Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14
John Creenlear Whittier.

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Inc lo'Io"lhS shetcll ol Whlttlcr la'
oeeh recehVlI prep 'feu lor publication by
irlehuly hands, IhouSh lew would deny
mat Ille pralse peiohSs 10 MN ny merit
ana common rePu'e' Inc poet Will be
seventy years oIu III December, ana this
lacl' win lIle puDIlcatloh OF HIS portrait by
The Atlantic publishers, VIII awaken inter-
esl III Ills HE.
lie hats olteh Deen called lle burns OF
America. lhe SIAN" simplicity OF Ian
SuaSG, lhe almost exclusive use Ol COM
mon Anylo-Sa%OI words, lnG description
Vi lONly HE ana inc nunOIeSI scenes III
nature, the same Whult-Acalled anu gen
erons appcals 10 whatever IS bcst IN hu-
manly, perNauc tlle writings oi Doth. ms
love OF Burns, an'' ms hraL acquaintance
Win his Writings, hre pleasantly told by
himself:
"BurtlS IL 10 me the nOblest poet OF our
race. lie Is the nisI poet read, and hG
VIII De Ihe la't' One uay one Ol our
preachers came 10 Stay all nlSuI, and no
llclng, us We SIT by the llrc, TILT L Wits
Intent upon book, he SAID, i VIII tcad 10
tnce, IL Thee likes, sumc poems DJ RuOcu
burns. l nave copy WlIn me. DO ne
SoL the book and beSth 10 read. IL was
The llrSL Aad heard ol Burns, and my
wonder AMI uelguI over WlilJ heard are
us fresh SUN us II II were yesterday. had
heard nothing up 10 tnat momeht. IL
Seemed TO me, init mad any rtsnv To be
called poelly anu llaIe"ed It's luhS us The
olu hhl Wou'u eau u'Ih)llced cIell VIC DouA
On Ihe table; 50 lose aL gray dawn heXt
lnOrnlhS,and READ luf myself was hanging
over the OOoh when lne FRIEND came uoWn
ana llc lolu me VIlaI lle WAS gong Iurthei
~ Visit sucll ana such meetings, would DC
hack 1T such tllht, anu II liked would
leave Tue DOCK Win me lhcc MAY Dc
sure SfatellIly accepted MS Ull1f. L lea
Dulns every holncht hdu " spare, ana
llllo WAS one great result ol my COntuull-
ION WIN hllh' louhd liitI lllc thIhSs uut
ia WHICH PoeulS ctihc "cIe NOT rs liild
Always mag lhcu' somewhere away oil III
Il world ana HE lying outside llle edge ol
Ut New llaupsHll6 shy Ih"J Nclc fiShl
mere aDoul my IeIt anu among tue peOpC
knew. Inc cuIlIdIOh lIllhSa Vi Odt com
mon ilie louhu were luil ol poetry. 1t
Was II new ana perfect revelation,
W ultllef hthef' quaker, was OF II
TAIL, long IlVeu race, ana llFeu on thc
Dauhs Oh INC Melillnac' where me Puet
Was Ou'h, aIll Wuefo most ol ms HE ia
DCCn spent, II nun-EeslstllL ny principe
anu IN prlctice' l1e' however could see
nothing Ill Ills DoS any tlIhS more llLtn he
hllseH WAS IL promising pIo" IMAM Out
Tile buy lho'h'f' WIN heelet INSIGHT rec
OSnlIed his oehlda, ithu ehcour"Seu ana
nIhlsttfeu " IL. vi MS ih"IlItf--Ol tIehch
descent, Win tut maiden halhc ol A"l-ah
ItuZIct- uttlcr says, 10 Inc Friend >
neNlcW, "AIl that lhc sacred "ord uo'nel
me.Ins IN It's DroAdes', luiiesL si-nnlcance,
our dear lnUtner Wts 10 as u lrlcnd, lie p.
er, cUuhselIur, cUlnpahIuh, ever loving, |
oentlc and uhsolisn. nlI,ler himoeu
Was very Sensitive aut dl1ilIcnt. llt sunt
ms bOSiou eIusluhs' III II sly way, " Inc
nearest village newspaper, and Dlusned 10
his un5ef UPS when William l+olu GHr'
rloun, wIlo euheu Inc paper al1cr Il lOn4 |
ANA ulil9cul aedlCh' lounu MN out, Ul, |
INC houf Ii'a coiht' ana 'heh "ld Inele, ia .
an obscure larlhhouae III Fast htVcrnnn,
Mass, theac Two men III tle!r Lucn>,
NV ~ ''N''O~- N'' 'A'"S 81 hSh
nands, ana lor more IMAM nan II cchIurJ
nave Pufoocu' eacil III hlo own way, lne
vi lelpiuiilosS W huLltliity' i'll MS hodcs
" W hi.Iler coholue4a MS llelaIy atltIn-
inehls laIhef acciuehIal' lIe Was aI lrot
w'lhout hohof III Ilio eyes Oh Ills m"LeS IL
school ana On Ile I1fIl' ANA 'hef fldlculc
oi Ills aI'elnpIS at verse were 50 Singing
VIlaI Ulc passion Aol "llti"S "eIl hlSh u'e"
ouI "l Ii''l' lol very 'cA"Vloh ana oh"Inc'
Ills own Juu9'no''' vi MS "liIih5' "tei
'ne hl'CUio ooi'''"o'"'ioil VI I''ty years. Is
'huS eAp'oSsoo III " i0'Voi l" It III lend' iaIo-
~ i ll''o hoU o0on '"io W Pl''ce II very
hISh csIilh"Ve Oh my "llt'nSo' Know Too
wen ILelr uellclcheles' DuN nave gwen
'ho PuoIlo 'io oo'V n'u " al'o' ana Inc
measure VI l'sol "''i "i''cn II mus been
'cuelNcu H'0 Nv" ~ O""'''i' SUI piiso W
ine' iAIS' "' io''''' l o,'n S''J tru'l' 'haI
l"Ve Deeh "o''''''oo W h'3nof motive
ylah lIIel"'S S"o0'oo' "i" 1t HIS o'eil my
leslre tlaI "n"'c'lI ln'i"eiico nly Wri'lhS
may eA'r' snou'u W louilo oH 'ne 9ide Oh
lordllty, lrteuo'ii' anu Oli' l''l'n c'l'rl'J'
Mr. Nhl'tlet l1o "lUehP'ed o'ler p"rls