New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS
,..ss urrrcu1NsoNs Poems.

MISS HUTCHINSONS rOn' r,,-rcH-
SONGS AND LYRICS BY ,a LlasRR ossood & Co.
NsoN I' IL, HING attracted by the very IlS'
SIGHT Of this exceedingly pretty oooA -r;nted in
inc snecmen of the publisher a." r;tb uncut
dainty TYNE on substantial linen papoi' original
.aoes and clad in quaint, peooni,ne 81 r,old are
80 80 tipts of gray, brown, piue anu s
garo' whose I'M. ms wood-cut frontispiece IS
"oi.y 60 nicture painted by George H. Do"sn-
copieu .,,-a..ato one of Miss Hutchinsons poems
w.. DI, ~ p;otnren. which the artist found IN an
ho. nsriodical, The beautiful exterior
A a. a. I;ttIe book accords perfectly with rs
- character We hardly open the leaves
before we are conscious of a rare aroma lheSe "io
wholly unlike the songs of our popular verse-ih"N-
crs they are not only singnlary refined IN tnoughs
and delicate in texture, but they have distinct
favor impossible to mistake and equally lmposslpie
TO describe 1t is easy to say that here we nave
5aiptiness without affectaton. simplicity withouI
badness natural feeling without silly sentiment
all this is true but there is much more TO De sl''
In the tuneful choir of our young singers 'ii, i9
voice is distinguishable by pure, synlpa'ne"''
ringing and quite individual timbre Inc SOns'
therefore is fresh although for her suotecoS 'N0
poet looks in such oft-explored places as 'he ilowo
decked field the tinted sky the Drook' 'ho S'' "iN
the heart of youth and innocence.
A singularly fine feeling for nature not only III
her external features but in that spiritual influence
which she breathes only upon chosen lew. Is one
of the characteristics of these songsthat will most
readily arrest attention Four lines in the piece ell
titled The Hidden Charn," near the end ot the
book. SO exactly express what we had observed IRON
the beginning that it was almost startling 10 come
upon them:
Yet Mother Nature gives to me
fond and patient sympathy;
In NV own heart find the charm
To make her tender, near ana WARM.
This is sincerely and truthfully SAD. MISS hu.OH
hson,s descriptions of natural objects are marked
by close observation, poetical insight, sparlne ou'
.ecitous imagery feminine grace united WIN mas
culue +erseness the sure artistic touch which lays
the color on the right spot the mature dlscreuoh
which stays the brush when the picture Is nllSheu
but what is still better than these merits Oh eXecu
hon she does indeed find the real charm OF the PIC
ture in her own heart. We cannot read these lyrics
of the blooming spring. the glowing summer, the va
grant winds, the cornfeld and tho WOOD wi'Dou'
knowing that she has truly felt the beauty which
she so lovingly defines. We hesitate what pest 10
choose as an illustrative quotation Blue Tags
and 1.-THE Prince are polished and brilliant gems;
but there is a certain winning and Ingenious SIM
picity in Harvest which commends 1t Partleu-
iarly to our fancy:
Sweet sweet, sweet,
Is the winds song,
sAstir in the rippled wheat
All day long.
It hath the brooks wild gayety,
The sorrOwful cry of the sea.
Oh, hush aud hear
Sweet sweet and clear,
Above the locustS whlrr
And hum Of bee
Rises that soft, pathetic harmony
In the mesdow-grass
The innocent white daisles 6Iow,
The dandelion plume doth pass
vaguely 7 The en- un rI spirit of a flower,
That hath too brief an hour.
Now doth little cloud ali Whlte,
Or golden bright,
Drift down the warm blue SKY;
And now the horizon line
Where dusky woodlands lie,
sunny mist doth shine,
Like to a veil before holy shrine,
Concealing, half revealing things Divine.
Sweet sweet sweet,
Is the winds song
Astir ia the rippled wheat
All day long
That exquisite music Calls
The reaper everywhere
Life and death must share,
The golden harvest falls
So doth all end
Science and art
The bloom of the heart -
Master, CONSIDER, Friend,
Make Thou the harvest of cur days
To fall within thy ways.
The serious vein which through tins piece is |
observable like wise in Sea-way" The Quest" aud
"a Cry from the Shore" All three choice in die
tion elegant and symmetrical in construction, and
highly suggestive. We copy the first, asking the |
reader to note particularly how direct is the train of
thought, how telling and compact the expression;
Tie tide slips up the silver sand,
Dark night and rosy day;
1t brings sea treasures to the land,
- Then bears them all away.
NJ On mighty shores from east to west
IL walls, and gropes, ana cannot rest
~ o tide, that still doth ebb and flow
Through night to golden day -
Wit, learning, beauty come and go,
Thou giv'st-thOu takst away
But sometime, some gracious shore,
Thou shalt lie still and ebb no more.
A touch of tragic passion appears here and there
IN the book but Miss Hutchinson's habitual mood
is JOYOUS one. Love is often her theme, but its
delights rather than its sorrows wake her imagina
tons, and she paints them with daintiness almost
worthy of Herrick, yet wholly free from affected
quantness How pretty and how natural is this:
on THE ROAD.
DOst know the way to ParadiSeY
Pray tell me, by thy grace,
g. ANY way thou canSt devise
That leads TO my loves face
For that's his dwelling place"
How far is it to Paradise7
"Ah, that cannot say;
Time loiteTs and my heart IL files
a minute seems day
Whene'er 90 that way"
The sweet serious denure type of female lowell
ness which Boughton represents well is exquis-
itey portrayed in three of Miss Hutchinsons lyrics
jim the Portrait (of Rose Standish) which served
as text for the frontispiece in Quaker Ladies'"
and in the winsome little Presbyterian beauty |
Priscilla" one of the most fascinating figures in |
OR recent poetcal literature. Quaker Lady" is |
the ew-England name of wild flower, and it offers |
the poet pretty parallel closing with this stanza
Hiding when the wind goes by,
Not afraid, yet shy,
Tbe tinv flower takes from the sky
LIES own light and dew,