New-York tribune., 1873-09-04

Those eyes meath which my passionate rapure rose
The arms, hands, feet, the beauty tnat eIeWhne
Could my own soul from its own self beguile'
And in a separate world OF dreams enclose,
The hairs bright tresses full of golden glows,
And the soft lightning Of the angelic smile
That changed tins earth to some celestial lsie,
Are now but dust poor dust, that nothing knows
And vet live Myself greve and scorn,
Left dark without the light loved IN vain'
Adrift IN tempest on a bark fOrlorn;
Dead is the source Of all my amorous strain,
Dry the channel of my thoughts outworn,
And my sad harp can sound but notes OF pam
OF still another, Col. Higgnson says;
The following sonnet to the most stately and
concentrated in the whole volume t u the suDiiniV
Of a despair not 10 be relieved by utterance'
SONNET 253.
So1Ga nd MO cor" .
She ruled in beauty O'eT this heart OF mine,
A noble lady In humble home
'Tis / am mortal proved, and she divine.
The soul that all It's blessings must resign,
And love whose light no more on earth finds room
Might rend the rocks with pity for their DOOM
Yet none their sOrrOws can IN words enshrine;
They weep within my heart; and ears are dear
Save mine alone and am crushed with care,
And naught remains 10 me mOurnful breath.
Assuredly but dust and shade are,
AsSuredly desire is blind and brief,
Assuredly ITS hope but ends In death
Ieave the rest unquOted with regret and wish that
all The sonnets of Petrarch could be thus exquistely
rendered. and embamed in a volume for which Milais
and Rosseti and the Frcnchman Harmon should furnish
the Illustrations and the choicest arts of printer and
hinder should conspre 10 set forth as marvel Of beaut
full book making.
have left myself room in which 10 speak OF three
or four more essays good enough make the of
an ordinary book Our author has illustrated in this
volume his remark that the best observer in the
end is not he who works the microscope telescope
increasingly, but he whose whole nature becomes
sensitive and receptive, drinking in everything like
sponge that sauaes itself with all floating yapors and
odors though it seems inert and unsuspicous until you
press IT, and it tells the tale Odport Days" is real
addition TO our literary wealth-delicate dainty.
thoughtful and tender IL should be beloved by gentle
readers as are the essays of Ella and Of Leigh Hunt
really remarkable book is The Fair God; Or The
Last OF the Tzns" by Maior-Gen Lew Wallace, which
Osgood Co are also speedily TO publish. 1t is tale
OF the Conquest Of Mexico and transports the reader
10 that epoch and fires him with its entnusasms, in
manner which little short of mastery In the last
half of the book especially soldiers wild delight III
battle. and a brave mans worship OF bravery animate
the descriptions All interest somehow goes with
the Azecs Pagans though they were, they nober
in the worship Of their Gods than the spaniards in their
vaunted devotion TO the true faith, and their
burning lust for gold. You follow with tbreathess
eagerness the bitter fortunes and daring bravery OF the
last Tin; and you understand what Draper means
when he accuses spain Of having crushed ont from
Mexico "a civilization that might have instructed
Europe" There ia wonderful glory and glitter of gold
and silver and precious stones about the bOOk-an
ArabianKnights layIshDess; which seems, however,
quite keeping with time and place, and not at all
aggerated unnatural As 10 the style OF the romance,
it presents plenty OF far opportunity or criticism
Cen Wallace writes as soldier might, who has laid
down. recently the sword for the pen But there is
so vivid aud picturesque in his book, it
alive and intense, that /, for one, Will
not be ungratefu enough to grumble because
he "clever" sometimes in the English
aud sometimes in the Yankee sense; because
he often a simple, narrative sentence with
verb, as Rode they slowly back :" prefers long
word like superinduced" TO short one ike caused"
Certainly IL is a far enough from the fluent,
graceful perfect English in which OldpOrt Days is
written but. certainly the interest OF the narrative
is vivid enough make you forget all minor defects in
a sympathetic glow Of martial enthusiasm. In the
edition OF brakes Dictionary of Biography the
Of Gen. Wallace is briefly forth l will quote the
passage Tor the benefit OF those who have forgotten the
precise nature of his services and who would like
have definite idea OF the military achievements Of
this newcomer into the field of historical
Wallace, Gen Lewis. born at BrOokvine. Franklin
County. Ind, April TO- 1927 son OF GOV David. Was a
law student at the outbreak OF The Mexican war; aUd, al
the call Tor volunteers, became Lieutenant LIST Indiana
Volunteers After the wall began tine practice Of law in
COvingtoD, Ind- thence removed 10 Charlottesville:
war broke out ne appointed Adiutant-Generai Of
Indiana, and soon after Colonel nth Indiana Volunteers,
with which he fought the battle OF ROmncy and forced
the Rebels 10 evacuate Harper's Ferry. Brigadier-
Geueral Of volunteers. sept s. 1851 led division at The
Major General, dating iIo dirch l. l62 was conspc-
pairing defense, saved Cincinnati from capture by Gen.
KIRBY Smith afterward assigned 10 command OF Middle
Department and Eighth Army Corps headquarters Bal
tiBore, Md with 5sC1 men intercepted Early marching
upon Washington with 2sOOO ana July 1864 fought the
battle OF Monocacy, Nd. Though defeated, he gained
hIs object. viz, timG for Gen. Grant 10 reinforce
the capital City Point. BY order Of
Gen. Hallcck, he superseded by Gen. Ord;
bat when Gen Grant learned the particulars vi
the acuOn hr Immediately reiustgtcd Gen. ". III bis
command, and in ms official report Tor 1865 said: " On
the 9th July) the enemy Eryj occupied HagarstOwD,
moving strong column toward Frederick City. Gen.
Wallace. with Rlckets division aud his command,
the latter mostly and undi Scpned troops, pushed
Out ifom Baltimore with great prOInpn and met the
enemy IA force the MOnOcacy, The crossing of
tue railroad bridge. HIS force not sufficient in
ahOngh IL resulted In defeat TO our arms yet he de
aued te enemy and thereby served 10 enable Wright
! 10 feacl WAsugtOn before Iim.' An acknOwledg-
heht tnat Gen W., by his prumptituGe and irmnes-,
saved ihe capital from capture ht "a most important
Junclure IA tue war: Gen. ". was President OF the
eintions IN Tennessee and Kentucky of court
uAt tired the assaSslns of President Lincoln president
OF court that tried Capt. Wz resigned
az emu OI cDeion' and returned 10 practice law at
! OF the Conquest of Mexico" Boston, 1873.
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