New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-24
uARPFR's MAGAZINE, MARCH.


and the methods by which they are mde available Tor
the nrotectop Of the mariner. 1.-THE Chevalier Bay
ard is the subject interesting historical SKETCH by
Gen James Grant Wilson, presenting the career OF tha'
gallant knight in miniature, and arranging tne prin
cpa events OF his life In lucid perspective. NUMBER
OF interesting literary anecdotes OF Archibald Con
stable and his Friends related by his son, MT A. IT,
Constable vvdly recalling the times OF Sir Walter Scott
Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith. Henry Brougham, and
other brilliant lights Edinburgh In the early part OF
the century There need in those days OF the
praying women OF Ohio, the following incident VIII
show.
The laird OF BanamoOn pronounced Bonnymoon)
about the last OF race OF lalrds when Is now
dentaly extinct 1t OF this laird that the story Is
told that in returning on horseback from cOnVVlaI
party he heard himself ian INTO the Lofu ne wa r
PLAYED pldsh ." and who, similar occasion, when
his hat and wig had been blown OF. Indignantly refused
the latter when 1t restored to him, exelaimlng,
John this is my wig this IS rat wig until Jonn
rejOined. There's vale O wigs IN Pitmossle mar
aud induced him 10 resume the dripping covering ~ u
told of the worthy that once when SO lar gore
that could further his hosts IN order TO satisfy
uncomfortable homeward instinct placed nm wIp
hand upon stone wall, with the ialthtui Johh uS
hind him, who, after sufficient time pad passed
assisted his master TO disnount, aud led him of uu
conscious sleep away the effects OF Ills carouse III
strange apartment
Colonel Thorpe "reminiscences OF Louis Gaylord Clark
revive many agreeable traits OF that genial msgaanis
who for some years past, had quietly ghded away
from public sight His best traits are happily suggested
in the closing paragraphs of the article
distinctive claim TO literary honors was nndoup
eu raj IL in m best estate 1T Was unrvaIed aud
though has had hundreds of imtatOrs no one mas a
stand the gular charm with which be invested the
commonplace materials that went through the eruciple
OF his mind
In the f1rst place, he had memory that was singu-
larry retentive He not only treasured up what he
heard bat carried with 1t the details the place, the sur
rOundngs and exact likeness OF the actor or speaker To
whom he was indebted FOR his material ne was very
be,ne called 10 task bv some one who said he
read Colerldge. lie defended himself in this wise:
by reciting most OF the Ancient Mariner aud
most OF the authors minor poems. We have them by
our knowledge assert that he could 20 through
the entire morning and evening service OF the episcopal
Church. vary it, without mistake in word for each
succeeding Sunday. II was this wonderful memory, no
doubt that his wordcopies such truthfunes such
Then, again he ycwed ever eyGTyth Ing,cd yOq
Humorous STss stand point Nothing to him was really
Serious yet he never was ifreyerent unfeeilng, OF
brilliant with prismatic instead OF phosphorescent
light had Louis Gaylord Clark fallen prematurely,
active walks OF life. his loss would have been amented
as that OF great celebrity. Possessed or chd-like
Snnicity and confidence i'm his fellow-men that we'll
nigh disqualified him from lighting successfully tue
battles ollte, when once the demand for his pc
had changed, but he could not change; The onward
sweep Of progress left INN, long ere ne dcn save U MS
intimate friends almost forgotten and unknown.
brawny vsor but not the reckless audacity by which
the name of that wd.poet has become best known TO
the public. Its strength is not impaired by the VEN OF
tenderness which gives strange pahos 10 its words:
II close Of h, naoms9ls s9 PQu: Ie,on i biz Tact
remaining .hs rom oqadeag in The Caribbean Sea aa iee
@ LONG and miserable vsr-i5J-he was taken very SCH hid ,eT
ra respse hi. fevol and death seemed daily immneut
recognized neglected and in 1t is only asked preparation
the following lines that the bare authentic cs be
Aneu Island with It's fond skies and eh foliage and the
the fgure Of the Admiral walking the beach,
and majestic as The resi- ''e9' f'al him oe1gs 6 my
their equivalents the very words
A batter'd wreck'd old man,
Thrown tins savage shore, far, far ffom home,
Pent by the sea, and dark reDelhous brOws, twelve
Sore sim WITH many tolls scken'd and nigh to death,
take my way along the islands edge,
Venting heavy heart -.
-zN5--va --s-z~--
am too full OF wOel
HAPPY may not live another day;
TN put forth myself, my prayer once more to Thee,
eathe, battle myself once more IN thee-commune
Report my sell once more to thee.
Thou knowest my years entire, my life,
MY long and crowded life OF active woTk-no adora-
Thou kpowest the PRAYERS and vigils OF my youth
Thou knOwe,t my manhoOd's solemn and visionary
unedItatIOns;
Thou knowest how, before commenced, devoted all
come 10 Thee;
Thou knowest 1 have in age ratified all those vows
ana strictly Kept them;
Thou snowes nave not once lost nor faith nor ecstasy
On shackIes, prisond. in disgrace repining not
Accepting all from Thee--as duly come from Thee)
All my emprises have been fll'd with Thee,
Ny specuations, plans, begun and carried on IN
Sailing the deep, n ourneying the land for Thee
Intentions, puTpOrts, aspirations mine-eaving results
TO Thee.
o aIp sure they really came from Theel
le uncomfortable
The potent felt, interior command, stronger than
message from the Heavens, whispering to me even
sleep,
These sped me on.
BY me- and these, the work so far accomplish'd for
what has been has been >
BY Earhs elder cloy and stihed lands uncloyd,
BY me the hemispheres rounded and tied-the I'M
known TO the known
The end know motif is all in Thee;
or small, or great, know not-haply, what broad
HAPPY the BRITISH measureless, human underground
Transpanted there may rise to stature. knowledge
worthy Thee
HAPPY the swords know may there indeed be turnd
HAPPY the lifeess cross knOw-EurOpes dead cross
may bud and blossom there.
One effort more-my altar this bleak sand:
That Thou Cod my ife hast lighted
with ray Of light steady ineiabe vouchsafed Of Thee,
beyond all signs descriptions, languages D
For that God-be 1t my latest word-here my
Old, poor, and parayzed-I thank Thee.
My terminus near,
The clouds already closing in npon me,
The voyage balkd-the course disputed, lost,
yield my ships TO Thee.
steersman M seen henceforth the helms Thine;
Lake Thou command-what TO my petty skill Thy navi-
gaiioni
Ny hands, mr. limbs grow nerveless;
NY brain feels rack'd, bewilder'd;
lei the old tmbers part-I will NOT part,
WI" ehng last To Thee, God, though the waves buffet
Thee, Thee,tst least, know
Is ~ me prophets thought speak or am ravings
What do know OF life I what OF myselfJ
know not even my work phst or nresan,.
D,ln, eVei-sm!tlng alssses OF 1t spread before me-