The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-22
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Tim rods Poems.


'are Shortly toF be published by Messrs.
Hale &Son. OF Philadelphia. The book
as to be edited by Mr., Pan; q. Hayne.
and, the entire proceeds from its sale will
be appropriated to the benefit and relief
ef Mrs. Timrod. r In, the publishers, ;the
editor, the poems aud the objects to be
'subserved by their sale, we have meeting
revery condition which should induce
laage aud liberal subscription. Here
where the poet lived and labored the last
tfe~ FsarsJot his life, and died In destitu
ton, leaving q young and dependent
Is family behind him, the appreciation Of
.shis tsorks should be marked and gene.
'ruus.5 When Timrod died bright light
went ont, but it will be pleasing task to
collect it's scattered rays again, aud have
s7t shine in serene and steady splendor
sfixed star in our poetioal armament. His
spoams only need publication to make
xheir merits known. Once fairly before
ths world, they will plead their own
-cause, aud establish their claims to its
Elosoand admiration. In contributing to
Abring' this result about we assist to give
~ the poet his proper place in American
''5lterature, and minister to the comfort Of
those tender and helpless ones in whom
This heart nestled. These are objects
which every generous person will delight
! ta-promote.
SInuaaaiug Timrod's poems, even the
*~smallest, we always discover clear
thought, brilliant conception. con-
'veyed in language that is direct. scholar
-sly,.tender and artistic. He never writes
"\npon airy nothings, or himsy conceits,
and merely pretty triaes. There is ever
ss.something worthy in view. either grand
kin nature, glorious in memory and asso-
Citations, or stirring and exciting in it's
present living aspects and relations.
And in the handling OF his well-ohosen
themes. there is absolute. freedom from
.mistihess. His drapery is light. pic
'tunesaee and exquisite,a : and admirably
serves to bring out the inner thought or
<seutiment ofrhis TOPICS in clear relief
'and vivid outline. Never poet lived, We
suppose, whose conceptions and their
treatment in words were more worthy of
each other. In clearness, tenderness
and Sdelicacy, he is unsurpassed by any
,.oRef Of his brethren on the American
.Psrnassus. He deserves to rank with
She highest of them. In fact, we do not
know his superior in certain qualities,
some Of which we have mentioned.
Timrod's father was likewise poet of
40 mean order. The Forthcoming vo-
lame will .embody the poems of both
ssire and son. The editor. Mr. Hayne,
will give an account OF Timrods life,
laying bare it's charming simplicity, and
6tly portraying the love and sympathy
(which 80 gentis spirit, aud 80 true a
,genius, attracted around him.
We are not familiar with the poems of
the father. nor have we seen those of the
son for several years. But once read,
they make an impression not to be for
gotten. As specimen of the elder
Timrod's exquisite deiicaoy and felicity
of thought and expression, We insert be-
low sonnet, (sent to us by friend.) so
,pure, SO snffused with tenderness, that it
might have dropped from the Paradise il
describes. It ia entitled "Autumn Day
lin Carolina
Sleeps the soft south-nursing it's iolicate
breath,
To fan the first buds OF the early spring;
and summer, signing, mourns his faded
wreath,
Its many colsred glories whitening
Beneath the kisses of the ne e1-waked North,
Who yet In storms approaches not. but
.smiles
On the departing season and breathes forth
fragrance as of summer, till at whiIes,
All that is sweetest in tho varying year,
SCENE softly blent in ono delicious hour,
Waking dim visions OF some former sphere
Where sorro ws, such as earth owns had nc
power
20 veil the ohangeless lustre OF the skies,
And mind and matter formed one Paradise
at is stated definitely that Mr.. Schuy.
der Oolfax does not take editorial charge
-of the New York Tribune. We cannot
gag that We are sorry. In the Tribune
we are accustomed to the terse and