at
least with Startling selipOsscsslOh anu "o5ioe III i
s,IcalaScu1nt and standardization WIS IKE spun uhl
faith generally implies in the Old world IN auIllIape
cyanide nj fis kind of Oi-han1cd casySolng ilth Is
d. ballad of Little Broeches' ITSELF with ITS throwo
rennjating the notion of going much on religion, ana
lis .cndiug explanation of why, though the sup
eoscd writer don't pan out the prophets ana lIee,
will ana that sort O. thing yet he has "bheyed IN Cod
and the ANGELS ever GcnCe one night last spring Inc
baIsd relates how the narraOrs fOurycarod little boy
WIS carried OF from inn door by the alarmed team OF
Ills vgeo which dashed into the deep snow OF the plal
Iie duuug the drivers mUmentaIy absence III the mn
how The wagon found upset and the horses buried III
SHOW, ana tie child was discovered IN htlguporlhs
anbioid sitting quite snug among the lambs ana cAip
ing as peaTt ever you see
e" q chaw Of terhacser,
ArL that's whsts tie matter Of me-
TheTCup0n the ballad concludes:
How Id G thar Angels.
He couli never lave walked IN that so-E
TncJ Jest soooTel down aad told Aia
To shsri. was safe and
A7iI think that saving ltle cl1,
And bringing him 20 his
Isl dCrnel sydt bette. business
losiug TIE Throne"
There Is clearly nothing rrcverent in angels "scoopns
down and tutng" little boy to where it is safe anC
warm. though the praseology is undoubtedly OF lee
and-eaSy kind, and requires 40 awe OF those supeTnlui
beings: iudeed-iar from awC-there Is disposition u
dispute with the angels their proper function III ne am
them oil the cOutemplatve joys usually alo et
them in spiritual world, which seems to bespeak
mind extremely satisfied with ITSELF ard by no mean
disposed to repent If the style Of education dcDt
atey bcs low cd Little BTeeches who, we are tOd