New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
ARTXUR U'SHIUGH.NEiSST.
Edmund ". GOsss IN The Acede my.

Edaund ". Gosse In The Acad<my
Arthur William Il igar OShauSilheSsy was
h,rn I nnt III London, Oh March Ia 1916 mink lie
entered the British Nh cum as ilor a. si1tanI IL tLe
Department Of Printed BOOKS IN l5o4 anoer tnF ~ b
bows talent In 1866 he was promoted 10 ne senior
% u, st Week the main part OF Ills ntc has
spent the classification Of reptiles ana nses 40 ou1tr
terranean cell. strongly secuted with metnyidted spirits
wine in which he worked or n!rT I Ses ga S
In 1870 he bronent GU: hls hrst volume OF poems, Au
John teship since dsnGuf hed as al ahimsl painter
This book hat Immediate aud very oeeluea sue,
oncs recosiyrd place in Elgsn literature. 1t
fi;owed M 1872 by series If Octosyilabic
SsrS seE o TfFy fneSe enDsed
q eses ba! %d not very @g M S anG ne
Qy7l) lhullgn containing some or his ptN pfVuuc,
. lions, mot in fairness he called uasc9' anu n
POSITION IN 1873 he married The eldest daughter
OF the eminent dralnaiis Dr. Wesiiand Maison aay
followed disaster Tee DEAN 81 their lpc1ate ritna
the loss OF taeIr Two lnfant children, OF Mrs
OS.aughnes-y's only sister and, IN 1879: OF Mrs;
of the poet seemed more TO assert itself aud
promise him another and brighter In;nfe; put nov
ty strange destiny he has gone 70 r1oi Ills 6isI"k
His fYienGs viii sOOh iOiget bis siNe ana hue
ways, lis singular fidelity the quaint mess CI s
can be gwen 10 a stranger. ,-
But 20 earnest poet amu 20 uue az ,sn nav
b. roughly Indicated Perhaps no one VINO ever loVed
much wrote IL % wen WIS cSs III
his est ma ton OF 1t. His mud was Rckg III That critt
cal SENSE wbica Is nc CON IOn ana WLlcn u'eN MOI
10 be cunedered all Necessary attitdte OF the poet
Hut the result of this, as fur as On1dughnessy was
ned was that the quality OF lis work was tx-
ccrdmgy unequal II MS memory Is 10 ne Kept before
the puoc honorable manner ie must re steTAly
ed ted TOT there is great ceal OF Guam amUEg
tao wheat: But when all tat Is rN'"i n's
been wnnowed away. there will remain, a.
beIIeye, as long English verse Is preserved, SINAI
residuum OF exquisite poetry fun Of Odor and melody all
In one key all essentially unlike the work UI any
body else. As some CATHOLIC writer's have been drawn
thl Ough mysticism INTO sensuousuesS, Oshaugnlessy
was through sensuOus ieVere lno 10Y steal exaIiH-
lion HIS nuch-lnaligued. much mlsrepre sented piece
stanzs IL pure Catholic DOCTRINE and might have been
eut than tGs, but 1 Should venture to Indicate as
;hs central feature Of bis Individuality az
poet his habit of eiherealiz'ns human feeling, ana
ooEing upon lane emotion as tue broken echO ~
subtle and ernaura passion rms Is wnat seem 70
matte his be6t poenssucn as The Fountain OF Icalx
Barcaroi!e" "Ibere Is an Eartiy q, miner IN inc
Tomb" Song of Betrotha," 3" CIhitrVal, ana even,
as the Of the medal, BsclavaIet,sS UNIQUE
NJ our literature, The public VINO considered Oshau2-
messy as fesbIy poet" because ot one or TWO
Juvenile echoes of stronger Tyre, uad not DeSln 10 DC
,waie OF his real characteristics There VIII be much mor
10 saw about him when his pOstbunOus poems are gwen
10 tue world ana we may venture 10 n1pe ,hat some
editorial care prObably Of drastic kind Will he OK,
oeuded. Those wl do uost honor TO our deparl "a
hiend who have learned the ART OF omltung WIN
augment