New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11

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ship ntirely.p that he would be permitted to go be
low and turn in to take sleep. for in troth M
myself and sleep that is stbrayngers for some time
SAID Barry "an' # your honor u be PLACED III D. b.
wanted, for till you the land there's no use
for me in life. and throth want sleep sorely."
| Barny's request was granted. and It will not be
wondered at that after so much fatigue of mind and
body he slept profoundly for four-andtwenty hours
lie then was called, for land was IN sight, and when
| he came on deck the captain rallied HIM upon tile
| potency of his somnferous qualities and calcu
| lated he had never met anyone who could sleep
fourand- twenty hours on stretch before"
"Oh, sir" said Barry, Rubbing his ewes, when
were still little hazy. "whiniver go to sleep
pay dtiiRtion to IT,"
Good luck attends this remarkable experiment
Barry sails into the Cove of Cork without accident,
makes the Yankee skipper believe that he Is the
most skilful pilot on the station, and pockets good
fee for plotting the ship that showed him the way
home Moreover he makes handsome profit on the
sale of his mackere besides establishing forever his
reputation as an accomplished and adventurous
navigator.
Lover was cordially received in the literary So
ciety OF London, and his pen and his brush were
kept equally busy. He wrote many dramatic
pieces, operettas, and opera texts for Balfe for
Madame Vestris and Others, many of these produc-
tiOns having a great run. Failing eyesight Obliged
MIN. when he was nearly fifty years DID, to abandon
and musical entertainment consisting of all oiio of
Lis most popular songs and stories His Irish Even
pgs" were highly successful for a number of years.
not only in England aud Ireland but also in the
United States, where he spent year and half
US46]4S). He made pleasant Use of some of his
American experiences i'll later entertainments"
but the purpose with which lie set out, of making
book abOut us, was not fulfilled. lie found that lie
could not tell the truth about tho South without
giving offence, and in the South he had been received
with the warmest hospitality AT Boston he gave
several performances which were listened to most
attentively. but IN solemn silence. In other parts
of ew-Engand, the reserved frigid mood of his
audiences was even more marked and Lover, not
prepared for this outward aspect of seeming ndier-
ence, considerably put out aud felt. he sad,
like an Arctic vovager who had drfted among ice
bergs.' Poo ibly, however, in reality he was as
much appreciated there as afterwards IN the warmer
and more demonsirative South" Lover was I'M
pressed. as all British travellers are by the charms
of American women. but he coupled with his praises
a qualification which. to who knows what the
British beauty becomes when she has blossoned
into her ample and rubicund maturity, is surprising
indeed:
She was perfect specimen of American
beauty. With its prevailing sghtness of form
there was sufficient TOundness 10 give 1t
liIn, whilst her erect carriage and even walk be-
iokened her healthful and good proportion. Her |
iace not unworthy of her bearing. The finely |
pencied brow-the soft blue eye beaming under |
It's long ashes with equal intelligence and kindness
the delicate outline of nose, gently dilatng she
Dreathed, completed their attractions in a mouth |
winch a painter or n sculptor would have acknowl-
,dged as a model My admiration however, con
ess, was tempered with the thought of such
Dc tuty's evanesceUce. Nowhere, need | say, as IN
America, is female loneliness so transient The
blossom scarcely Lecomes a flower before 1t has
cached the time to wither Whether it is in the
ace in the climate. the mode OF living want
If exercise the pit1less destiny of American beauty
s a tact not to be disputed.
OF Lovers songs the best known probably is 1.-THE
Ingel's Whisper" but his Irish peasant songs of
winch Rory OMore" is a familiar example. are
lis chef and most enduring titles to fame. They
how purity, refinement and sensibiiity of which
lie Irish comic song before his time almost
rely destitute. The actor in these vvacious little
Uric dramas is droll, quick-sghted, warm-hearted
mpudent without vulgarity. He has a haf-con
cious delight in his absurdity. A fash OF real
1it accompanies every new twist of his thought,
nd the poetry of true feeling mingles ndescribably
nth his nonsense.
His Irish peasant songs, with their love and hui
Tor, indigenous to the soil, and Hibernan to
he neither in their gayety their tenderness.
acy, delightfully."- natural and thoroughly original,
hey struck out q path entirely new, and are unique
modern literature.
The characteristic of the Irish peasant, before
overs time, were aDsurdly and falsely supposed by
Omlc song wrlters. as Lover himself tells u.s. to be
hefy "expetve oaths, 'whack fol de rolls 'hurroos,'
pigs, pratees, brogues. shlleahs Jewels and Iys:
hle cOarseness and vulgarity were the offensive
Institutes for wit" On one occasion, Lover, who |
ad hitherto only written sentimental songs | I
BANGED to comment on the impostuTes OF the cur
mt popular specimens TO his bright
adv Morgan, when she exclaimed: "Do you think |
Oh could do hetterW AT all events, III try he ,
once responded The result was the song of
I,,.. a
vely and appropriate Irish air, immediately flew !
yer the Kingdom. crossed the ocean, aud, like the
mon Jack. made the circuit of the world becom- I
10 a favorite IN every city and village of Britain,
merca and the colonies From the drawing-room j
reached the street, and was sung, or listened to,
every man, woman or child. ground by every
On the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Victorias |
we are told IN The Lyrics Of Ireland. O
every band along the line of procession to West q
inster Abbey played Rory OM IRE during some .
rt of the day, and finally, 1t was the air the baud
the Life Guards played az they escorted her n
ajesty into the park Oh her return TO buckingham (
llace."
Lover was once visiting the warehouse of the Sy-
ngtons IN Glasgow, with party of gentlemen,
hen Peter Cunningham suddenly pushed him into
room where forty girls at work. and told =
EN- that If they let the author of Rory OMOre" -
without singing his song, it would be their own
nit. Lover was obliged. blushing and covered :
til confusion. to comply with the young women's =
mand end the whole scene was so ludcrous =
hat Blanchard Jerrold. when Lover concluded, | -
we'd headforemost into heap of soft goods lying
the floor. and beat applause with his boot heels
Oh in the air." =
I'm Not Myself At All" Is a song In which an :,
happy swain pleads his cause with the most orig :,
u aud unanswerabe arguments.
"Pll be not myself at ALL /,
Molly dear. Molly dear,
Till you my own call IL
Since change DER me there came. r,
Sure you might change your name n
And twould just come to tho same, =,
Molly dear,
'Tw0uld just come to the samei Il
For. If you and were one. b.
All confusion would he gone, -
And 'twould simplify the matther intirely; "
And 'twOuld save us much bother,
When we'd both be one another In