New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-25
BYRON AND SHELLEY.
TALK WITH +. J. TRELAWNY.
SOME ELw ANECDOIIs OF THE PotIs-IHE GRE
NATION or SMILEY.


10 That frlllinE NtlliW Nn"h NitN 'i'l if i''
those revolutionary G,Oscnr Of English poetry,
passed. the last years of their brief lives set-eAlied
IN Italy. A. h. sits smoking IN hS ehair' or PAGES
up and down the room, the grand old man, VINO mas
been 20 long before Europe to have become hlstoI
ica still shows traces m his huc features Whlch
iu ty The assertion that he. Lord Byron ana Coul
dOrsav were considered the three handsoTueSt men
of their time. Then, he begins talking to you IN
a voice that seems issuing from some dcep cavern
lis prodgiCuS memory and singular power OF eA
preston make the past present.
Shelley seems to he the only mortal VINO eyer
Touched that proud rebel spirit with a teeIng AKIN
10 hcrO-worsh D. When lee speak oil the l"ef mere
is something like tenderness IN his accents sore
thing vcrHng on the reverence ~ his looks me
customary formulas OF social lutercouIcc are an
determination IN his sight. Woe 10 YOU II, on liNl
srrlUg him. You should unfortunately say, now
do yJu do. Mr. TrcIwnyV Tie VIII, j. not fcpuhr,
merely gruut on; reply ana iooN Is j. ne ,nou-I'
vou fool. He gives no small ch1nsG o. CONVERSE
ton every word he uttcrs IS STAMPED win MS Pc
sonalitya personality so powerful that II oVeI'ops
everything he can say or do
continuing aloud some previous tram OF tho12ht.
"What.p he growlcd. " is All that rubpIsh va,
Symonds writes about Shelley beng too beautiful!
10 paint? Too beautiful TO pant. indeed. Nhen
nc was quite young he might have rad the beauty
that we admire IN childreh OF young Grl'' pi't lq
had no manly beauty. lie was hdII"W-tHes'1 Il anu
he stopped like scholar You could see hat IRON
child almost u baby, he had been bending over DOCKS
lie nad the smallest head OF Ouy man ever Knew
Bvrot's came next. His eyes were slightly prom
incnt, and there was hardly amy oi the Wmte Wis
,blc To see him i'm a crowd was like seeing q stag
in ,he midst of herd OF deer. hc deer has tiIld
way % looking on the ground. but The stag walks
wiih liz eel head aud SHIN ~ eyes. lis were h&c
,tars Now Byron was handsome lie upper part
OF his figure pOby propori10ned ana ms thro"'
wa, like "a column. lie bau most brhnlIuI c>'s
well SCI IN his head; they we're IKE eats, chang
ing continually IN color now brown, now ,eOideh
then grreu full OF cyeT-yarylng expression"
What do You tnnk OF their genius TeSpec-
tvelyy
makes "A man write great poetry. But BE appeairn
to the intellect. wh'ie Byrons poetry appealed 10
the pass'ous OF menkln"' All men nave passions
therefore they understood INN. Int shelley was a
great bctaphN STEFAN, lo,1clan. poet whom WopIt
Stunned IN his day. No one read his writings an"
when when Invent to get one of his poems from
O,lier his pubSher. he pretended not 10 have
copy. ill being informed that was ShciicN lIiei"'
In. fetched II from secret drawer. This was the
universal feeling concerning htW. No one uLdcI-
stood hm-not Hogg-not Iracock; ana ne
former, though he often calls HIM DIV i"c poet, dd
not believe anything oi the KIND; "h me contrary
hc thought IT. All hn' sense ana N' si'ns J" HE
sleeve when he used such espresso 81. 30
Bat what Wa the bond he' cen tucm. then q
"Nhy. they we're hcth c2c-i.'.t toiai'. Nhc.-
lev was am husigsfic student o' tc crock pn'ts
aud greatly influenced by them. ESPECIALLY 10 ms
latter wears. No VIC l- 'rnrrlut r' t'r ci1-ece
can thoroughly appreciate him. That is partly tue
reason why SN.u1uiuc urd r-'atoa MN -o NrIli h'
L,s written b,t,r thing. concerning him than any
ono else Bst DE-. fo1 ..s s0fic ut t.c dIVfnc MAD
.r.. Nothing gr-nt c'nrNrr d. dome without II.
Here j. another man VINO was also in' of IT,
Mr. lreiaVny wa, p'cte u'n.9 ''I IRE room
,o,c. ~. now ,rono,, rae % portrait # John
Brown. the American martyr, 81 whom hc spoke
WITH % liudluc eye.
d., rol know p bar was his answer 20 the rebels
{ when they threatened to bang Il'ni 40,
SAID De-. i wish lor upth3g b.iic. i"r tucn lhF
r,uu.lf Enthusiasts au' ttitstI.t lr" tu' men La.
move the world. Ih"fr bHh", moss; cons der
nim tru" poet, also; what %. "'i''' Us I"'' "'
l,c repeated some Of Biakcs lines Hi~ manner of
quoting poetry De- pccu'ar.' np''ss'N'' almost
nr,cuIYr: ~ seems t'at shelley Waa very iohd ol H.
once hearing him dec'Hu;
T.re I.,r. r.g lord. a wallet - his back
D. w4i.u A quits llm- Tor oblivion,
the poet Was so t.kcu with the passage, which he
... Iot apo, Ir 60 Snow. tlat De- capped his hands
,tt. ..,i...f and could uoi bear Do .tt .n enough
~.r,iiIit bea.e -ell to bin about his Eosl.iHd
a,t Il.i.." .r .ullcd luu shouted " ihals going
futo 4l..,- vti... .Y'u know.
W., ~.,.l..', ,.is. .y-liy load and piercing
.. ID. ........lIi. ......t uf'
a., c,,,, l nm, shelley b.orrarhor. must ~ ON
t,u,,,tlur Hoce- assertion about toe Iat-u suil!-
rr.. ~ tuc p1,t'- tones. No doubt nc Was habitu
ally hoar-e 90 tin. climate. l,u "l"als r. az
Italians lose tu,lr voice on coming q" England
vsI.r iunt Of %. English gris ,"crt-T I'D Lazy.
-iDl..y'- voice $50, soft AID pleasant at any late
"pii >hcu,y ,,cr SMUT hm.,l up go write l'
.~nut hfrs.ll up" shouted Nr lrrawuy ndig-
r.,flt E,cr. Tie wrotc lis rocul~ $50 the opcu
iT. pi. OBJ, -..-~hoic; 100 thc prc-N'gH-; ard l.s
-. ..rf D.. could til thc tim" - dag exactly hr
tl. le'f. hi. never had watch. Ard J thnl
Byron never ,had; but II the latter H"d '"e' ne
Nv ucl Of al Byrons works do you yourself pre-
.Cliijc Harold, lie IT one time intended M
tro.ltrirr pe either INTO th"t poem a. INTO Don
Juan; d. did not know which. llls lnl entoa was
.,. Nrtttsu a. eth caut0 OF CLILc Harold tho
scene Of which Was 10 be land m Naples. but n2
sand be must see Naples before writing aHoCt 70; Ec
,,.II not WHO about tilug, he had lot seen,
".,outhct Ga lI. return ir0Iu toul lu Italy vas
asked hv q friend whether h. considered shelley or
Byron ag TIE bead of tho satanic school. Souih'r
prlniing 20 BIZ feet, sad. The wi marks his
own Nr. iT,lSry cuuckicd sard ne liy. anu
l DID, D.. q "a 4 J. ~.
"Iuai accounts. ! supp 81. for tAe author o! Inc
Vision oi Jut gutut imposing poor SOLthcJ al the
p....g, % hls 1901. DlisIahle saii1 !
l,- Moor", So mo- used Z" slg" over ms sp'v
and lice with the diamond -iu-f of Wit. lost nl
u-c I'D repeating ihe say ing 10 li' n"'.t 'Iru,'
M.ItClaHIg fui 1ru ed mc tL1 Dci "i"r'tp' IIeh'h
artist had 10, suA picture of the burning Oi Hhti-
lea, body. "a. iccI evidently ilatleo nlui. lie
rtrr.d 70 IL repeatedly. pictur.rg the scene, which
/ atpaTcutly Increased IN viVidnc-s Wine Lc de-
sciiucd u, tai l. too. seemed to sre WIFE him The
llag sweep Ol sand, thr smoothly ripping "atois oI
tine bay, tr long. dark line "I 'he pine forest 'Aiil
"Gti6mc" Ao SAID, fought to introduce the pines
ln hI, picture. They are characteristic OF shelley
and oi the place. Their tail, straight stems, iofH
feet uigh. rose ri equal distances one nom the
other. and although the sun mover penetrated
through ,hcr iuter"cins bouSus' IL Nouiu CAST
leo nght ou th, trunks below.
IL wish VI. Gcl0uc could hear your DIES 'rpuon
some one ought certainty to send these details t.
NM
will send q letter 10 Ros-ctti he can COM
mumcatc with the artist if he thinks proper bNion
and myself were the only persons on the spot besides
three coast-Guard-. Leigh Hunt rcma'uto I'D
ms carri.g. OIL fire edge If the pine forest. Italian
pca,aut-oiA had also come TO wiiuca, The >pe tdce
hut, with hereditary good hr'ilhi' "II H'' P''71
near aud r-mmncd patiently watc"lne ln thcr
lip-. cart, and other vehicles. As Was pouring
/ tir incense vine aud Ou upon the lanes. hlut
tered, half To myself, restore tp Nature through
Glc, the elements of which TN, man wa compo'cu
earth. AR ana water: every thing D. changed nus
not anuiuilated lie lsnoN portion "i una. Mn',a
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