New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
portray AND VERSE.


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n,."prt,s,6.~ Of Omar Kbayyan has long boon
t,.v-, to Or.sr..l scholars. tut Che hr't hi4lsN
Translation. madc by Mr. Edward fi'1 'era'd' 'nd
ruil.hcd iu l.ou1on about tcn years nco' was h'.c
the less surprising revelation of forms "i "'"''
And molosof th.usl.. similar ,o those OF on, own
day ITO carro.fuess thc beauty. n"d t'ie dafnr
or,t. Persian to.t. a trains produced a profound
immersion upon thc f.w into who's, hands Che VOC
prc f.ll. tie cirlo 90 raaAcrs increased AID th'7
Fr,f American edition s Icnrigt from The tmid PIP
Tn.l,rd O.igr Khavrdu was born ohout The mi'-
de of tic eleventh century. 20 NaishapW' lh 'N'
Province or X iar..lr lived tnore uudcr the proiec
lion ~ "a friend who wa, yiz.cr o. Tho Su.th' AIP
Ar.'au. ana liol there in the year ll2'' A. m
astronomer. ne became q Mo,lem skcpiic' ana inc
sulstlrc, ~ many of his verses is simply; Lt anu
drink. for tomorrow we dog hnt oth''S " .pT'
nm, with le,tar questions of being. and set forth
spritral pr1n'cr- with amazing force and su'le'y'
Oui of between fo.r and five hundred RHbdya'. OF
onatll,r,. which Omar Thayram lef behind him,
Nj T.fzr.rlm has only translated lol but OF
,tcs, ,t,-. is n1i one which does rot provoke TO
repern-al either by it- keen imaginative quality
IT, surr tow, ness or rs suppressed M cec n1. p'
sion Tslc. FOR instance. this lovely picture oil
Oriental rplcurcauism:
Come on me cup. end n ~ fro FIRES O.. so o-,S
You W'nfrr--l fnelt o. n ]" n...,i'. u.'@'
To dat cr-aui thc bird Is on the vins.
whether ~ Naisia' nr or B'lylons
wleih. hr slp y,l soes' or , D,'gr In"
To- leaves oi hfc keep falling ono 10y one
s.huorn o. ,noust iSi roses b'inss, you say;
~. r,.t .lrr-. l..yt, tac rose ~ ycsr"rdgrf
AID are, summer month mat brings the
sial take j .mshyd and Koitorai away.
w.p.ict,,e. tncS nj waatnavc we I. 30
With VeU.la 2 thc G-e1t. ar Ka.kloHul
l.. IN AND Eus.um 'tuud.. a, they VIII,
o. Halui c5li TO eupper--hoed not YOU
WIN me along tho strp OF scrbace s'rown
l WEI 1.' NAME s-l,' ~ slave and sultan : forco
And peace o. Nahu6I ou DTS golden throne!
The opening quatrain Of the following anticipates
SHAKESPEARE five hundred years before his BIRTH
but there Is something IN the succeeding verses
which suggests, siuCrlqry cuough, b"th Sweden
borg and the materallsts:
Xiv.
strguro. s. it no, tlqf Of The myr'd' Who .or.n
Npt one returns g. til "a o. the road
Which TO discover must travel too
Therryc'afions Of devol and le2rnd
Who rose d. fore u.s. and AS prophets hurnd,
Arr all hut stories, which, awake fron sleep
They tod their fellows. aud 60 sleep retulhd'
XVI
cent my soul ihrongh ne ip ,sl,e
Ana hy ana ,y my soul rcturnd tonne.
Aud answered " myself am Heay'n and Hell"
Hcav'n bu' the vision Of ulflrd desire.
cisp ' on The dalRScss ut2 which ourselves,
Isolate emerged from, shall 30 soon expire.
LNvHL
Ofmacic shaiovshapcs that come and 20
Round with this suu-umnd lantern held
In midnight by the Master OF the show
Imnoient pieces OF the game He PLAYS
Upon this chgckcrboarl Of nights and DAYS
Htlcraud thither moves, ondciecks' and Stays
Aud one ny one back In the closet lays
Xxx.
The ban 40 question ua kcs OF ayes aud noes
But right or left as strikes he payer goes;
Aud He that toss'd on down into ne neld
He knows about ita-HE knows-HE knows!
These two quatrains embody the authors most in
tense and daring utterance upon question which
belongs to the vital speculation Of our day:
on Thou. who dldtt With ptfall and with gin
Hesrt INC road was 10 wander in
Thou witt not with predestined evil round
Enmcsh, aud then impute my fall to sin
on. Thou who man Of Saser earth didst make
Aud cV'n with Paradise devise the snake:
For ali the SIN whercwijh tie face OF man
Is bsckcn'd-mans forgiveness givc-aud take.
The little book contains more food for thought
than whole shelves Of rhymcl sentiment.
The Rev. S. Miller Hsgcunan is the author of a
poem entitled "S!lence,' and prcfaces his volume
"Grecnwood and Other Poems" 10y number of
quotations from private letters in glorfcatiOn OF
tie former lie is Endorsed, it appears, not only by
Longfcllow, Bryant and Whittier, but also by the
Duke Of Argyll. King Alphonso of Spain. Dom Pedro
H. and Queen Victoria through her secretary The
most emphatic praise comes from His Grace the
Duke of Argyll, who writes: II have read Silence
with very great pleasure, and am much struck by
the beauty Of many Of them :" DIR. McCoSh, of
Princeton closes the distinguished list, but the
author informs us that he has letters in reserve
from Disrael UcaconsleldY p, Lord Derby Glad
stone, aud almost all the noted foreign authors"
speaking "most hiChyof this beautiful pOcnI." He
n therefore quite justified in styling himself on the
title-pagc Author Of the new and popular why
did hs not also add beautiful ~ poem, silence"
All the being thus, Is IT really necessary that we
should attempt a critical notice of Greenwood"
To praise would be simply TO echo the verdict Of the
whole civilized world; 10 cenSure would be to defy
that verdict and who we that we should stand
alone. seoned By the Duke of Argyll, who likes
"many Of them" and with AlphonsO NIL, Dom
Pedro II. and Queen Victoria Through her secre-
taryl glazing at rs with eyes Of royal WRATH Let
us rather hasten 10 say that are much struck
by "mauy Of them" and perhaps most of all by this
passage in the poem called "lnstauraton," where
for the flst time the tenor of Poetry and the
bGssO piOftHdO Of Science, are united III 4 loving
duet:
And plucks its shining secrets down;
He leans upon liz iron spars
And steals tue sodium Tom the stars.
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