New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-17


LsftS the lruunIclS Ii the torGc.
It's stairway. not y street.
That asret "a ~" dt0n rtNine.
Where thr torrent leaps i,rvcc1
Rocky walls thN tlinrSi mctt
foililig up irnni staic 10 star
P0isani a.lls t4p.! D,4'!' a. b'SiT;
suuboiut dg'Cliers" 80 ih" ."i'.
Stately ii-uT\- TAI Nud Ssrais0t;
N,,at inc urshl,. tlfc
DauIBs them To tins life Of tOilf
Lord Of vineyards sui Of lanls,
Far atlok he cpuv' ut stands,
On its toi raced walk arcii
Leans monk with fuiicd hands,
Placid, satisfied sDicle.
Lacking down upon tlc scene
over wall and rcdill.'l roof;
WoDd ring unto wiss,t good end
All tbs gUi and tlatlc tcnd,
Aud WHY al G'u cannot Ne
Free rr,nu care, aul free FROM pain
Mud ttr sori Ia lrJr of gain,
And IL iulolcit as ho.
Where are uov The freichtod harris
From tie maigs ~ cast and wcsti
Journcyine % tbc Holy Land
Cross Of Of crimson s.,T 'l en- t ,Fc breasts
Where the p0nip o. Clmp and County
There tic pilgrims with their nHycrs9
where tie inel tauts win their NaIess
And their gallant bIl@ntues
Sailing safely iuiclC
Chased 1y cogssr Alscrincs2
Vanished lirc fleet Of clnud.
LdGe passing trumpet blast,
Aud the commerce and the c'owd!
EathoiHs deem beneath the seas
lie ihc aur mi wiittNcs ard guaYs,
Swallowed by thc cneUiius waves;
lcut streets. and >'c 'ui mills,
Ruined roo au' towers ana walls;
hidden from al mortal ogos
bo- :, tic sUHh'I Ci'Y hes;
Even cltlcs hsa'o thcf graves!
His rs IN crchautod land!
gound The leldl.'"d> lar away
Sv,cns the b'ue s,iprli'sD bay
with Us sCfc oi white sand;
FdIt lei s1il and nuthtrmost
On ~. d,ulIl,tJteiVI coast
l.tstum viii IT. ruins lies.
And IL rosss al Ia bloom
Seem 10 tHcc the ia;sl sk'os
Oi tiiat lonely Lana OF DOOM
On his terrace high in air,
RotldNg dot a good euk care
For such world themes q these.
ON tic carbon Jtrt h 10"
LII l'if- a. irf ii ..""'
Of the I,urnur ~ tho bros
IN tue shining chestnut trees;
kotIl, clsr ne bccds "a hears.
All .o ludscale seams 10 :wOon
f u rs L ,,, y. Ii'g 'les,5.on
1Ae ,norO.!c il.is waves Of sloeF'
AID 10 sinks as sank DE town,
UuIcss>l.,S =, lltll uIus down
lntO c1Sens cool and docp!
Walled al,ont with drifts Of snow,
Ucarin: The fierce mouth WIND blow,
Sccimg al ,hc landscape wniic,
ma tie river ca,4t IN lee
Comes THIS memory ~ delight,
Comes his vision mo me
Or Il ioHg-lost Paradise
In The land beyond ihc sea.
For Lowell stall ask ony tho small SPACE sonnet fills
as INNS at "tc cOantry, snce il rs daOed al
florence.
SONNET.
Tnccn@.ous &c the sunshine simply sweet
AMI 4tnoIous as thai, thin dost uot close
II. 81 II N ut a, lt,c v :. pay - rose
go rimpc heolite with Tx iriouS ret
Thy higher mind thcl7in Guts sur retreat.
Bat TOT tTon care o. iprlon hopes and woes;
The TIE dals chamber ile, the uhlcnd"d lnows.
C0ueummatc artist, "ho ifo's GlH Escape bleak
Jla- brlHued With sun 60 many "a cisulod eye,
If,if.l sl ID 81 q X,
Hung yer Orl'i...,ed hy,s q gracious ky,
Add raced i0l {, 80, thai Use Would Na.nJ seek,
mir yiCt"its ~ IN angel drawing hISh!
ID,r.Boe itaiy, January, 1874.
Oddly enough tire most interesting prose article in The
ber has, also 10 90 with Isy since it is paper By
r. Ho1olls himself on "Aldoi." Except 10 tic
ega,lyely few Americans who have stabbed ltaian,
ia, al has hitherto been utlio more than name, which
cant OF ;. rdry -teor 1ery and eccentric We
,a ~ he IN Ter obusations N Nj HOwcls for this adj
irabie dis-srt,ti0n upon him. ViCOro Albert Wa born
the year l7Ig At Ast little city Of that Piedmont
here there has always b'u greater regard for fcul
.slons tlan ia any other part OF Itay' aud he b.
ngod by birth to nobility which is still the proucest
Europe
He lett home when mere child TO 90 TO school at the
s.delny OF Turn, where, rs lie says himself, in his
nusng photography he passed several years In ac-
lining profound OF whatever he WIS IA ant
learn. and came away a stranger not only 70 The Int
antilles, but IA aUy OuC l,IsIdgc, spc4kHs baTbI'1ds
ixturo of French anl ri .dn0ntese, and reading htle
no.Ling. Very Likely tls statement is somewhat eX
,ggaJed for Aldsr seems to have taken certain odd
tsfdcton in dwelling on his carly Indifference 10 lii
tre His first sonnet made his soldier uncc laa n
that the young gave up all further
npts At ycrse until lie p. Very early in he he
mccivci tiat hatred OF king, which bellows" through
tragcdes. Another uAs..r passion with hun MAS his
aired Of everything Frcnch he ahaorred French
rchi;ccture, Irouch literature French customs and
jJvC al, French women, whom he called the uSi csi or
cir SEX with their neshapen aud beplastercd faces"
In Holland fell IN love for the first tiDcWitn another
ans wife, course, the fashion OF those wicked
ass. Ia England ne hid his second aud similar affair,
ch ended thi. time with scandal IN the newspapers,
40 dGtl with tho adys husband Unlismaycd by tbs,
went on loving Other mems wives; until, At last he
Tned relation" with the Countess Of Albany, which
sted as long he lived. Her husband obigingy died,
tcr time, and then Alhcr privately married noi, aud
ir house became center Of attraction FOR Tue most
shonahle and intellectual society. Alhcri had ter
by violent temper; but, like Beethoven, lie reIentcd
Is abandODmonts 20 II with hOIt Of passionate humility.
n. uowells finds curious rossn.bancos between
lGer aid Lord Lyon, though lerbals ON The whole,
ioir dis aitiCs were greater
AlGoli SEEMS tlle yasy spccleT Of the two and
ougn tboir lives aIikc an sooo j4non,nDc parlica
-, Alfels I've tilkes nic rs immoral, ara hyrOn's rs
yTOn u the essence ~ conscious roiran,cisin, ana
oGern In tie N"iet sPIss Bat BOh were bcln pohie.
jLu lived ~ voluntary cHIc, BON Imagined thculsChCs
s and admirers Of liberty, both had violent natures.
ID both INDUCED tie curious hlIcciiSy 81 desiring TO
IN worse Lan they were and vi trying make
10, King c1sc fOr themselves when tLcy could They
men who hardly Ouiycd their boy islDess Alhei1,
~ o0 had O struggle against 80 many deicrs Of tram
X that bo could not lave reached maturity III the
y GET hs be seelns to have had no principles good
e Is rants Vt Europe 81 The Frenchmen WHO dctroned
iCm. p, - 49,,
tr,ie authorship, he SIZED n"n sts Iisto,les and
90 v.,ld y, We the fTeest course Ia a M s a
o"uiy yii.dictiye, aud deelainaimy iailue = Lis