The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-22
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, APRIL ~ l87s-TRPLE SHEET

deserved snub. Mr. Gilbert the Harlequin. 10 dis
heartened The Eurydice went TO the bottom - .ns
sea; Eurydice relief lund was started ana the no
bile army amateurs who recently displayed tneIr
gambos At the Galety proposed 10 repeat tneI. en
tainmcnt Tor the benefit OF the above iund Saia was
the arst to denouuce tue projected performance. y
confess he wrote, 'thut II CRATES upon my HoinRs
20 see bevy OF noble and sallan, amateurs IA pre-
posterous garo grinning through horse collars anu ou
sing sapers Sysr The new MADE Crane ANA
teur 90 MS, pantaoons aud breakdown dancers WIN
probably be heard Of no more for while NO inc,,
Gent calamity has Tor past evoked such deep
iet sorrow in England the loss OF the Eurydice ~
Is sorro~ that Is expressed IN silence ana prayer anu
the outpouring OF true poetry. The so-caed war en-
thusiasm SO far produced nothing but unmieated
trash and doggere the OF music hall rhy
But The Eurydicc disaster touched the heart OF the
poet, and do not remember TO have ever read any
thing more afectineiy beautiful than some o. Inc
verses published in the weekly papers Here 70 one-
"in Memoriam- Sunday, March "a, 1878" =
-Hol inerrv home with her gallant crew.
The dear old coast line full In view.
she spcd. carsering before the gale.
Taut and trim rs ship should be.
For spithead bound. the Eurydice!
The church bells chilned on the distant shore,
And the mariners dreamt that toll was Ger;
q ss s saa syns ,@ss isles,
And all was Sunshine. hope and giee
Around ana aboard tho Eurydicc,
a change in the skyl 4 sudden seualll,
Ana the binding sleets pewderin; fall
Down, down II vortex Of foam aud spray
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Tarce, pyecdD,W. D0ntne!
The storm nies over: the sunlight streams,
The treache rous bosom Of ocean CLEANS;
There Is little IN sky or sea TO tell
Ofthe terrible deed they planned SO WELL
Only some timbers, hoatin. irce.
Are left Of the poor Eurydcs!
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT vExTSoR.
From Vanity Fsir.l
Oh, sweet church beilsi the earth Is fair.
And death and winter we beguile.
When life and sDrng together share
The giories OF this sunny Isle.
Along the landsip lovers walk
And hand n hand smile out their signs;
As, sweetiy silent Oft. they talk
The language OF the loving eyes.
Ring out. sweet belsl The ships go past
Gay pennons stream from tapering mast.
and ieerails to the waves dip low
And, ioveliest of them all oh, see,
Racing and punsing through the foam.
The Queen's brave ship, tho Eurydicel
Ring slow, oh. bells The earth II white
All ghostly white with sudden SHOWS
Dark Is the air as II with night.
And bitterly the wild winds blow.
A cruel squat has blown away
Tha lovers vsws. the lovers sighs.
Gone Is the glory Of the day;
They cannot see each others eyes
The blessed sun shines out again.
We scaward turn. All where Is she I
Poughing so gaily through the main,
The Queens brave ship, tho Eurydcel
Twas passing knsll. and we knew It not:
Twas the cloud OF Death and Knew
And the sunlit waves dance DER the spot
Where lately home IN hope she flew.
Ring on. oh bells this solemn dayt
shine white, on snow beneath our feeti
Three hnndred souls have passed away
And Heaven 9TH soma Its winding shoot. D.
Surely these tender poems form better and more
hitting requiem Tor the hapess company OF the Fury
dice than tho vulgar antics OF spangied harequns
aud bedaubed clowns.