New-York tribune., 1880-10-03

pendence do not say that he might not ought not
lived Snq nd 0 ss rs RSGd
hours between poetry and virtuous industry we opp
dashed a asass ia the % bars he could not break
restless, stormy Attenuation OF low anu ioi.5 n5
impotent regret His pious mother crooncd over us
cradle snatches % old ballads and LEGENDS OF wn In
mind was full His father silent ansdere, aust sona a
books books whose presence in his poor coaee ep
Rnp the ballads charmed the noy He could not turn
tune. but driving the cart, or pougmhg or nyor and
over. his heart answering ike shell the sea- until
when he fifteen he composed song mse ms ho "oT sars
love and poetry began with him togeiher.
THE YOUTH BURNS.
For ten years his life tale of fermenting youth
toilng and moing turning this way and that, 10 sur
veying and dressing, in the vain hope OF hnding
farr chance lover of all the girls and master OF the
reyels every where frightening the long day OF peat
cutting with the rafting fire or VIII thaV MS
comrades never forgot; writing love-songs' anu
fascinated by the wild smuggler boys OF krRos"a'u'
led by them into bitter shame and selt-reproach'
turning with all the trucuence OF heady youh upon
his moral censors and tauntng them with immortal rd
cule At twenty five. when his father was aireauy nu
away In Aoway kirkyard the seea Oh tpe ,1 O" bi
tion3l which his mother had dropped INTO b7
cradle began to shoot into patriotic 1eeng anu
aud Burns became conscious OF distinct p0euc ahlot.on
For two wears he followed the plough aud wrote some o
his noblest poems. But the farm when he ueu WIN
his brother was unproduciive and at the very ime tnat
his genus was most afuent his conduc was most way
ward Distracted by poetry and poverty ana pass1on,
the country and in 1856 when he was twenty-seyen
wears old, Burns published his poems by SUBSCRIPTION
America An! could that poor despere PlouSaman Of
Mossgie have foreseen this day. co1d nave AID% H,
because of those poems, an abiding part o r "a
familiar TO every people. sing , "lu prd he
honored and his name blessed and his statue raised with
grateful pride 20 keep mis- memory III Anef,ea 2ee I
him 10 make his life noble as his genius perhaps me
full sunshine Of assured glory might have wrought upon
that great, generous. wliul SOM 10
tax thought men.
Burns's sudden fame stayed HIM and brought him To
Edinburgh and It's brilliant literary society. hume was
gone. bu Adam Smth remained; robertson was inud S
Hugh Bair and Archibald Alison Fraser TydIer Tydra
and Adam Ferguson and Henry Ersklne;; lngrG; trnl
TOO were beautiful Duchess o. Gordon ana lhe 'ruy
noble Lord Ger arm They Welcomed DTTi GnS Of II his
fame, but proud and aggresslyey lndepenaen,' nc
fore the house OF A Ian Ramsay ana reyelentN MISSILE
Robert Ferguson's rave. 4is elder Drotier III @ @isol
and although they did not Know H. ne was the greaes gt
guest they had ever entertained lhe , sdon's
poet tn, fn or Famous sTef hoss 0 ali
but he was the only dsGc ma his aonH conn
try and who had famous without ceasng TO be
scotch. But dly there stole into the drawlngroem
70 ccnpse all Scottish fame but that OF Burns himself
The poet looking at an engraving o. soiler yihs
lines and as he read them Burns, with his eyes fu OF
tears asked who wrote them None OF the disinsusneu
scott tmidy whispered the name of the aythor ana he
never forgot that Burns turned upon MN ms tp uaTh
fearful eyeseyes which Scott called the most t9ous
imaginable, and thanked him. Scott never saw burns
again. ......o..
THE DAYS IN EDINBURGH.
The dazzling Edinburgh days were a glaring social
contrast TO the rest life The brilliant society fat
tered him, but his brancy outshone Its own lie was
wiser than learned, witer than the gayest, ana
more courteous than the cOurtiest His genius nished
and bazed Ike torch among the tapers. and the we'll
Had bt-f fhng rnris NO Qups
WINGED and wondered Ii the host was condescendins,
the ouest was never obsequOus But Burns did not love
lord and he chafed Indignantly at the subtle but i'll
vncbe lines OF social distinction, feeling too surely that
the realm OF leisure and ease, sphere in which ne knew
himself to naturally master. must always toat De
vond beyond-the allur1ng gllmmer OF a MIL age A
Thousand times wistfully watching this fascinating
fn ssc Ponse's ae-honse in Mauchline to
stately drawlngrOOm OF Gordon castle, WIN all ms
rOval manhood and magnificent capaDlllty eniangled
and confused the Deart longs, but longs In vaiD to hear
the one exutng and Triumphant cry OF Tic strong man
coming TO himself. :" | will arise" 49,, a., r
BnI with all his gifts that was not given him Burns
left Edinburgh wander about his bonnie Scotland, his
mind ul OF us historic tradition and Iegenaaty oIe'
and beginning TO overflow with songs born OF the ma
tona melodies lie was to see ana ne & wheH 70 see o
elity II he felt tnat somehow 1ts destiny were re-
Elected in his own AZ ea Vent across tSe liver
hut as he touched the English SOIL he turned e upon
his knees. stretched out his arms to seoandand prayed
HIS wanderngs ended Burns settled at twenty-nne
he ple
The hills from his native Ayrshire,
To make nal sadnI a happy Dyd hTesde Tsse cline
Hero his life began happily. He managed the farm,
started parish library went 10 church, and was proud
of the regard of his neighb0rs. He was bOnOred and
Uus Tam osnanter and Bonnie Doom OF
Highland Mary, John anderson my joe and AUD Lang
farmer. eanger poet and prince of good fellows all
once The cloud darkened that was never to be lifted
The pleasant farm ct ElsaId failed ana burns seng
all HE stock ana aud tools Withdrew 10 Dumirles
1t the last change Of his NE ana mela1eaoy @ were
and tender CLEANS of the highest poetic genius OF the
time. Writing exquisite songs otteu ost IN the unwOr
finest panionshp, consumed with sefreproach but
regular in his official dutes teaching his boy to love the
great English poets from Shakespeare to Gray seeking
pleasure at any cost conscious OF a pity and censure
at which he could wonder but conscious also OF the
not Know or comprehend and through evil report and
good report the same commanding ana hoDe nature azure
fbat "a know Burns In these last dark days OF Dunn
tries is like stately ship in tempest with all her can
vas spread with arnyng streamers and eiancing lights
and music penetrating the storm, drifting helpless on
the cruel rocks of a lee shore One summer evening
attend bali he saw Burns lettering alone on side
of he street while the other was thrOnged with CAV
gentlemen and ladies, not one OF %hon oaeu 70 sreet
ioning Burns, asked him 70 cross the street Nay,
uay, young friend ihats All over now ia ad .h .e d
ballad:
HIS aud looked better than mony anes new
5n5 NV be LET'S 4 will hing,
Aud casts himself dowie upon the corn.bng.
q were re young as hae BEEN
We suld hae been galloplDg down on yon green
And linking IL owre the lily white lea,
And werena my heart lght 1t wad de-
DEATH OF BURNS,
Five years OF letting his life wear ony way 1t would
hing and Burnss life ended IN 1896. in his 37th
wear There was outburst of universal sorrow. A
r.at multitude crowded tie little town at his burial
Memorials monuments biographies of every kind fol-
loved Poets ever have of him as OF other
noet The theme always fresh and always captivat
inp and within the year our own American poet. be-
loved and hopored in his beautiful and unwasted age
os NJ Rurns as he sees him vision. the world shall
see b IN an immortal youth cheerily singing at
his Toll in the bright spring morning
BURNS NOT ONLY A NAME.
The personal feeling OF Longfellows poem Is that
| which Burns always inspires THERE'S 10 great poet
who is less OF mere name and abstraction His grasp