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Morning Star and Catholic essen er.
Few oALEAs sls. sUNDAY May ls ls17.,
4 RARE VOLUME OF POEMS.
IN. Y. FIeemen's Journal I

IN. Y. FIeeml 3 Journal
Mr. O'Shea, New York, expects to put
lisb, this week, a volume of poems, by
lady, tbat-if there is any spirit OF appre
citation of the good, the beautiful aud th
true, in our public-will command atten
Gion, and have very wide and CRATE full &c
ceptance. The author is entirely unknown
to us. We do not know if her title is MADAM
or Miss. She, according to her Preface, ha
cred, to one or other Catholic periodical
So far as We know, it is not probable We
have ever read one line of any one of them
in that form.
Mr. OShea, some two weeks ago, put
the proof sheets ofthis forth coming volume
IN our hands, and made 1t q special request
that We would look them over. In com.
plying, we expected to find the usual mix
ture OF dubious piety, seasoned with a
great deal of false sentimentality.
Our astoplshment was great, reading one
after another of the shortest pieces, to iud
INTO What company We had come. Here
was q book that i5 as well to have written.
Here was, indeed a muller (orfis-a "valiant
woman, wboes price is above rubies." How
she writes! Woman Where did you learn
your theology Wherever you learned it,
you have rehearsed it, in your own heart,
before the Cruclfix. That is where St.
Ihomas studied his grand demons tatons of
Catholic doctrines. That is the true School
master.
But a wonderful exacteess and express
s1on OF Catholic truth, guarded, to the fin-
est point, againet betray al or extravagance
does not make poet
And this is the book Of a poet. She waves
the WORD to its place, anC weaves, of the
words thus obedient, the siiken threads of
ture poetry. This is power that no amount
OF study can ever acquire. 1t needs, and in
her case has had, i arc study, diligent appl-
cation, painful hoprs-for the triEmings and
trappings. But the genius was there, be-
fore, or all this labor had been in vain.
The forth coming volume we speak of is
entitled:
Beside the Western Sea Il Collection of
Poems. By Harriet NJ. Skidmore, (Aarie,
her name in period icals).
All OF the piece of this gifted poet are
not equal: In some few of them we fiud
the trained intellect working, laboring,
ius. Bat, as the !" Month of Mary is just
commencing, we turned to that part, won
dering if the. author would not flag. with
so over r-powering a theme.
AND we give, not as one of her very
best, but as showing the deep spirit of de-
votlon of the author, and at the same time,
for critics, her control of one of the more
dlmcutt rhy thme, the following-oue of her
tributes to the {" Month Of Mary"
OUR QUEEN OF MAY.
Right royal is our Queen of May,
For priceless gems forever there
hold willing place.
Nor from tbe bidden caves S's that lG; shine
5ss HSss i1 sosTs Her ,dS. 5s1d ,he jewels brought
GLOW % fa fadsIessiy. SGesi 1Fsh' texture wrought
But whore the wondrous glory falls
r06 On sfTsss. kasss Of pearl and jasper walls"
w mere khjneA tho stio ptasay
FGs FSss sss. fae sSr sPsS ssrtnS gen.
hand divine h ath wovs their sheen
Ia the fair mantle of our Queen.
Our Lady bright
Wouldst know how, in ber kingdom rare.
Her treasures meet
humility, serenely
Sheds lustre sweet
And purity; with silver light {
lliumines al her robe of white, T
And t tbronedy Snedy ter teT1Sfi shining brow above
Her Gssss E,Ssss svss ss@ 9oSI ssi0stiil love ~ !
On earthly night its cheering ray. !
10 light the drear and darksome way =
~ Of pgrims faint +
e %S SSE5S sssb: sss' siSz &,s tG turmoil
And venom tans.
-. The sinless Maid. the Liy.aower, y
That dwslt in Nazareth lowIy bower, Ii
,rh and bethlehem q oavei p
faithful Clun2
Beside the cross where0n He hung IL
Who died to save. b
his Mother, chosen ours to be- IL
a dying Saviours legacy S
To mortals given
SweSt Sovereign Of the shining band .
Or dwel'ers in the better land ii
The Queen of Heaven. nj
She is our Queen, our ruler fair II
And wondroue 10 her glory rare, nj
Her queenly stat-: vi
To her. the star of earth and sea m
This month of bloom and birding CLEO al
We cOnsecrate.
Time's favored daughter fair and sweet tb
Bright moon Of blossoms, tribute meet -
For heavens howerl W
Thine Mary, be its song and bloom, TO
It's tinted skies, its soft perfume of
Its beautys dover. Vi
We bow before thy pictured face;
The angel greeting, :" Foil of grace"
We fondly breahe;
Round affairs decked for holy rite
hy frapr