The New York herald., 1875-10-19
Queen VictOria's Highland SOn-in-Law
Among the MUSES..
&C UIDo AND LITA."
A Young Marquis Mounts
ParnaSSuS.

of the Young Marquis taking that into consdera-
tion the volume deserves praise than If ii the
production OF more experienced poet "Guido and
Lita" reads like prize poem by very clever young
Oxon. II does not show great depth of feeling pro-
found thought but gives evidence OF q delicate taste
and classic reading. The love OF Guido ana Llta was
true and honest and their story shows how noble
knight may love low born hshermaiden and be much
better man for it. Guido good for nothing cum
berer of the ground until he met Lta Through her
influence he spurred to be man, and TO be of
some account in the world With little stretch of the
imagination believe that the authors own
2ercnce was perhaps, in his thoughts as he wrote.
The poem opens with description Of the scene Of the
story
Hail Riveral hail. the mountain range
That guards from northern winds and seasons change
Yon Southern spurs descending fast TO be
The sun-lit capes along the tdeless sea;
Whose waters, as the sky above,
Reflect the glories OF the scene they Lowell
Here every slope and intervening dale,
Yields sweet fragrance to the passing gale
From the thick woods, where dark caroubas twine
Their massive verdure with their harder pine;
And mid the rocks or hid in followed cave,
The fern and iris in profusion wave;
From countless terraces, where olives rise,
Unchllcd by autumn's blast wintry skies,
And round the stems, within the dusky shade
The red anemones their home have made,
From gardens where its breath forever blows
Through myrtle thickets and their wreaths Of rose
Then follows description OF the place when the
the people have become peaceful after having beaten
back the Moors Still they ready for fight should
the knavieh saracens descend upon them After paint
ing the landscape in bright and vivid colors the tramp
of horses wake the mountain echos, and the hero
Guido and his father appear in sight
Now, on the road that leads from out the town,
Appear two knights who slowly wend them down,
Till reached the ground, where still the men alarms
Practice the mimicry of wars alarms.
But when among them the chiefs gay plumes,
Each in the ordered line, his place assumes
And waits, with studied gaze and lowered brand,
Till every weapon in each rank is scanned
The elder knight, whose fierce and naughty mieR
In his firm stride and on his brow was seen,
Was grizzled, swarthy and his forehead worn
BY of fight and time, lightly borne
For the dmmed eye that gazed, deep-sunk, beneath,
Showed that the spirits blade had its sheath;
And that full soon the years must have an end
In which, friend foe that glance should bend
The younger man, who followed at his side,
Bore the same impress of a lofty pride.
But all his bearing lacked the rigid mould
That in the elder of tough metal told;
Thus as the sire, with patient care, surveys
How every movement its trained skill displays;
The son but saunters heedlessly along
His lips Just murmurng as they shape a song
His large gray eye was restless as the thought
That fixed no purpose in the mind il sought
One jeweed hand was on his dagger laid
With pointed beard the other often played,
Or swept from neck and shoulder curls that, flung
IN studied negligence, upon them hung.
Yet though he seemed irresolute and weak,
flush Of pride would rise upon his cheek
When his sire chd him, as STRIPPING vain
Almost unworthy of this gallant train,
And told him. If he cared not for such state
To 'go play ball within the castle gateln
Then backward falling for a little space
pain pictured on his handsome face.
The dark brows met the shapely lips were pressed
The nostri curved, as if for breath distressed.
But as giisenng wave that quickly flies
From the cloud shadow where its brightness dies,
To travel laughing onward, as before
With not sgn OF any change IL bore;
Did the light temper OF the comely knight
Forget in joyousncss the fathers slight
they rode along the father to touch the pride and
ra n his tha of hio
twn youth
How at the last, through many year OF toll
Through the dread discord sown upon the SOIL
He reaped the profit OF his stubborn WILL
And gathered power; until he his fiji
Df all for which man OF spirit strives;- =
But Gudos gentle spirit was not to be Cred by any old
mans tales
lie but laziy would dream OF deeds
Such as, with other youths, rapt fancy feeds,
Unti the thought 10 glorious action leads
Thus little had he cared for aught beside
The early objects Of aboyish pride:
His sports his horse his dogs; and full grown,
Less worthy loves seemed in his nature sown,
And less a than when he was boy
A trivial foppery became his joy;
His velvet stuis the fashion of his sleeve,
His hat and plume, were what could please or greve.
Not a very strong character would seem, but good
fellow the main. They rode along chatting pleas
Intly when the sky suddenly became overcast the
Eind whstled shriy through the trees and the storm
burst over their heads in all its fury The
author pants the ianlliar picture Vlvdly:-
Cleans Of q wondrous light moment stood
On palld sea and on nd-strcken wood,
And dazzling where they shone the Visions sense
Ehey fed: and chased by shadows as intense
Passed with the swiftness of the blast, and eapcd
From gulf to cif-then to the crags that heaped
In grandeur 'gainst the flying skies appeared
Like 10 white ashes that the fire has scared.
And then the msts rolled over them black
Grew heavens vault with darkest thunder wrack;
From under which, increasing in fierce sound,
harsh and kissing noise spread fast around
And a low moaning, like voice OF dread,
Welled, as II coming from the deep seas bed
The rain ran down, and, as the lightning flashed,
In bounding torrents DER the ground was dashed
From the dry hils the new born fountains sprung,
Ehe narrow tracks with swelling waters rung,
And mid the turmoil could be family heard
The heavy fall of distant land,slp, stirred
TO headlong ravage burying as II flowed,
Man and his works beneath its hdeous load
Down It's broad bed OF shngle and Of stone
That the shrunlo river seemed ashamed to own
When, in the heat Of the life parching day,
feeble streamlet, 1t scarce found its way
% ow ga dashed orimming tide, whose eddies surged
till o'er the banks, the muddy foam was urged
ADDING lts roar of terror, e'er was spent
The rage OF nature and her irown unbentl
The old man was for going straight back to the castle
but some one suggested that Gshers was near and
lhe knighS Win dragged plumes and wet garments
we're glad to avail themselves Of the shelter Thew
ound the cottage and entered The fisherman roce,ved
hem with hospitality and dried their clothing a, tho
blazing fire. while the good wife laid some fish and rn;,
md wine before them. To help her at her task tho
mother called Lta.
Then came
into the ruddy light Of her hearns flame
10 that II bazoned her young beauty forth
And seemed to love with all It's charms TO pav
The fishers daughter, the pride Of cape and bay
Whose loneliness, such as in the North
blushcs like sunshine through the morning mist
Was that OF Southern eve quick darkenna kissed
BY crimson lghtnings OF her burning day
maid whose arching brow and glancing eyes
fold Of passing, timorous surprise;
Whose tresses half concealed a neck that raised
head that classic art might well have praised
From forehead whittier than Carrara's stone,
Her faces hneamens, clear cut and straight
Night show that sternncss lived her natures mate,
Did not the smile that over them would steal
Another mood as favorite reveal;
Else had not dmples on the sunburned cheek
Helped the eyes merriment so oft 70 speak.
per beauteous mouth and rounded chin there stayed
Btrength's naughty sign, that power and will betrayed
But broken by gentleness Of soul
That through her steadiast gaze IN sofness stole.
Aer form strong and 1.-the She came and made