New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-20

An, the lady l. lair;
ehe ties the g1rdir OH her waist,
Ana biuds her 1iScn hair
And down she stcaetb, down and doWl,
Down the turict stair.
Behold himl with tho COCK he wons
Along yon grassy lea.
"My shcpGei d lord my shepherd love,
What wilt thou, then, with me
My LeaTt iS gone out of my breast,
And fOOwctb Oh to thee"
The white lambs feed in tender grass
With them and thee 10 bide,
GLOW good 10 WERE" she satin AZ noon;
Albeit the mcads are WIDE
80! we'll il me, sle saith when DAY
Draws on 10 eventide.
uarNi bark the shepherds voice. On sweet
Her tears drop down like rain.
"Take now this crook, my chosen, my iere,
And tend the flock fun Iin;
Feed them. o lady, and lose not one,
Till snail come again.
Right soft her speech: my win is thne
And my reward thy graccl"
Gone are his footsteps over the hill,
withdrawn his goclly face;
The tnOurfu dusk begins to gather
Toe daylight wanes apaee.
On sunny slopes, ali! long the lady
Feeletb her flock At noon;
She leads IL down 10 drink NJ eve
Where the small ryulets Groom;
All night Der locks are wet with dew,
Here eyes outwatch the moon
Beyond the hills her voice Is heard,
She sings when light doth wane:
"My longing heart is full Of love,
Nor snall my watch be vain.
My shepherd lord, sec him not,
But he VIII come again"
The desi,ns which Illustrate this poem are intensely
pre-Raphaelite The first one whore "Thc dear white
lady IN yon high tower She bearkcncth IN her eleep,
d splays IN marked degree the faults az wen az tho
beauties Of this school OF art The second picture,
Take row this crook is perfect ard the third where
the lady feeds her lock NJ upon The sunny slopes Is
ovelest of all The frontispiece is portrait OF Miss
Ingelow herself, engraved seel-a good, sensible,
kindly Scotch face which 10 SEE Is 70 believe ill.,
Another new book which Roberts Brothers have nearly
ready is the Auto biography of Mrs. Fletcher With
Letters and other Family Memorials" edited by hoI'
surviving daC, Inter. Who was Ms Fle;chor She was
very charming woman, vino was born In l77O and dhed
IN 1855 Her life more remarkable Tor It's friend
slips than for It's achievements II reminds me OF
mirror across whose peaceful depths flashed the shadows
Of the great the hustle Of the husy while Itself remained
unmovod She was no friend ana cOttmpo-1ry Of Mrs
someryille Mrs Barhauld Joanna Bailie, Miss Edge
worth Harriet Martincau Mrs Gaske ana many other
distinguished she knew generation after genera
ton of great mou-Dtyid Hume, Adam Smith, Henry
Mackenzie tthe Man of Feelnsl, Lord Broushan' SIT
Walter scott william WOTdsW oth, the poet Cfbe, fioi
Playfar LAFAYETTE Lord and Lady Napier, Allan Cam
ninziam Thnm's Campbell, Sidney Smith, Mazzini'
Dean stanley tie Rugby Araolds, Tenn, SON and many
more Among her Amcricau aoQuaiDtences were George
IfclnOr and Margaret Fuller
wish had space Cor some OF the p!quant anecdotes
of Wordsworth aud other distinguished people which
lend variety this quiet Story OF Qriot He But can
only commend volume cordially TO -dch desire 70
uake the acqusintauce OF PURE ana noble woman,
wluse lie was u bcned.ctiou, and whose death was
translation.
j. r. Os.ood e Go. have three books nearly ready
Roderfck Hudson" Rose and Rooi-frce," and
Famous Painters and Pantug9." "ROdeiick Hudson
has fulhed the promise it, beginning ana Is so good
tale that envy those people who n"w read it for
n.s.r 1. H. ffaY
to monthly issues Of its pute. TO speak Of Pose AMI
RoofTre the ucw book poems by George Parfopr
Iathrop-s a more diuclit matter. Mr.. Lathrop has
not yet attained 10 the cool self possession CT the
finished sefcJiuca literary erast His good lines and
Lis bad Ines are curiousy and wonderfully Blended.
But s BOOK Will hay, attraction Ter oil rue lovers,
since it 4 hc offering Of his heart TO his beautiful vic,
Rose Hawt,one I&tlrop must copy for you his d2d,-
cation, than which nothing could ~ pretiir;
need give my verse ne ~ 60 whom IL SING i,r.
The rnse knowing her right, makes seryitors o ne
some nse breathe of tH-c, and in it, very lace bel
record ot her whom, however unwOrtll, 10 seeks 10
and bCDOr.
The first poem, Rose and Roof Tree" in which the
author explains the aotf Of mis- work 10 good specimen
of his merits ami detects The idea IS charming. Tne
aspiring cn,h7 higher and higher, nHh she reaches
she rooroe and hears there, the wd sweet. fall music
from the hearts below Thcn sho is content 10 abide
Green stem and ir 1pehrl circle nlll lay
Along JAe roof, ana Hetou hcdc Away"
20 hsfenne e queen Of The rosebud garden hears
the .ongs tho singer sings. One OF The prcite9tis
Az APRIL ARIA.
When the mornings daukly fall
with din fprcthOugnt Of rain,
And the rouius rici ~ call
~ mn mates meIcu.iai,
And the treC-bouZiis Crcals ana strain
when ti h, river ri,S r,' rough with ,oam
And the made cic3}1us- SMOKE,
And tle clouds that -oa and come
SHINE ana darlen lIoics0ne
Aud the iIrpcs ~ evening crO2A
UDd :ined
Mysteries OF monotone,
aud by melting he j. OF snow
Niut foWcra blossom Az alOng;
linen know
That the bitter Winters dead
over bead
The damp sod breaks 30 mellow
Its TnOsrrs tipped with pO!uts Of yellow
cannot Int he glad;
Yet iiiis sweet HaJ1 VIII borrow
honIrt iiil,g Ul q sWtttcr sorroWi
10 toucu and turn NE SAD.
Tho third hook which o good & Co. have ready IA
nous Painters and Painting" is OF permanent
value The lctter-luess f. by Mrs Julia A. sedd, and ii
Is urofusey illustrated with eliotypcs from the mos; oee
bratcd cnc1aviugs of works by Raphael, Co1egg!c,
Titan, &c The aim OF the book IL give in q concise
manner sketch Of each painters life, together with his
distinguishing characteristics artist, and
count OF ms principal Many piDters OF undouhad
merit have been omitted, for in volume OF Moderate
length It Is Of course not possible 20 give other than the
most important examples OF the different schools Those
included here extend from the twelfth To tic ninct ent
century end are clropologically arranged valuable
,anc Of the book tic catalogue at the end, comprising
yer. large Number OF the principal works Of the paint
ers and the places where those works are TO
Inc ,ouud LEN.