New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-04

ind suggestions Of Dr.. Holiness most ceieDral'
works Among the other speakers were Preside
Eliot OF Harvard College T. W. Harper. OF Harp
& Brothers New-York, Colonel Higginson and
B. Aldrich. Poems were also read by MIR. Stedma
Mr.. Irowbridge ard William Winter. The folio
ng is Nlr. Winters poem:
HEARTS AND HOLMES
Il that glad song had eboed away.
Which rirping ou through ~iniies ana ears
Has Dail wlin showers az diamond spray
TIE rosy neIfs no seventy year.
Ifthlt sweet yO.ce err nUsled to-day,
what should we say
II.
Al FIRST ve thought him bat Jest,
A Jay %. LAUGHTER. auick g. fade;
W. did not dream bow tich} ".csI
In hi- uurr NE uur lives were made;
Til soon the anrrole snOue. contest,
Upon hls crest
When v.olr-s fade tine roses blow;
When auchrer die, the passions wake =
His royai song. that slept below,
Like Arthur sword beneath me lake'
Long since na, dashed rs hrry glow
Der al we KNOW.
That song has poured ~ sacred light
on crimson Aag, 300 Freedoms van,
Lies taffle here for Truth bud Man
Al orlaammc. 10 cArer the Right
Through darkest night
That song has fecied with rosy gold
IAc sails thai .aar Yer Fancy - sea
Reiumea fAo -tosiei days of Old;
pr-sfucd the e orieus life Go De-;
And many a Borrowing leart consoiod'
IL grief untold.
"
When. shattered on The loffiesr steep
Tine sd. .fasrnau'- rrr ever found,
That ne orr. 30 Ike the nound.e-' ceep.
Broke. 10 me deeu 100 lrart can boun'
How cid bra trCe OF SORROW weep
Ger NGBsIEn'- sleep!
VII
How sweotlv did HIS spuii pour ,.
TIE -trrins tn8f make d. tclr-frors start,
Whom. on this bleak New-EuriaLd shore,
WIN Iara'- haru ana Ell is heart,
Ii thrilled ue o. the nos nn cure
with thoughts OF MOORE
VIII
The shamrock green on Lldey's side,
The Uclen meath N~E-E.ae aud SHOWS,
White 7alsie- or the fields oi CLYDE.
Tviurd ardent rouut old Anlun'@ rose,
Bloom. IN his verse. : blooms the bride,
With love and pride.
*.
The si'ksn tress. t,ie mani .iag wine.
Red roses. snwm-f- whispering caves
IT,, lIs tlag d. s5. tae HANDS that irvine.
The heart nat loves. the aefr' that groves
They al have found dedtuies- SHRINE
In bis rcA line
Al. well! thai voice can clsrm Us Jet,
And -iil tAat shin NJ tide ~ -ong,
Beneath a SUI not soon fu set
T. Golden music wa aloL-:
With dew OF joy our eyes are wet
Mt o. regret.
X.
For. SIN NJ comes the f-s-a' day
In many 70 temple, far and near
The words mat all have loured 10 say
The words that al are proud e. near
Fail from bis lips. vi h conquering sway,
o. grave, or gay.
XII.
No moment this Cor passions heat.
NOr mine tue voice to give 90 scope,
When Love and Fame and Beauty meet
To- crown their Memory md heir Hope!
I cast white lilies. cool and sweet,
Here. at his feet
True bard true soul true man. true friend!
An, gently on that reverend head
" SHOWS of wintrv age descend
Ne shades OF mortal night ne shed
Peace guide and guard MIN 10 the end.
Aud God defend.
Mark Twain superior % the unfortunate receptiC
,iven to ais remarks at the Whittier dinner tw
-ears ago. wherein he gave an extravagant aecour
f a supposed encounter with Longfeliow. Emerso
nd Holmes in the Western wIlds, made one of b
,est aud most characteristic speeches, in the cour
# which he gave a keen stab at the Rev. DIR. Lor
ner. whose unconscious plagiarism IN approprlatln
,ther peoples sermons has caused so much con
nent. Mark Twain sad
The 1rst great man who ever wrote me ierter ".
DIVER Wendell Holmes. He wasaso the first gteat i
rarv man ever stole anything from, and that
low came 10 white TO pm aud AZ To me- When my fir
,OOk was new, a friend OF mine said. " III
dedication N very neat." Yes said. -
thought II was" NV friend said. always admir-
{. even before | saw IL III the InnOceuls Abroad
naturally said " What do YOU mean Where N
rou ever see Il heinrerg Well. / saw IL first sun
ear. ago as DR.. Holiness dedication 10 his songs
Many Krys'" OF cOurse my first impulse was 10 pr
larr tns mans remains for bnrial. but upon reflection
aid l would reprieye him Tor moment or twO an
ave him chance "a prove his assertions II be cuu
Ne sfepued la D a BOOKSTORE and ne dill prove n. na
eaiy stolen that ded cation almost word for word.
ouid not imagine how this curious thing had happeue
mt thought the thing ont. and solved the myster
Two wears before had laiI up couple OF weeks IN "a
,andwicn islands. and hal read aud re-read ID
aome-'- poems until mental reservoir was led u
villa them 10 the brim. The dedication lay on the tol
md handy 80 ny and-by uDc0usciuusiy stole II. Pc
,aps | unconsciOusly stole the rest OF IN
Toiume TO- for many people have told me tnl
nv book was pretty poetcal ~ one way or anothe
NrlI OF eorrse. I wrote DR.. Hol and told him
hadn't meant u steal and back and said In q
lIndest way that II vas all right and no marin DONE an
ldded that be believed We all uncOnsci0usly worke
,ver ide.s gathered reading and nearing. imag Mn
hey were Orig nal with ourselves lie stated trut
md did IL 40 such = plea-aDt way and salyed m
or, SPOT so gently and 50 heahngly that rath,
lad had committed the crime for the sake OF the lie
er afterwarn called upon him and told him to mal
PERFECTLY tree with ideas OF mine which struck hi
a being good protoplssm for poetry. He could see
hat that there wasn't anything mean about me. 30
rot along all right from the start
LETTERS OF REGRET.
r,,-s,, tha aftarnoon several letter. of re0r,