New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-19


Two Rivulcts side by side.
Two blended. parallel. strolling tides; NAV ,,,rrev
Companions, 'r"' eers Z 'SsiphS Us 'hVF Jo'"''''
For the Eternal Ocean bound. are,
These rpies passing snrg's, streams OF Death hhu LAW
Object ana Subject. hurry ing, wmrlins D!,
The Real and Ideal.
Alternate ebb and flow the Days and Nights.
Strands of Trio twihing, Present Future fast'
In You. whoe'er You are my book peruslng,
In mysef--in all the WOrld-thcSc ripplcs now,
All, ALL toward the mystic Ocean tending
20 ycarnful waves the kisses of your lirsl
Your breast broad, with open arms, hrn' expanded
ehop !!
And, on wcll-known theme, this second verse:
Or, from that Sen Of Time. ~
Spray. blown by the wind-a double wlndro"-driit OF
90 little shells so curious convoute ppldcod and
Yet III Won not 10 the tympans OF temples held.
MurInurs and echoes still bring up-Eierity's music
Waited inland sent ON Atlantca's rim-sIrains for the
sou of the Prarics, ,
Whispered OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tor thc ear OF tue
West. iOyOusly sounding
Your tid.ng- Old. vet ever new and untransa'abe >
lnfincsuas out Of my lite. and many me-.
dor my life and years alone pNt-ill all give
These thoughts ani S0ngs-waf, from the dcep-here,
cast high aud dry.
Washed Oh Ancrlca's shores
Then here is what whitman terms his own poems:
Current, of STARTING a Continent new,
Ovcrturcs sent to The solid Ont ot the nluil
Fusion of ocean and land tender and pcsNe waves,
(NoI safe and peaceful only-wa'e' rolsd and ominous
out of The depths. the storms abysms-who knows
whcncc' Deaths waves.
Raging over the vast with many broken spar anu tat
ter'd SAIL
IL SAYS IN a concluding part OF the preface:
without being "a scientist. | have thoroughly adopteo
the ana
OF time and Of TIE last hundred yrr ana they have
ntcio ~ Hinged the chylc ~ all my verse Tor purposes
De-, ul. Following the modern spirit, the real poems ~
thr present. sOiifync AMI expanding MO the III
furc must Voc lilc fho Nasn an1 splcndor and reality
win which scicnii.m has invested man and the universe
(a that il called ccaiion and must hcncci"rth l1lrh
humanity INTO new orbits cor-onaut with that Vastnc,S
sulr
systems of oris. balanced upon themselves rev
Ing in mitlc-s space. shtlr than III stars POI
iry, largely hitherto aud even at prrhi welded to
cldrcns tncs. and to mere nin"IosicN- hlh9istgtH
aud superficial rhyme VII nav '" "f'p' anu ", me
not denying the past nor tho themes "i th' pd-l WIN "
spirit. which must hcncctorth. IA nv ophi"i he me
background aud UNDERLYING impetus more OF les Nai-
only dor me. a. any rare in al my prose aud poctry
joyflly accepting modern science and l"' ally following
recognized rtl HIGHER iiist. higher fact. the eternal
soul of (0f al rc too" abe spiritual the Irllg"r'-
which /, To- hc the greatest Office Of scienii-n ~ my
opinion and of future poetry also. e. fic" nom thc
cudltcs. ami superstition aud launch form IN renewed
Faith and scope hundred iud. T. me- lac ""l, 81 r.
igcu-ncs> The conception oi the Divine and Of ~"
ideal though manly Latent, aTo jri a. 40, lntc ~ ma
ANYTHING IN The objective world. 80 Inc. the crown
o sayaiism 1. be- that II surely opens the way Tor
"n YEAR nor cyrI, century vii ,rtlc This There
phase OF the rcnl ur%iu behind the real which =
in prospective rccr-scs. judgment last appellate court
which Will settle II.
Imci "a Seer.
Passing Tie hucs ana object, Of the world.
The fields OF AT and leaning, pleasure sense,
10 CLEAN Elioion-'
Put thy chants said ne.
No tho pu1lirg nour nor d, s"gm'nt' lait''
Put fr,i before iio rest rs light for all. and cutracc
song all.
That of EldOlons
crthc dim beginning;
Ever the growth. Tho ronndins # the circle
Ever the summit, and the merge at last Go surely start
EhiGonsi EilOlon.i
Ever the mutabc!
Ever Materials changing. crumhline, re cOhrrln6t
Ever the atcllei-. The factories divine,
Issuing LidO"ns!
10! / or YOU.
Or woman man. or STATE known or unhnown;
We seeming solid wealth. strength, beauty buhd,
But really build Edo!on-.
The o,tcnt cyanc-ccnt;
The substance of artists mood on Swans studies
or warrior. lnartyr's, hcro- toil-,
To fashion his fid0loi.
or every human life.
Crhc units gaiho. ii. posod-DOt a thought emotion
The whole. or large or small, summd. addcdup,
Ia it, EI"on
The old old urge:
BASED on the ancient pnnaclcs To- newer, higher pin
From Science "'' and the Modern .in mpclrd
The old, old urge. Eidolons.
The pr, sent now and hcrc
Americas busy l"cming intricate WIFI.
"a
To-lay's Eid6!ons
These with TIE past.
OF VANISHED anisof all the rcigns Of kings the
Old conqucrors old campaigns old sailors voyages,
Joining EidOlOns.
Denstcs growth facadcs,
strata Of mountains soils, rocks giant trees
Farb,n. far-dS ing, living long, to leave,
Lid6lons everlasting.
Exalt(. rapt, cxtatic,
The visible hut their womb o' birth
OF orbc tendrncc, TO shape. aud shape and shape,
T,c mighty Earth-Id0on.
All space all time.
CThc stars the terrible p"rurhations OF the suns,
swelling coIlapsns. ending serving their longer shorter
Fnld with EidGlons only.
The nolsclcss myriads.
The infinite oceans where the rivers empty!
IN. SEPARATE countless free drntItc,, IKE ey csght
The true realities, EiGolons.
Not this the World.
Nor these the lniVcis.s--Ihci ire inltcrHts.
Purport and end ever the permanent life of life,
Eid6lons. Ihd0ons.
BEYOND thy lectures Icarn'd professor.
Beyond Thy telescope or s"clinScopr, observer keen
Beyond the doctor. surgery. aomy-bcyond the chem
ia with his che i-tiy,
The entities of entities Ed0cns.
Undxd. yet dxd;
Sweeping the present 10 the infinite fu,ire,
Ed6ons, Eidolons, Eidolons
The prophet and ia c bard.
Shall vet maintain thcInsclycs-in higher stages yet
shall mediate TO the Modern, To Democracy interpret
Vet to them,
God, and Ed0Ons.
And thee, My Soul
| Joys ccaselcss exercises Civilizations,
/ THY warning amply fed AT last prepared TO meet
| Thy mates, EidOOns.
Thy Body permanent,
The Body lurking there within thy Body,
The only purpOrt of the Form thou art-the real my
self,
An image, an Eid0on.
Thy very songs, not in thy songs;