The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-11
WORDSWORTH


Bosfon Letter 10 Springfield Republican.
Frederick Meyers. the latest biogra-
pher of Wordsworth Din the "English
sIen of letters" s%eries), approaches his
subject with q rightful sense OF the high.
mission and work OF the poet, Us the in
terpreter to man OF the divine through,
nature and tho beauty OF nature, and
with this seriousness Is also blended
some of that singular incapacity for tho
led crous, OF which Wordsworth was so
conspicuous an example. In describing
Dorothy Wordsworth, he says: 1.-The
shooting lights OF her wild eyes re-,
fiected to the nll the strain Of imagina-
lire- emotion which was mingled in the
poets nature with that spirit OF stead
fast and conservative virtue trhfch has
already ofuen 10 the family a master
Of Trinity, tpo bishops. and other
dirines aud scholars of sceight and
Consideration" This IL tho way
virtue operates in England, u seems.
Wordsworth himself, In 1872, said 70
Crabbe Robinson that no man COM
pietely understood his poems-not even
Coleridge, who is not happy enough to
enter into my feelings. l am myself one
of tho happiest OF men, and no man who
does not partake of that happiness, who
lives a life Of constant hustle, and whose,
felicity depends on the opinion OF others
can possibly comprehend the best Of my
poems" Mr.. Myers seems to compre-
bend them, and Is quite acute, ~ Sara
Coloridge used to be, in drawing dis
tinctions between them. OF @Laodamia'
and Dion" he says that when Words
worth wrote those poems he had lost
something OF tho young tnimitable
charm which fills such pieces Is b
Fountain and the SOLITARY Reaper his
language is majestic, but it Ia no longer
magical" OF his appearance iu 1875,
when he had written but n few pieces,
none of which were known, Hazlitt has
left description worth quoting; -He
Coleridge's description Of him,
but was more gaunt and Don
Quixote-like. Ho was quantity dressed
according to the costume OF that uncon-
strained period, in o brown fusttan
Jacket and striped p~antaloons. There
was something Of a roll or lounge In his
gait. not unlike his own Peter Beu.
There was g severe, worn pressure OF
thought about his temples, q ire in hid
eve las II. he e-aw-something In objects
more than the outward appearance, an
intense, high, narrow forehead, q Roman
nose, checks furrowed. by strong pur-
pose and feeling u oonvulsive inclination
to laughter about the mouth, O good deal
at variance with the solemn, stately ex-
preston OF the rest of the face. Chan.
frey's bust wants the marking traits, but
he was teased into making 1t regular and
heavy. Haydon's head Of him, intro
duoed into the .Entrance Of Christ INTO
Jerusalem is the most like h dropping
weight Of thought and expressions. az
sat down and ta1ked very naturally and
freely, with q mixture or olear, gushing
accents in his voice, e deep. cultural N.
tonation, and n strong mixture OF north.
ern burr, like the crust on wine."
notwithstanding his alleged happiness
(Which was genuine), he was a moody
of passion" Nobody knows yet, II
seems. who his Lucy" was. 1Of the
history Of TINT emotion. says MI. Myers,
"he has told us nothing; l forbear, there
fore, TO inquire concerning Il, or oven 70
sDeculate.s The verses were written in
1.9s, In Germany. In 1907 he wrote
ON verses about himself, which Mr..
Myers quotes, and which present Words
worth in n different light from that In
which we usually conceive him: /.
Thus often would he leave u peaceful
home, e
Aud find elsewhere his business or delight,
Cut of our valleys limits did he roam,
Fuil many a time, upon q stormy night,
HIS voice came to us from the ~neiehborini
OF did We see him driving full In view
Al midday whom the gun was Aiming bright
What III was on him, what he had to do,
A mighty wonder bred among our qujo
crew. 2 }EaA III y.
-Ahi piteous sight It was to SEQ this man
When he came back 70 t,s- withere.
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