, 1876-12-23

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With s3msIins. @ aaytsinMs,' 81 .are M far Tie
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/. " ksytote !" IL rest but i 1 moi penetrated
U.ntn n Inc 'istpe'' isnp T1o:lonn oi ne sorrow wh!c
scarcely less thap tcfffSc IL snch poem as this:
coNroK1-n1 COFFIN. "' '''''
rhan A., III tf,sa4 anr o. eain5 ,nns. :;,.v, NJ,
ie.t' K ~ ut 1T hrar 1aI wori! a,n,!! "''
Anl knoVs !e i.o!ds il ptaIncl aud stil,.
u. III y fietn'n e T., t.,M;5 Ta,n5.and' ~ nm,
All. friend nt n.ne.
syIasfos. !s" "a iato 5% or tas!si t;s sx'c! e!c,
1 'Sxssi' ss Rs !s5s l," ''} a 9' ''sH'' '' FAT
Ar.,n,t r., m ,,; fss1. =, p!es. n9t' and PALE
-" '"' "'S' "ea'ea' A'a"f
AMI Ar; tt!s"G ts! q n!gs 's M, !, II at,
I,,'t t,;cn iii anTcis wing
jssiarsmor ~ m Of !. .'.,, 1 s,.,n d, q thing:
xboat u " ssn ca tegst Sgt aN' ''' ae
As ,r,sps d mns.
III; sGn fiae ~ H. etT IN. '.1tMsa yG, nao ks.
Knonfas S'it L +, i" tie r.! III, III aeaat
These arc lhe III tears ynu can ever it,ed
ON ss.e 'ss st1ss poem. i, without
ea and ioyIess cracc which We 10 not now IN my
eG ssSs e 9e. ' sss Rs, I'd soa sasp :
| feel thu spell. mud feeo1nlzc y'ur own imputsc-
your own, however sarc-ln that Of her wao
In. ws't WOOD Hsei.p 4 p1tssss prsisss. 'a: *st~.
Me sometimes .ttil iak Of poe.s weird pt'wsr: but
ttor, y a7 fna ms sa ~
pnsses the picture OF tic thing. Along viii, hcr
ability to dFaatIzc fhc most elusive n0r,ds or lhc
wor thst mnye nv no smexsc,sbIy sh ihsr ~,
rcachtnc sense, as in tic tou,n oi, Lady Frankiln
IL sa:sesy % .n!e, sh.t ' tFesas. e W i'N'' ''A"D
hhss'; ysr sss.; ~! :ss !s:: Il n. ~.
one Of tho o"a tcndese.t u poe. Is the ry tale
lie grmmest- t-1uIct cold IN lhu irony thst s nos
Mor" Wc y nnsaie tbess p1ecss withont @ oSe snotne
fo the hook whore ttlrsr ase many that we cannot
give, like ''Her Cross nnl Nine u whole Dir rsma
s1 GaE s,a n e
answers Orc darkcncd with complex, tncjau cloiy
meaning: Answering = Child, !" another soIioouyy
between nothsr anl ehi1d concerning iIfc sna
earth. bound poems: - Folded uandp. the tragedy
Of aspiration beyund the power Of perform nnce, -
y 81 ha ee nsma sna
ftrikc one With awe for tho Acrcc sincerity with
which the cnt-towcrs Of consolation nrc tl,rust
ffontcd. Such q one IL that called mo IieIp."
with its Tremendous close:
Goi came, l.elD me. tor God cannot break
ave Twn'' is another such poem, with that
strain Of tragic Irony in It whch Is soncwheEo isls
!; Giving tn tIe World "ie 70 poicnant: f1'
orv,.o r,n ruv ,yor7
So t,qm n. ,as T., fa1: +, s,|,ss ts vs5l @ .ioas:
"na Foanded peii IL sfnfs sand e. aaow ~
| nut, hca!cn cannot 1,c built with jcweled hands!
t;c Thcn- 4 fro1n 7.,1i imy N own III wiring II ,,.,..
sst liz q fH tsr ias psfs f'iH as "''' ''''''
Heaven nu., have ,ower.-.fcr Tho worm h.. crossed
iias made them white will deatha
.
snff at GSi nsFo IN. s'e-out the ofas thsf
Aaa wouadsd fsti Ii tc fpsSs' Gpcass III lug "oS
;srsa Gan, nus; ~ e Cd :2 H. fallen light
to tfs afS VIII witt b sa doe 'oe 'as e'' 100 0fs
bid il criticism qnite too eaty moi to be- contempt-
Il u u su Or %oS ss
hss[t ssoken @ ssefn q eooiort. this unfssons,1sa
s Mn Ssa saEas a mes sx
L. IL 81 npI a. .,ss Sss 3t s
snee through Witch at must sss md tse
they ef wrten @ '' '"'' "''' 'eo
l. + ,li ~ fythmiss rssstltoa-aot tls n9ust:
thsme j. IT, ftaqaent than Seem. u lrtt.
clsyatona M ,n., ffom sll conmoane*s
RsS ,5sss esas. e9s o hsq K ee s
hakN 1Ifn lad Ap 1f.~ -tH