The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-07-10
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| shall sndeavor 10 speak only
u Tho Two srssteas epic authors
Tho cpic poetry 81 Greece. befors
The days u Homer consisted ~ ! more
narration of events. destined 70 please
large assemblies. In Ionia II vas TIM.
The aoarishins ballad waa BY Tho gen.
ius u Homer developed Into the high
90 styls u The epic; ths Ionic dialect
u was, which moulded under tho happy
influence 81 = asrcno sky aud amid tho
most beautiful scenery Of nature. Lad
attained degree " hsxibility. which
made II tho most admirable mc,lium
which poet svcr smployed. It Ind
10 dear and forcibls expression for ~.
sry thought u The mind every passion
u the heart. every shape, sound or
aspect u tho outward world Wlan
tho master hand of Hom~r touched
Tho poetic iyp II gave forth clcarer
and more beautiful tones than had yct
reached thu sn 4 iss lia,~.ing admirers.
Antiquity paid divine honor1 10 his
name. From his poems critics drew
tho lawn of cpIe composition. Ihe
grca.ess poets ofaftcr times felt proud
TO confr,s that they hal imbucd their
poetic inspiration from the inrshauss-
iblc fountain It Homer II must |
bs supposed that Homers genius had
long.tsained l,self n leaA uneonwion,-
y 10 IL great I,estic task, ilc Ind
trisd his power IN hls own lonian tongue
and hs fs.t ~ he heard his sotsml,or.
aries. that they had not yet Touched
tho deepest chord and when hs l'in1olf
came forward 10 Try his hand upon the
lyrs. tho modsssy n he expression aud
tho nobility u hia manner ~ ones u.
cited interest," and commanded tho most
rrofesnd attention. Of what shosld |
NJ alag bas u she wrath of Achilles
no ever ysslhfal hsse IN W lnmsstsl
tals y TSey.
HI keorsgs y soes hseams eosselsus |
n ~ TT shat shs ''1yise 1sgsvs'' q
- eomnoa haad sew swept he slsiaes |
and that ths slch clsas voice whlsh new
bsohs ~ Alsass IN tho hall " poetry |
vasths nslodlows interpreter " ! 20 |
bier mind than had yss appeared. From
that momsna III knsw shAt tho great
creative islsllsct. the wissst man u his
~ had appeared among lhem. saeh
W sdNeslvs 70 hsvs bssa The sommsnss.
mont of Ilomer's career. The plan d
Ms grsss vssk the lliAd b highly In.
gonious and could scarcely have arisen
In his mind spontaneously. That The
Odyssey b mors eonplisAssd. and al-
though 10 must admit with Longinus.
thas Had w ths wovk u ths pcsl's
youth and shs Odyssey thee u his d.
cling age, shss The former wss the san
d his midday splsador and shs lastsr
no aams lsminAry N shs beauty n
Its setting. olill IL b ths sun u biz
genius, that shinss IN both and tho
glory u no lsas In NJ ono than IN ths
other.
In ans tho Homsric poetry Il tho