New-York tribune., 1878-06-25


ON with a facile movement, with no startling cpl
sodes, and seasoned with some not very brilliant
attempts at humor. In this poem, the author
tries no audacious flights of speculation
his language in the main, is transparent
and expressive, though the structure OF hls verse
betrays his characteristic verbal subtlety and the
descriptive power, of which he is SO admirable a
master, will charm his ancient yotaries ana win
new proselytes to his cause. Here is little sketch
of the later poet, whose portrait represents
class perhaps not yet entirely obsolete:
Paul Desforees Maillard Crosickese by birth,
Whose birth that century ended when began
BY similar bestowment on our earth
or the aforesaid Rene. Cease 10 sean
The ways Of Providence! See Crolsc's dearth--
Not Paris IN its plentude-sufh:e ,
TO furnish France with her best poet tWlceI
Till he was thirty years Of age, the vein
Poetic yielded rhyme by drops ana sprs;
In verses OF society had lain
His talent chiefly; but the Muse asserts
Privilege most by treating with disdaln ,,
Epics the bard mouths out, or odes he burts
systematically fOrtn. Have people time
And patience nowadays for Thought III rhynei
So. his achievements were the quatran's inch
OfhOmage, or at most the sOunet's ell
OF admiration welded lines with cnnch
OF ending word aud word to every Delie
In CrO.sic's bounds; these brisk as any hnch,
He twittered till his fame had reached as well
Gueraude as BatZ but there fame stopped IOr-curse
On 1Ortune-Outsde lay the universe
The good Paul sends his prize poem to Paris, with
out the slightest doubt that the slow and sure
verdict of the Forty" would be for himself, but he
discounted his applause" in vain:
Scarcely nm
Was dry when. To- the perfect piece came lsca
Rejected, snamed Some other poets clinE
OF pedants TO declare perfeciOn's pink
A singulaTly poor production "Whewl 80
The Forty are stark fools, l always khe" J.
First fury over (for Paul's raco-to-wt
Brain vbros-wrggle clear OF protoplasm
INTO minute ne tnat ma one gi, m ,brsiasnn
CompOrts with what should cOunterbalance 1t
some knowledge of the world! No doubt, orgasm
Effects the birth OF verse winch, D0In' delhahus
Prosalc ministratiOn, swaddlng-Dands
Verse must be cared for at this early stage,
Handled. nay danded even. should play
Their game indeed II, till IL grew OF age
lmeeky let these dotards frown away
My bantling from the rlghtful heritage
OF smiles and kisses Let the puOnc say
it be worthy praises or rebukes, 80
My poem from these Forty old perukes
In this dilemma he appeals to the tender mercies
of a newspaper critic of the day. but only finds a
new example of the rarity of Christian charity"
The result was Disappointing
SO, by friend, who boasts himself in grace
With no less than the CheYaler La ROque,--
Eminent in those days for pride OF place,
Seeing he had 1t in ms power to block
The way OF smooth the road 10 all the race
or literatOrs trudgng up to knock
At Fames exalted tempe-dOor-fOr why
He edited the Paris Mercury -
BY this friends help the Chevaler receives
Paul's poem, prefaced by the due appeal
To Cesar from the Jews. As duly heaYes
A sigh the ChevalieT, about 20 deal
With case so custOmaTy-turns the leaves
Finds nothing there to borrow, beg or steal
d" The thing may be so cleverly declined"
Down to desk, out with paper, up with quill,
Dip and indlte! " Sir, gratitude immense
For this true draug6t from the Pierlan rHl
Our Academic cOdpOles must be dense
Indeed to stand unirrigated stu.
To Graudees ike the Forty: while mock,
We grin and bear. So, here's your pece La Rogue"
Paul finds ready solution of the critics auster-
ity, and takes heart in his disappointment:
There now |" cries Paul " the fellow can't avoid.
COnfessing that my piece deserves the palm;
And yet he dares not grant me space enjoyed
BY every scribber he permits embam
His crambo in the Journals corner! ClOyed
With stuff like theirs, no wonderif qnalm -.
BE caused by verse like mine though that's no cause
For his defraudng me OF just applause.
"Aha, he fears the Forty, this poltrooni
FIRST let hun fear me Change smooth speech to
III speak my mind out, show the fellow soon
Who is the foe TO dread; IN sist enough
On my merits till, as clear as noon,
He sees / man TO take rebuff
As patiently as scIi6ReTs @ may and @ must ST., ,,r,.,
But he reckOns without his host Having sent
fierce epstle as challenge to the obdurate critic he
receives in return more than he had barganed for:
Our bard mistakes his mani The gauntlet rings
On brazen visor proof against attack.
Prompt from his editorial throne up springs
The insulted magnate, and his mace falls, thwack,
On Pauls devoted Drainpan,-quite away
From common eourtesles Of fencing-playl
Sir viii you have the truth This piece OF yours
Is simply eXecTable past belief.
/ shrank from saying but, since nOught cures
COnceit but truth, truths at your service BRIEF,
Just long as The Mercury endures,
SO long as you excluded by its Chief
From corner, nay, from Granny Play the cock
o. the rOOst henceforth at CrOisic ~ wrote La Rogue
Paul yellOwed, whitened, his wrath from red
WaNed incandeScoDt. Now, tbls man OF rhyme
Was merely foolish, faulty In the head
Not heart Of him cOnceit g a yenlal crime.
"Oh by no means malicious ]" cousins said:
Fussy feebie,-harmless all the time,
Pudding at sO-calcd satire-Well-adYlsed
He held IN most awe whom he satirized.
The sequel of the story, in which Paul gets the
better of his adversaries by "ploughing with a
helfer," is related with great junction. La Rogue is
duped by the wiles of a woman, YOltaire is the
victim Of the ingenious hoax, and the poet finally
subsidies into his original nOnentity on tho "sad
sterility of Crosic flats"
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