New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-29

And So when her time OF mourning was over, sue
went 10 Court Aud in her first sight OF the Prince eaen
read the Others heart She went back, next day 10 er
country seat And soon, on "a bright noar morning
the Prince mounted his horse ioi' sIhoo 'n"' ine"' wv
sole thought had pursued him.
What recompense for me who have not sown
The seed and reaped the harvest OF my daysi
Youth passes like a bird; but love alone lin
Makes wealth Of riches, power Of rank mems praise
goodly sound. OF such things nave augntf
There Is a foil TO make their substance haughI
"Wbat were his gifts who made each lovely thing,
Vel lacked the gift OF lovoi OF what the fame
OF some dwarfed poet whose numbers SIM We sing
II no fair woman trembled where lie came
Tie beggar diving in ditch is not aceuIst ..,
II love once crowned him Fate may do her worst
For Age that erst has drawn the wine Of love
And filed ITS birth-cup 10 the je%eled brlin,
And while II sparkled, held IL high above,
And drained it slowly, swiltly,,then thougn I'll"
Grow the blurred eyer, ana comfort ana uesFe
Are but the ashes OF their ancient ihe'
Yet will it bide its exit in content.
Remembering the past, nor grudge, WIN noar ,
And ravenous look, the youth we nave not spent
No earthly sting has power 10 ma IL noIe
II lived aud loved. was young, ana now Is oiu'
And life is rounded like ring oil goid'
Thereat with sudden rein the Prince wheeled horse
And sought pathway that he long had known
Yet stunned iii now. Beside waIer-course
IL led him for a winding league ana zone
Then made rugged circuit where the brook
Down "a steep ledge OF rock ITS piuhses 'ooA'-
And ended az an open sward, the same
Against whose edge TIE loailng eatara n det
FroIn those hign cliff. Five years ago nc came
10 lnry youth and love within that dell,
And as again ne reached the spot no Sought, :,
Truth fame his child the Queen, were ali as haughI
And so Love conquered the pure DiaineleSsncss Va
the "blaneess Prince "love which never comes twice
., , mon which NAV be held in check, shut up In
dungeons. fastened down with chains, but OF which
wrote solomon the Wise Many waters cannot quehVn
IT, neither can the foods drown IT,"
The great dramatic power OF the poem-and IL Is
little short OF WAREHOUSES; in the picture OF the douce
life Of the Prince thereafter. The Queens happiness
a. 4 fiona nf
and duty all Che links OF his outward life held Hun to
her, and ,. -. .i
Ofbroken faith no SURFING OF ms part
HetTavrd him TO the courtiers the wife.
When he met his love among the ladies Of his wifcs
train,
They were ar strangers. III was Il pain
To pass 80 coitly on, in loves despite,
IL was ioy 10 hear each others tone
And keep the lifelong secret stiii their owo.
SO posscd the STAGES o. glorions reign.
The Queen m tranquil goodness reached her noon
The Prince wore ye ar DY year BIS double cham;
His mistress kept her secret ike the moon
That hides one-half its spendOr and it, shade;
And newer times aud men theic entrance made
But did these two, who took their secret fill
or stolen waters, hud the greater bils5
They sOugnt3 A. hrst 10 meet and part at VIII
Az even the sense Of guilt made s1ch delights
More WOrtb as one We call tue Wlscs. Wriles'
Rat with the later years Time brought about
Hs famed reveuges. Not mat love grew cold
The lady found cause 70 dOuDt
That with the Prince his passion Kept It's hold;
And while their loved are loyal TO them yet
lis not the wont Of woman 10 regret
Yet twas her lot TO live "a one whose wealth
Is in another's name; 20 sigh AZ fate
That hedged her irom possession; save by stealth
And trespas, on the guiieess Queens estate
To see her lover farthest when most near
Nor dare before tDe world TO make HIM dear.
OFT when his comrades sang tender strain.
And music. talS, and wine, Outlasted night.
Rose IN the Princes throat this sudden tide,
and IL also know where love dOtl hihe u
Yet stilI the seals were ever on his mouth;
No heart one. his 10y aud dole might share.
Passed on tue Winters ram aud Summers dtouthj
Friends more and more, and loyers true, the PAIR,
Though life lis passion and it's youth had spent,
SILL kept their faith as seasons came and went
But at last the Prince, though his love had neither
wavercd grown cold, could bear 10 wear his
mask no longer. lie must be what he seemed,
or he must what he was-and, since has
love might not be confessed before all men, he must
Stake his souls thirst at that sweet fountain
again. He had grown old, you see, and wse-he had
had his dayAnd now, the night being nearly come, he
must 20 peacefully TO his rest Andshe, who loved him
always better Than herself did not oppose HIM. But
the heart Of the Prince was heavy, as he rode away
feeling himself an exile. on his way, Wild storm
up; and suddenly oak upreut and thrown
his path, bearing him down to death II In the
brief instant Of the shock, bis parting son could realize
his doom, he glad, no doubt. His exile over.
No moro need OF mask shamC-nO weary, lonesome
days-nO duties cOldlY dOne-thls the end indeedl
And the Queen and the kingdom mourned for him.
I would prefer that tho poem were concluded here.
Thus had the Queens pride been spared and her breast
been rent only with the sweet sadness with which we
mourn the beloved dead. that shall 20 TO them
And would not justice have been dealt to the
woman who sinner II she had been left alone in
the empty world, with the right TO weep
side the tomb OF her loyel Surely this the fitting
end hut, instead, have tue confession Of the cham
a tfn
doubt and wholly justaLe, but unioyey-the fair.
fond beauys death. and then the Queens own trayIc
going out OF life, slain by her broken heart when she
had ed herself 60 through the ceremony OF
covering the Princes monument TO the people, paying
this last honor to bw who had deceived and betrayed
her As this brief sketch will YOU "Thc Balneless
Prince" is poem Of great dramatic power. OF intense
interest and fun OF human pain and passion that mo
read IL unmOved.
have dwelt it long that have left myself no
space 10 speak OF the classic grace aud perfectly Greek
atmosphere Of "Aleety6n or the awe-inspiring
power of which ar Macdonough has well said that II
blends pathOs with soemuty, aud quickens the vivid
mental Image With spiritual tbrill-displayed by Mr..
stedman in such poems Spoken at sea-" "The
Dukes Exequy,"" The Assault by Night" and The
Old Admiral" But must omit to give you speci-
men of his light and playful mood. as for instance:
ToUJoURs AMOUR.
prithee tell me, DinlleChin,
At what age docs Love begin
Your blue eyes have scarcely seen
Summers three, fairy queen,
Bat q miracle OF sweets,
soft approaches, sly retreats,
Show the little archer There,
Hidden IN your pretty hair
When didst learn heart 10 VIM
Prthee tell me- Dimple-Chnl
on Z" the rosy lips reply,
IL can't tell you If try
IT'S so long can't remembers
ASK some younger lass than 1 -
Tell. o tell me, GrzzedPace,
no yonr heart and head keen nacey