New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-16

D.
C..r sn.cch H. confusion:
Nruar. but tie Empty
Rotations OF Time.
This is followed by the choir of The Serpents'
and The Wolves" who form part of the prefer
natural concert, and are at length interrupted by
Odin. the dread Deity Of the North, who speaks
j. silent! o. arc not sons Of Fcnrir's race;
The huge. the fierce OF fang! What will we mere
Where even Gods grow uiin a.td scarce pcuou
1bclnselv-s o. Lear the echo of their speechf
Mr.Iiuks slept, but for how long time
know rot dreams, or memories OF nome,
Surround still, aud sonnet ing cold remote
s .lnc ri ie resemblance of the world sWayeu,
D,ylvCs ny waning power. once more sPcaA'
ANA marvel at The accents. sealed SO long
iiCt v ho art thou, the dark OF aspect, here
T,olga LOST capacity for wrath would fam
Ass.rt Itself, a:.d shape thine ancient threal'
Gar thee not.
Tohim the sorabor shade who proves to be the an
eioht God Perun, replies:
Yet was feared erewhie.
Older Than thou, and mlghIler, Dat gave
5ly f,ctsiool. not my throne, when came tiny reign
held scep;er sill ana t on 6l ;5 s st9hcS'
FJosi-rarved aud thunder-polishcd. took the blood
OF sccrc worship. heard the fierce appeals
Tnat hall Imp3Ored my favor, half dened.
Iruled by night Of eldest cruelty ,,
The savage strength of man renewed my he,
And sin Ienews, though all my frame is lean
All racked with hungor-but 1 not dead
The scene is brought to close by dialogue the
orototyre of which can be found only in of the
wonderful creations of The medieval painters
VOICE FROM SPACE.
Lo! am that am
A. A Ps ao9:
We canno; understand Thee. vet we bow,
Aid, without knowledge. own Thee: are we Thine,
Or shall cease when men no more peheVef
VOICE FROM SPACE.
Mine ye: also Mans
We feel. and must
Acknowledge Thee. Our questioning is vain
And selfbetrayng since to G1es IT. mis- is
Who knowest, but who wilt lot answer us
Through force or love learned the newer worship,
And taught our children other than our fathers
We Cied to keep them in their sacred houses,
We lived to crown them rulers OF the nations
But they forget, they perish OF desert US,
Too weak, without us, to become immortal
They change like us, yet claim TO SIT above us,
Our likenesses, of granGer limb and feature,
OF stronger hate and lust, aud CENTER ply
We grope for something which our hands can cling to,
Our eyes behold; our minds accept and fathom
As they were not-yet must we fear and worship.
We are now transported to Greece before the ruins
Of Doric temple, on a headland above the Egean
Sea. The song of "The Trees" and The Rivers"
b heard at early dawn.
TREES.
Barrenly murmur through manifold branches,
Answer the pillows that tumble ashore,
Blossom or strip III the march of the seasons.
We arc but sport of the winds, and no more!
Shadow we give them where once we were holy,
Lntel aud beam for the being they stole;
Service for sacrifice, litter for garlands.
Desolate cold is the shell of the Dryad
Still are the dances, the oracles dumb:
Pharmacies Of old we are sighted as strangers.
6horn Of our honor IN ages to come!
THE RIVERS.
We are loud and silent. we hasten and daily,
We bless and waste as In days that arc dead;
We dance on the hillside and sleep in the valley,
With the rocks as q cradle the reeds as bed
But the nymphs Of our fountains leave them INTENDED
The term OF human beauty is ended,
And its liquid graces shall never return.
We bless and waste, we speed IN our courses,
urge and P9 3de we T eaeer and ea forces
Servants and lovers and lords OF all!
The movement of Life, in the tides pour,
Still bind us 20 men, with secret token,
And keep us kindred, though none adore!
"The Mountains" and 1.-THE Sea" then speak in
mystic song; Jove, Elohim, Ormuzd Ahriman, Man.
Apollo, and Emmanuel join in the rhythmical dis
course which begins to throw a brighter light on
the spirit and purpose of the strange poem. The
influence Of Greek culture and of Christian dis
e.pline is presented in powerful antithesis:
MAN.
We found the Gods above ancient idols,
An WOrshipci them with voice and deed and duty.
Each was unquestioned. each august and awful,
And, knowing him, we rested IN the knowledge.
We grew in power, builded towns and temples;
We wrought the wider fabric Of the nations,
We made the forces which we feared obey u.s.
10! now, their spirits as our own in battle,
Stand face 70 face their dark or shining legons
We yield 10 Law, we seek eternal Justice,
W. love the Good, yet we accept the EVIL,
We love lives, cling TO Joy and beauty,
We render penence, We pray for pardon,
We look past death TO some serene Hereafter.
Which OF these things Of ours shall we surrender
Tney were DestoGed: how can they be divdedf
Shall we be umpires in the high, supernal
Debate OF Gods. or Is there One beyond them
Whom we have heard, through them, in changing
yOieesi
Then come Thou near, enlghten and console usi
Take own shape, he guide and God, yet brother!
APOLLO.
I come, your shepherd Of the sunny hills
In TLessaly, who iIO,n the rCcdy pipe
AllureG the hidd sweetness of your breath
And made music OF your empty lives
Taught ye beauty, harmony, aud grace;
lifted and ennobled ye; clothed
Your limbs with glory and your brows with song.
Nature, the hard un'riendly mother gave
Her sweetest milk 10 noursh We anew,
And all her forms. as lovers q friends,
Moved Ia your life, and led your shining march
or ages, as "a triumph. Still walk,
Though unacknOwledged, filling hungry ears
With purer sound, and Frightening weary eyes
With visions Of the beauty thai may 10.
FJF Beauty Is the order Of the Gods,
The ether breatled alone by souls upft
IL aspiration, and the crown or ALL
Save whom dumb darkness and the bestial life
Tread out 81 being. ReaclSDS her, ye 1--we.
MANUEL
Che is not Love. know thy proud pure face
il temples where the Truth 81 ught through me-
did my Fathers Will come unto me,
ka lanN LODI. .arf.g