Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-14
THIRD EDITION.
rRiBITE 10 BAYARD TAYLOR
Enthusiasiic Meeting al BOstO"-
A Poem by Henry W. LOngtelIOM.


A meeting in hoonr OF the late Bay
ard Taylor was held at rrenont Tenn
pie, Boston, on Friday last. \ poem by
Henry w Longiellow, written for the
occasion, was read by DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, who prefactd the reading
by an eloquent tribute to Mr.. Taylor 5
memory. Letters were read from Pre-
sident Hayes, John 9. Whittier, George
William Curtis, L. P. Whipplr, James
T. Fields and others. Or. Holmes, in
his address, said:
Il can hardly ask your attention tc
the lines which Mr.. Longf-llow has
written and done me the honor oi ask
ing me to read, with few words o.
introduction. The poem should have
flowed from his own lips, in those win.
ming accents, too rarely heard in any
assembly, and never forgotten by those
who have listened to them. But its
tenderness and sweetness are such tina ,
no upper t-ction of utterance can quite
spoil its harmrniss.
There are tones in the cpntralto of our
beloved poet m-lodious song that were
born with il, and must die with it when
its music is silenced. A tribute frer.
such a singer would honor the obseq uies
of the proudest sovereign, would add
freshness TO the laurels OF the might
! lest conqueror but he who this evening
has this tribute lad upon his bier wore
no crown save that which the sisterhood
Of the MUSES. wov- tor him. His victo-
ries were all peaceful ones, and there
was no heartache after any one OF them.
His life was journey through many
lands Of men, through realms OF knowl-
edge. r.. left his humble door in boy
hood, poor, unframed, unknown, IN.
htralded, unattended. He found him
self once at least-as | remember him
telling me-hungry and we!l-nigh pen
niess in the streets OF Il European city,
f-astiag his eyes at bakers window
and tightening his glrdle in place Of a
rrpast.
"Once more he left his native land,
now in the strength OF manhood, known
and houored throughout the world Of
letters, the sovereignty Of the Nation
investing him with its mantle of dignity,
the laws of civilization surrounding
sauctity; the boy who vent forth to
view the world atoct, on equal footing
with the potentates and princes, who
hv right OF Intellect swayed the dts-
tinirs Of great empires. He returns to
US no more a. We remember him; but
his career, his example, the truly
American story Of a grand, cheerful,
active, srlf-drveloping. s-lf sustaining
life, remains as an encuing inheritance
for all coming generations.
HENRY ". LoHGFEILov ; POEM.
DR.. Holmes then read the following
poem by Professor Lougtellow
|
the peace OF Go was in his looks,
A. thc statues III the gloom
watch Ger AaXimllians tomb,
80 these volumes from their shelves,
Watch HIM silent n. themselves.
Al his hand Will nevermOre
! rurn their stOrled pages U or!
NcNefmure his Npe repeat
Songs Oi theirs however sweet.
Let the lC:cicss body rest,
He IL gone who was It's guest,
Gone rs travellers haste TO leave
An inn, nor tarry until eve;
Traveller In what realms aiar
In what planet, in what star;
In what vast aerial SPACE,
Shines the 1ht upon thy face!
la what garden OF delight,
Rest thy weary ioeL touignt!
Poet Thou whose latest vcrsc.
Was u garland on thy henrse;
Thou hast sung with organ tone.
In DeukuIi0n's he thine own.
Dn the ruins Ol the pass,
Blooms the perfect flower AT last.
F,!cnd but yesterday the bells
Rang for thee their loud idcGwells
And to-day they toll lDr thee,
Lying dead beyond the a,
Lying dead among thy books;
The peace % God IN all thy looks
FROM JOHN j. WHITTIER.
The following is the letter OF the poet
Whittier, which gas read
10 L. H. 'on"H, LS,.-DEAK
FRIEND: am not able to attend the
memorial meeting IN fremont Temple
on the 10th instant, but my Heart re-
spends 90 any testimonial appreciation
OF the intellectual achievements and
the noble and manly life Of Bayard
Taylor. More than thirty years have
interviewed between my first meeting
hlu unGer my own root, in the fresh
bloom Of lis youth and hope and hon
Orab!e ambition, and my las: parting
witH Ni,n under the elms OF Boston
4 tpirulon, after our visit to Richard II.
| Dana, On tue occasion OF the ninetirttl
II.Iiy elotly Of that honored father Of
/ Am.rran poetry, still living to lament
tn" death Of his younger diSciple and
( fr.cud. How much he has accomplished
/ in these yPhls