The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-15
MORRIS.
A RACY AND ELOQUENT Lie
TURE
IMAGINATION D1SHED UP IN
AN APPROVED STYLE

Last night Mr.. Morris, in his fine lee
turo on imaginalion, might have quotcl
as a fine specimen of imaginative writing
aud as perfectly descriptive of the
weather, Byrons famous lines descriptive
of storm 10 the Alps. I! is true, tho
1.-Two thunder didn't leap from ctag to orag
the rafting peaks among, but only be-
cause there were ne ctags in this vicinity
to permit tho amusement OF lcsplng, but
thunder Followed with q low voice, the
lightning flashed and the rain poured
down in torron;s-honos. torrents, after
It got under good Roadway. 81: not
wi;hstanding tho weather the school room
Of the high school building was crowded
with an spprocia!.yo audience 90 iialon TO
tho lecture. 1t was Il success in every
sonse, and Mr. Morris should feel na,ior.d
blythe attention tha. was paid to him. II e
logan by sayine
l have selected IA tho subject of few
remarks, with no aim at instruction-- I'M
agina,ion," and perhaps / should have
added, Anticipation, as IL is SO intimately
connected with the Imagination. We first
imagine, then anticipate. Imagination
pictures and promiscs to anticipation the
joy and pleasure or the. pain and sorrow
Of what wl aftorward experience, though
j. n often does this unthruthfully as hon
es.ly.
We speak Of imag. nation in connection
with poetry md the fine arts. We say Of n
( beautiful painting or anexquisits piece of
s;atuafy: "Nhst an Imagination It's
author must have ~ and yet this may not
! be true
II the painting be copy Of natural
Landscape representing every iill and val
leg, rivyie. AM shrub--in fact, as nearly
as can be, an exact copy Of tho natural
scene, then imagination had nothing 10
do 10 It's production. Ii Bicrstadts Yo-
semitic valley or Church's Heart Of the
Andes are faithful, correct 70 nature, then
Imagination may lave had little TO do in
producing them. IL the Greek Slave be
copy %. sarae other piece OF sculpture,
then the imagination Of Powers had little
20 do 10 it, production; but If the subject
of the painting or sculp.u rc does not, in
/ reality. exist. or the artist has not had it
FOR his rnolel but only seen il with his
/ "mini's eve which is the Imagination,
then it is The 'rui: Of the imagination FIRST;
and then. with the assistance Of bis skin,
I it il prclUcsl to the natural owe but in
this case Tie beautiful form did fret ey-
j.: in the Imagination Of Powers. lie
saw as plainly the exquisits form and
( grace Of tho beautiful figure before as af-
ter bi; chissl had modelled it. II was but
q transfer O.; il from his Imagination 10 the
marble that The world nigh. see, admire
/ and love i..
. 1 Of u-.fr IN
nection With poetry, and very properly
TOO and. for this reason | much dislike
/ a definition of it given by Webster, in
whi,h be simply calls it metricsl compo-
/ siiion-rhyme think thora is much
/ rhyme which should not he honored by
the name poetry. According TO this def
milton
on gnuHrr bili q great way Oh
/ "a bull frog died with the WhuOpiug cough
/ should be digniled by the name Of poetry
"a much rs
GOOD moves ia mysterious way
His wonder, 10 perform.
Hc plaHt- his footsteps in the seas.
And rides upon The Storm
The lecturer then proceeded to define
poetry, prefsrring Coloridees definition
to Websters. Poetry be said, "mu.t
appeal to our emotions Of love or pity
the grand, the majestic or tho beautiful,
In short, it must touch sympathetic cord
in our nature, or it IS not poetry"
Mr.. Morris then read sympathetic
poem, in his peculiar manner, AMI every
boly-langhcl.
Imagination, tho lecturer asserted, must
enter into music, and illustrated the prop.
ositon at some length.
Oratory, too, requiroi Imagination, and
in this connection Mr.. Morris gave a very
happy imitation Of Cough.
The actor must also be possessed Of i'm
agina.ion or ho cannot achieve greatness
Mr.. horri5 then passed 10 q humorous
treatment of his subject, and depicted the
disappointment. Of tho man who, with
nothing, imspin mos that when 10 gathers
81, 900 no will be- satisfied. When he has
boarded that amount, no is poorer than
whom no began to save. lIo wants more.
Tho poor man is as rich ~ tho rich man,
if be can only thinl; 90. Riches are oil in
the Imagination.
We cannot VIC regret 20 say riya tho
lecture in full, although it merits publica-
ton. But then NO could not produce the
lecturers inimitablo manner, md that wss
more than half the address although the
matter WAS most excellent
The Imagination of the father picturng
the future of his boy, Of that of tho boy
looking forward with tho cyos Of hope,
Of tina. Of tho Christian anticipating the
great hereafter, wero pictured in happy
style.
Imagination working wondcrs in tho
night time, and Tightening tho timid from
thor propric'y, was skilliully and humor-
ously handled, and the InRg ination Of the
business man who persists IN believing
somebody ia trying to injure his business
was used to produce pleasant smilo.
Then camo II pleasant tumble Of anoc-
dote and expressions full of wit and quio.
humor, hearable, sniablo and laughablo.
The sun story was particularly happy
and indeed, al! this portion Of tho lecture
WAS inimtsbe. We wish we could give
it to our readors but we cannot.