The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-18

CayRRrpGE April ~, lot5.-Drax w.
liam.-The only lines Of Mr. soc ,seas
now recall as 10 any way aPpropIiasss ~ s,ie
,,,,rnose Won mention are from .peea' shA,.
Red" For Annie =: i. r !, ii 81
- s'.f'3. !, Tho fever called Living b,
Is conquered NJ last. - .sssr, ..s.y! \
~. Hare say you will be able TO and
<on,ething better. iu great haste, yours
truly, aksA =; n n, .3A'oS'fAA'A'"'&
yRoN XARGARTT ,. PRESTON.
LEXINGTON, Va, October 8, lS76.-Ars
Sarah, s. Rice Dear Madam, -r1o on, pote
and request. so complimentary to mSsen, mas
been received. .,.,L.,,
shank YOU fox the good opinion which 1
lad yon Ia propose the writing of poem on
~. ,,srt for the irrespective Inauguration OF
~ poe memoria,. While It Is not 10 my
noper 10 comply with the fatterlng request
a. ,o ha present at the ceremonial, fender
N the committee my thanks. nevertheless,
for the honor thus conferred upon me- |
There sould seem 70 be a slight appropriate.
ness in the proposal made TO ne inasmucn 40
INV husband Colonel Preston, OF the VIZ
CinIa Military College, was eoyisn Ilienu
Of Poe,s when they wens to scnooi togetnei
in Richmond, who used to sit on the same
bench with him, aud together Wild h'm pore
over the same pages OF Horace. 10 ni.n %
his earliest literary eritic-a Doy OF ioul,
teen--Poe was accustomed 10 orinS MS h's'
verses. Even then, youth as be was, ne was
distinguished by many of the characteristics
which marked bis after lie.
with every good wish for the entire sue
cess OF your memorial services, anu WIN re-
nnwea thanks to your committee TOT tniS
marx of regard, believe me, my dear maoam'
sincerely yours, MARGARET j. PRESTON.
1Sys BY SARAH J. BOLTON, OF RICHMOND, ON
$3.50. THE DEATH OF EDGAR A. POE.
r,or have laid thee down to sumber where the sor-
S HIT and wsyward heart as thine can never
For tbe rsiant light of gadness never alternates
Singing giteo souls 10 madness on that bright and
saeiV moored from sorrows tempest, on that dis
talt AideDn shore, ,
Thou wcrt like meteor glancing through starry
r,ri1lyIing. awinc, wrapt beholders with The won
drous light II wore; ,,,.1r
For he fever dream is ended and the fearful crisis
Yes the wild unresspg feverdream Of human life Is
Thou art sleeping eyermsre. H. s1s1 hi
Ocean, earth, and air could inter words that made
thy spirit 1utter- K, -, 49,, ...fs ,,,.g. -
Words ;hat stirred the hidden fountain swelling In
ra re GasSm III is Savtets signing,
And i n numbers rever dying sung The hearts un-
Sung in Wild. bewitcbhg numbers, thy sad hearts
Now nnwri,ten nevermore.
There was something sad and lonely in thy mystic
couiS nave trebied from spirit weary Of the life
Something IKE the plAintve touing Of a hidden
Tn It's pfsme s darsness-moaning for tile light it
For he ssssrsnsa and the sunlight that had glad
Signing, signing, evermore.4
Beamins. flashing from region moftals never may
spirits lead thee in Thy frances through realm Of
Giving specires 70 Thy Chances man had never seen
wondroas ,specsres such as HUMAN eye had never
Were around thee evermore.
Thou did'at see tbs sunlight culver over many a
Thou dd'st wander with the shadows of the mighty
And Thy songs to us came ringing, like the wild,
Oflhe vewiess spirits wlnging DER the nights Pu-
t0nian Shore ,
or the weary spirits wandering by the gloom!
Signing dirges evermore.
Thou did,st seem like one benighted-one whose
hopes were crushed and bghted-
Mourning for the lost and lovely that the world
enciess rest is given 10 thy heart wrecked
Thou Mast met again in heaven with the lost and
loved Lenore- ..-a ...- y e.. 4 9.s., p
With the "rare and radiant maiden whom the
She viii leave thee neyermore.
From the earth star has faded, and the shrine Of
And the MUSES. veil their faces, weeping sosrowful
But the harp, all rent and broken, left as many
thrilling token. - 49, .'s'...
We shall hear i,s numbers spoken and repeated DER
Till our hearts shall cease 10 tremble-we shall hear
them sounding DER, sE.l.. t-"} 80 H
Sounding ever, eVermore.
weshan hear them, like fountain alnkling down
Like the walking of The tempest mingHng mid the
Like The winds or autumn slshing when the GUNNER
Like spirit voice replying from a.ou and distant
shore; - -11.s'3.sr = -.
Like Wild, mysterious echo from distant,
- We shall hear them exsrnore.
Necermore wilt thou. Hndaunted, wander through
Or tas Cypress wales Titanic, which thy spirit did
Nwef bear the ghoul ksag. dwelling On the ancient
Wi;ha sloy and solemn knelRng, losses human
Telling in Sort Of Raaic rhymeahe losses wa de-.
- Tollng, tonaag, eyepmose. "a ~,
If aliying bnau being ever had the gift of seei M
The grim and ishaAtly eountensnce It's eyIl genius
i. wssispu unhappy master, whom samerc,ful dis
Followed fas. and follswed faster ,n thy song one
TsB she difgss Of thy hope the melancholy burden
se.sg Or never, neasrmore. ,M.s ..... -
H-sssl PROM o. 4. HOWELL. Il a.t.fsaSfg5,i
CAMBRIDGE, October Is, 1876. Dear
Madam, = regret very much that 1t will be
guile impossible Tor me to be present at the,
very Interesting ceremony of unyeiling the;
montsneut to Poe. need not assure you;
that sSmpItbize very heartily with the sem;
ttuient which! led 10 it's erection Iremain.
very Truly yours. sis es5@ j. R.iLoRELLs
$50 q FROM JOHN G. wEsrrEEEs
AxRsnnRY. oh Month, 1876. o5Serah s.
Rice. Dear Friend, The extraordinary
genius 81 Edgar Poe b now acknowledged
sne world over. aud theproposeds tribute to
ois mesnerg indicates q fall appreciation OF
ms ogn intellectual gifts on The part of the
CITY OF 9hss birth. AS matter of principle,
90 got favor ossentations monuments dor
Ene dead kaut eC,n ar inac n SaaTf,S fha na,u