The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-06

As to any actual criticism of Timrods poems,
wo shall :ot attempt it: arc too much over
| sh<dow>d hy the Seuue soleinuity of his beat
! tihi passing n'Tay, to sis calmly down to tho
| work of diss rction. We would as soon think
OF addressing ourselves TO a Tynclall like ana
lJsIs OF the shafts vi l:;Es after Il golden sun
set had melted into our heart, or i,otaniZe over
n splendid Drvonshirc rose mt'icr our senses
! had been witchcd by its subtle power. Thus
much, however, we will say, that these poems
are woud, rtully free from the problem haunt
ea spirit, and the vague unrest and the per
picking mysticism which uudcrlie so much of
modern poetry. They remind us in their fresh
ness, their unrestrai ned pathos, their viz id but
natural emotion, their clear directness their
polished but simple rhythms of n school of
poets widely removed from that of the i,nme-
dlate present. Mr.. Hayne speaks of Timrod
rs having been ut one time an ardent disciple
OF Wordsworth; but he must have outgrown
his enthusiasm, for trace in the present
volume none OF the old Lakers iuflueuce
iere ana mere we perceive an ccho-notbing
more-of tho 1ennJ sonian ring, as in The .1rc-
hc toydger; which, however, was written Mt
an imnatnre age, and in Hark to the Shouting
Htnd. This little lyric is so full of n ia thuni-
loss sorrow that we must quote it:
Hark to the shouting Wind!
And care not though mover zee
A bright blue sky againI
There thoughts in my breast to. dav
But near them in the driving iPHeSs storm.
Ana the roar upon the bea0h
And oh, to be with that shin
That watch through the binding brinel
o. Wind! for thy sweep of land and sea!
o. Seal for a voice Ike thine!
Shout on thou ptiIess Wind
To tho irGhtoned aud flying Rain.
care not though / see
calm blue sky again
To The Piston Of Poesy we feel inclined to
grant higher praise than Mr.. Hayno claims for
IT. AS n whole, it is of very unequal merit
unt the bit of blank verse which links the
two parts together is very beautiful, and in
part second there are some very subtle verses
Soine OF The sonnCts are as artistically mt TO-
gethcr as oven the requirements of Dante Ros-
setti demanded. Here Is ono which comes to
us with tho sacred association of havi ny been
written only three weeks before tho poets
death: 'e'
IN MEMORIAM. r.a4 ..
Truo Christian, tender husband gentle sirnl
Strlcken household muurua thee; bat it's loss
ls h~aHep q gam and thine Upon the I;roas
S s, nhsnGG the crown the ptnion ami the IyIe.
am Ann tn"n hs-t won tGem all Could W e desire
10 qurnoh tGat diAdem a osleh, iai lie hit
10 hnsh tnv song and stay thy henTcuwArd :pht
bocauSo We miss thee by this au an o.
All. mol All, not CHANT on Soar oni Reiyp ouI
FOR We are beEer,-thou art happier rhusl
And hRpl, Tom the spleuhoT of thy
Or bapiY from the echoes OF thN pSHlH,.
something NAV fall upan 1a, lii u the calm
10 which thou shalt hereafter. welcome ust
Into his war poems Timrod threw his in
fenseSt viGor, aud they gOwcd with n fiery
and u consuming patriotism which
onght, even now, though his Vatic uttcranco
proved no prophecy, 60 endear him to the peO- |
pie whose hearts he was once able 60 10 thrill |
U he were living now, the refrain Of his Care |