New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-22
LORD HOUGHTON.
SPEECHES BY TWO POETS.

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guests than any previous given at the eino
bouse. ID was made, however. % simple and Ill
formal az possible and general sPecch-maklng was
scdulorslv avoided The President briefly proposed
the health Of the guest Of the evening. The toast
was received with prolonged applause and drunk
standing Lord Houghton responded substantially
as follows:
SPEECH or lord HoUGHToN.
He fclt deeply grahAed for the enthusiasm WIN
which his name had been received, ana ior tms
compliment which had been offered him IN auuiu ,3
10 the many he had already received IN TINS country re
was not unawarc of special value Of the present com
pimeut. He know that mere nag ncfh bistoTians
who had glanced round that room with brilliant eye hke
that frightened horse auehter ana VINO naH rd iS
of crenting cOniederacy Of British c0oncs heI
elo1uence like a voice Of departing genius; and here too
had been received the PROMISE OF future Engnsh ~
manship in young Lord ROSebery. lCheersl tie lelt
h,nsef therefore, under the obligation OF answering
rs clearly and powerfully as he could question not
of rare occurrence which he conscious every one Oh
his hearers was putting to him IA bis I MAJ aaT
to another not infTequent form of interrogation DO
You admire Constitution T. lie would state Win we
utmost candor and the most careful tna ne
mus, ask their cavetO reserve his opinion Much auen
teri On the other question he mad no difficult!
lea wac eminent FOR the beauty OF htI Women ecI
At his time of life he was no fair witness on al
but he would offer the more valuable estHuS 0t ", I
son. young Of some talent and pticelilon Oh -
years age, who had gone home with tnat expression
his lips aud this impression on ms he'. lOn.e,ins
In this sense therefore he fully admired the YOUTH "i
America, but he was not prepared TO Snricsns
Were very fond Of appealing to their youth Gnltn;
when SS9s t Sc~ aid should remember how
young are" Now he was not prepared ei.lae , W
admit that pretensOu In all that constitutes nation
in the aggregation of thodpht, in the expansion OF IDEAS
Amer had all the experience OF the Europe rom WhSn
she came added TO Tie interest and vyacy which she
lad gained her transportation 10 mover heIl,
sphere she had indeed that charm OF middle ,ie au
that combination ~ full. luscious beauty and mature IN
tristncc which great French novelist lad hnperso
f ale himself me n' may have IaS 6s notion Old
nueedo;e OF Frencmon giving to his son TWO G9useis
.tpItt n.
and make love Ia the women Of forty llAuSHterI .
America with all the devotion she deserves, ana 90 10"
I bSSyT WAS moi al ont 10 abuse the privilege either
Of Bis ace or of 6is pres nj position ausion had
been made To him both AZ poet ana p0ill"an SiS
NOT be unDecomng HIN 10 say that he had done ls
best TO reconcile whatever imaginative faculty.
te may have possessed to the lhaSG'" c H"Sf
lie Lad been for 25 years member of me
Of Parliament aud he believed that taken as Whole
no mans nf, suffered from mixture Of the c anu me
,G! T," mo b in the mcloious verses Of one
u the latest not least OF American poets Joaquin
"''' 1soems to me that Nother, Earth
Isweary i.on eternal toll
81, dow q T. III down. sOit Were best
Thai We should rest she should rest
1mnk We then ,han all be glad
got one. And cyel haI.h somehow
seems growing 9id sud oyer7,ad ,,
mat W. should rest that shc should rest.
Tuf SOMEHOW ur other hardly thought That his pres
ent audience quiteso pnrei conteupanVe quite 80
entirely free from all worldly Interests ana secular i'o
lives IS Their nomenclature would IMPLY. Aid fn|y WSTe
night ii they lived exclusively III sphere OF literature
and ant ihey would he living solely for themselves nut
they mixing in daily life MID o.her men tah
in. upon Themselves high rsQohSlphuos; aug lS".cn
ing with their thoughte and objects me, hard ana
heavy destiny of tho common multitude Oi nahhlnH.
Toy were ia truth aiisocracy qnIe as ren as, anu III
their ultimate action more powerful than the senators
o. VENICE t.e barons OF England, or thc grdnIees Oh
Bp. IL. 1t their mission 20 e'd on this mafnhcert
In
e. give form and pernanenoe to what wou1 oiher"Ise
give dignity wealth. and consolation 10 poverty aud
l. sne the aouees of the c0er world al any possible
expansion of the dominion II the new by making IL COM
ciicnt w,th the progressive development Of man
Lord Hought0n's remarks were interrupted 10y
almost constant applause. Mr.. Bayard Taylor was
then called upon. He spoke as follows:
SPEECH BY BAYARD TAYLOR
thank you Mr. Prcsi eut and Inemt"is OF Tie lctos
Club the more heartily because your conpIhel1 10
myecl Uas not TO De- eKltc*d upon ~ t 5eeir
sha claim your attention few minutes, since desire
Inc eSenng whose stay among rapidly to a
close Duliug the last fifteen or twenty years we nave
EnsIish authort-Nriters Of fiction, Ike Ihaeke-
ray Diesens End wa MS ious itn' is the asf
ana fs' So St' who6 we have had the pleasure
- reivir,, as a guest q do not mean deny that
t,e 90 Canon Khgs'cy, whose prose works, however,
Gro pr0mnentl am gIad TO hotiJt 'n"t i tnS
many hosmaiitics which Lord liouShton has fecciNC'
tbs first most corda! greeting has been gwen 70 NE
Port Ana desire specially TO thank h' row, Ior Tue
wise and encouraging words when he has slohei n"h
tonight and on former occasions clhte1nn. tie ln,
Of Literature
civiIzatiuu. We greatly need such Words but tn
American author could hardly utter them without sub
70 the sake OF personal interest Wlcn we near
tcin from Il himself an eXenpnncilloh OF Tue
trtb ta Poetry help, not Euderdncc To PRAGUE o.
aior m other field, " li-that the OF shy and deli.
cote imagination may still b. the largc-hcaIcd man OF
socety-i,nd finally, That the sympathy winch literary
frdi,s promote may as1 become ihe Wisdom :" INC
statesnall-tncir authority cannot he disputed
SAID tnu D0d Houehtonis ih6 hIst Ihsush l'"et =,
visit America bur quite forgot Tom Moore, VINO spent
tNo OF three months here in 1904. II would nave been
quite 80 well, perars, II &c had not CONE Tor Mhat ne
saW MS ap4rclily edif{ ing TO him, aud what he
certainty not edityihg 10 ut nc Ni1lIei
ahd "I , M ,h .o r,hi chez" ! am sure that
ISId IIonghton's proposed that we, in tie interest
81 History suOald restore the statue 81 George Ill 10
BowiuggItcn, II not made IN uat spIla; oI lie 9TT ~
Houses OF Parliament But lct u nope idI II VII hot
b. II years before the next Ln@sh po't cncs LeIe 10
fnd 0ut how well know him. lat US peg I"Id
HOugDton Say his English brethren N iAeidiWo
tb, although We may not beaf On" Oi t.eHi h.S SUI
Foe cI1jy. wan sympathetic, and broadly &c
sbonlG lie 10 tel You very briefly Of my personal
Obligations Ia Lord uOughtOn as an author ! Iead
1he Men Of Old" and the Legend 0l NC i.c DC
t"e Smell OF Byron AND found that Wordsworth wac
Ittle hi.n tor ne. These ana Ctnef oil ms poems
formed The bridge upon when tlos@t1 ron 10y ot 80
tie Lac De Gaupc" winch charmed he then anu nave
haunted me EYER sinSe bS % s me e': ier Se
vaCa the ROCKY Mountains, the Norwegian DoTrefleid
o. else IA The world nave always repeated "
"'S''' 4 mirror Where tho veteran rocks
May GAS o,eir 5 leans ,. -Gs i sS,as
The suusiiue into stars"
arrival IN NeygYofK, iound with hun young English
giant myself though scarcely more taan II years
Of are broadsboulderod vigorous and Win an eAlIee
sion on frank AMI IN lbs dark eyes "hti 10 N!
mind coufute1 ne theory Of certain cthnoioslsts jha'
genius is transmitted nom father to son ask YOU
there ore Join ~ wishing health, long me. prosper
NV ana distinguished career to MI Robert MoncA'on
Mines.