The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-09-26
For the Huntington Argus.
4. ENANDER POP.

>hputu never lhNote ANY uihn te he great
or be he small This, taNem without re-
striction, is productive of much useless
labor and is traught with consequences
painful and gloomy Why not take the
the results which others have spent thcir
lives to obtain1 Why stumble on aud
make the very same blunders that others
have madel Originality in any sphere is
fine thing, very fine thing, vet it may
cost too much. think we should initiate,
notservilely, hut To a reasonable de,r, e, X.
men, all those who have in any way ameli.
GRATED the condition ofthe masses. all those
who have polished society aud lifted il To
higher state OF existence, and all those
who have led the human mind nearer ta
! to God. Nor should we be So circumscrib-
ed in our views as to confne ourselves TO
Americas distinguished sons We should
he more catholic in our spirit \ trip
across the Atlantic now aud then can do
us no possible injury.
OF all European nations, England per
haps exerts the greatest, best aud most
beneficial influence upon uS, our manners.
customs, and opinions presume | shall
not transcend the limits OF truth to say
that Englands galaxy Of authors, particu-
lar Poets, shines with a brighter and stead
Ter luster than any other.
Among her celebrities none presents n
more cheering picture of allen: battling
with poverty that does Alexander Pope -
There are hours when in the midst of
penury, misiortunes, heartach IS, and head
aches, We need an example to di-pel the
blackness of despair, and to let the sweet
blue sky oi hope peep through. There can
he found nowhere in the annals o, the
world, II man who accomplished more 10y
patient and inccs@ant industry than Pope
lie lived in the land OF aristocracy, blue
blood, and snobbery, where Titled man
stood in lieu OF both merit and brains lie
was the son OF poor linen draper, and,
in addition to this calamity, was iilicted
with three Of the worst diseases to which
man is heir Too weak to work, his mind
was early inclined to hooks Like Watts
he hal n natural, inherent, irresistible
bent towards rhyming. lie says OF him-
self
II lisPed in numbers, for the numbers came"
accepted sense Of that term Most people
think genlu- is person who performs
herculeau and impossible tax, without
either labor or exertion. Pope was just
the Opposite of that lie WAS patient.
assiduons, interchangeable student No other
man ever worked 50 hard with such
wretchtd aud mser .ble physical constitn-
ton Every one oi his productions is an
elaborate lucubratiou on which the smell
Of lamp oil is plainly di-cernihle. On every
line the traces Of his merciea-, aud inexrr-
able ii e are visible Unlike most authors
he never Dashed of an article IN a
moment, or IL day. On the contrary he
spent months, even years upon his most
trivial pieces Dryden or Ben Jonson or
Congr,ye would have written volume
while Pope Jagged at a slugle page Yet
his page will iveand he read aud pra -ed
when every word OF Dryden aud all his
school will be forgotten.
Pope was e-enual'y a literary drIdse
There WAS no accomplishment, however
minute, to which he DID not attend lie
sought two great object, both Of which
lie composed: Weaih N Famc Luck
Ter tar than the vast majority OF poets and
litefau Of every cas-, Le amu--ed hand-
some iorune from hs poctcal productions
and lived to enjoy a fame commensurate
with the literary worll Milton died u
blind pauper G illmiti after walking al
over Europe was burcl at the public ex-
pensei chill penary iron. the gen al cur.
rent o' th; Ayrc-h.rc Ploushman'. heart
aud the same unreasonable aui capfirion.
public that let hiu suffer Tor bread raised
a mnusoeum To- his memory. verifying hi.
own worls-'llra-kel for bread. AMI be
received stone Byron siuandered a
rrInseIy par'm"ny aud died insolvent
while the great aud learned Samuel john.
TON ifaggcl Our AN almost in,oler,b'r ex-
is ence IN London carr but = happ rr
Ia was Popes quito early go Iie hc
Numbered among h.- friends aud p,troas
'l the mobiles anil genry Of England, m
consequence of which wealth h.wei into
h- "oil'r.i and hr hcrme rich ry rich
While %, c,u never rank viii, Milton.
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