New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-21
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

RID ROSE AND WHITE ROSE" NEW POEM BY
TIE AUTHOR OF ST. ABE,"-" OLD AND NEW
roR sFPTENBER-EURoPEAN PoLuIcs--A NEW
ENGLAND SPHINX a MYSTERIOUS POEM = A
DOCTOR ON DARwINIsM - FARMERS AND RAIL-
ROADS.
fyRos REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNEJ
Boston, Aug. 49," White Rose and Red'
Aove Story" is strange unequal. faulty, but interesF
Ing poem, about to be published by j. X osgoou W
IL IL by no means as It's name might suggest taie VI
Work and Lancaster. On the contrary, u is Puiet'
American. The hero and the White Rose-oDe VI '
beroines-were born in the State OF MAINE W." -
Red Rose Indian girl born unuer 0'U'lo- -,
such dusky maiden joaquin miller saves 80
delights in IL is let me say distinctly story ~
- ., ar ,,,,res of that class OF mOralists who hold
chat the writer of poetry fiction should CONNIE HUI
.elf 70 the setting forth Of deeds when ne app'o'
the painting OF heroic lives. The hero oi , wv
NAT moral bero-he a stout sinner rather "ouo
like a Hercules handsome as god; out HIS soui -
,naoad he had a soul had never yet been awakeneu'
Ma morality 80 far as he bad any inoi"i'',
IS r,relv conventional; and his selfish nature seemeu
aon stirred by any touch OF remorsefui pty' iet NC
ns after ALL 30 human like unto his orethren' .na'
the srudy OF his character is not uEinstrueuVe Deues
ee,pr wen done as a piece OF literary work Inc poem
has rlarug faults and conspicuous merits. IL mas
erptve passages Of exquisite beauty and u mas also
40 mosaic and commonplace and poor that you
eoula hardly imagine them have come from the same
peu II is written by the author Of st. Abe" who
ever that anonymous scribe may have been. Rumor
has spoken Of Robert Buchanan in connection with 1t,
but do not agree with The book seems to me
the work Of an American No Enelishman would have
been familiar with the spirit of the life in the state
of Maine" The poem is dedicated TO "Walt Whitman
and Alexander Gardiner with all friends In Washing
ton" Its Invocation Z" is modelled on Goethe's
Knowst thou tae Land 2" and is better excuse than
could have expected for retouching chord that
had once gwen forth sweet sound. Here is part
ofu:
Kuow'st thou the Land where the golden Day
Flowers INTO glory and CLOVIS away,
While the Night springs up. as an Indian grl
Clad ~ purple and hung with pearl!
And the wnte Moons heaven rolls apart.
Like bel-shaped flower with a golden heart
kuOw'st thou the Landi
Might with the, o Maid Of my Soul, repair
Know',t thou the Land where the woods are free,
Aud tie prairie rolls as mighty sea,
And over its waves the sunoeans shine,
While ON IT'S misty hOri10n-line
Dark and dun the bufiaioes stand,
Aud the hunter Is gliding gun in handf
Kno"'s' thou II "en' ot0ere, O there.
Might l. with those whose souls are free, repair
Know'si thou the Land where the sun-oirdssong
Fleth the forest all day long,
WHERE an IS music and mirth and bloom,
Where the cedar sprinkles soft perfume,
Where he Is gay as gianeing stream.
Aud all things answer the Poets dreamI
KnOw'st thou tue Landg
O there o there.
Might /, with him who loves my lays. repairi
In th. Southern land Of bloom and beauty the poem