New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-12

the soaring spirit which sought the cIo"h Vi i0""
ciation the sacrifice of self for the deliverance Oh
the race. The fated hour of contamination ~"
struck. Standing by the couch of his sleeping
wife, Siddartha announces his resolution
Iwill depart" he spake =" the hour Is colho'
Thy fender iips dear sleeper, summon lne
TO that which saves the earth but sundeis uS'
And in the silence Of yop sky rcaa
Came /, ard unto this all night, ana days avs,
Have led me for viii not have mat crown
which NAV be mine; lay aside those realms
which wait the cleaning Of my naked swoIu'
My chariot shall not roll win b9ouS "H''"
From victory 10 victory, TIL enlth ,
Wears the red record OF my name. choose
To tread lis paths with patent Stainless Ict'
Making it's dust my bed, its lonellost Wasles
NV dwelling and its nearest things my ma'os'
Fed with no meats save what the charitable
Give of their Will, shell cred by no more pInP
Than the dim cave lends or the jungle pu'H'
This Will do because the woful cry
OF hfe and all flesh living cOmeth up
Into my ears and all my soul is tuil
OF pty for the sickness OF this wOrldi
Which l will heal, If healing may be tonna
BY uteTmOst rcDOunclng ana strong stil,e'
For whch Of al the great ana lesser Gous -,
Have power PITY Who hath seen lhellLWnor
What have thoy wrought 20 help their WoIshipPCIS'
How hath IL steaded man To pray, an IA pay Srs
1thes OF the corn and oil, 10 chant the cuaFnS'
To slay the shrieking sacrifice, To rear -,
The stately fame. 10 feed the priests, and can
S"pe-nof the worliest,from the griefs that teach
Those nauies of battery and fear
Ascending DAY by day, Ike wasted smoker
II one. then, being great and fortunate, ,..o,
ic lowered With health and ease from birth designed
70 he would rulr-u King of Hugs;
II one nos tired with ifc's long oay hut glad
L the freshness OF It's morning q, O mol cioytu
With loves delicious frasts. but hungry SUM-
II Que not worn and wri1kod. sadly sage'
But Joyous In the CORY and me , grace e, ,,,ooso
Earih's lovellest at his viii: one even as !,
Who ache not lack not. gIicye not, save with sreis
Which are not mine, except as am mani
II such a one haylug 30 much 10 gave,
Gave all, laying it down tor love OF men, 80 ..,,,,
And thenceiOrth spent himself 10 scdiCh lOr uu'h'
le SeC
Whether IL Turk In hcils or hide III heavens
Or mover, uuTeyealed. nigh unto all:
surely al last, far of, sometime, somewhere,
The veil woud INT for ms dseu-seHrchug eyes,
mat should he won for winch ne ost the world,
Aud Death might find hlm cOnqueror Of DEATH
THIS will | do, whO have realm to lose
Because love my realm, because my hGart
Beats with each thrOb Of ali the hearts that ache,
Known and unknown, these that are NINE ana those
Whlon shall he NINE, d thousand million more
saved by this sacrifice oner now. ,,
on. summoning STARS come! on. mournful earthI
For tDce and thine lay aside my youth, ,,.
My throne. joys, my golden days, my nights,
Nj nuppy palace-aud thine arms. sweet QueenI
Harder to put aside than all tue restl
Yet thee, too, ! Shal! save, saving TINS eafthj
And mat which surs within thy tender womb
NV cDid. the hidden blossom of our loves,
Whom II / wait to bless my MIND viii faiL
Wifel child father and pcoplcl We must share
a liltle while the anguish OF tLis hour
That hight may break and all flesh learn the Law.
Now am fixed, and now VIII depart,
Never come AGAIN TIL what seek
BE iOund-lf feryeut search ana strife avail"
We need Gull no further specimens from this rich
has presented the world with a poem equally
striking for the novelty Of its conception, its vgOr
Of execution, and the exquisite beauty of its de-
scriptive passages. The originality Of its plan is
fully sustained by its power of invention, splendOr
of coloring and force of illustration. Mr.. Arnold's
imaginative gifts are combined with singularly
acute historical sense, and rare perception of the
music of rhythmIcal harmonies and the curious
significance Of a fclIctOus phrase Nor is his poem
10 be regarded merely in the light of Imagination
or history. 1t forms a grave ethical treatise,
shadowing forth in the gendary life Of siddArtha
some of the deepest mysteries and loftiest expert
cnces Of the human SOUL The great doctrine of re-
nunciatlon so earnestly insisted on by Goethe aud
Carlyle is fact the keynote of the poem, and the
evolution of character from exclusive de-
votion to self to a tender charity for our
kind, which is 50 lucidly set forth in the
of Herbert Spencer, Is illustrated
with all the charms Of fascinating nara
tive and the entertainments Of mcodlous verse.
AS an exposition of the religious system of Buddha
we reckon this poem more successful than
the numerous similar attempts in prose. We have
no sufficient data for the solution of the problem.
But as magnificent work OF Imagination. and a
sublime appeal in the interests of the loftiest
human virtue, we tender it the sincerest welcome.
and grasp the author by tine hand as O genuine
prophet of the soul