New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Ont of the cloud that dmmed his sunset light
Into The unhuOwn armament wlthdIaWn
b., Oni he msts and shadows OF the LIgut' 80
We mourn the friend and teacher VINO mas Goho'
As IN the DAYS of old, when Plato freed
The hcuiau youths INTO heayenlet Sph'Ig'
Long will the aye wi h reverence hear ana hsou
The sweet deep music OF our pOet-seeI'
For to his eve I'll objects and events
spoke a s.ub lie luggage, and MS Inihh
Pierced with thu poets vision through the ueh'o
Duh surface t. the l.rg truth behind.
And set no solitary mystic trained
10 spin u me aphyslc web was ne,
But oprn eve to all that life contained,
Aud the broad earth. of living harmony
Nature adopted him from boyhooPs hour: >,
The pines tn ems the willows knew MN Well
The louey streams where blushed tue catuiAai-
or where The shy Rhodora's petals fell.
And well hi, mothers lore no loved and learned.
uis ma,ter-hand her cTudrst stun refined.
All hat slo gave he buck 10 her returned,
Woven with hyures OF the shaping NINA
II seemed rs II the hill-tops where he met
The sunrise. still the hyerN put on
OF uobler days, and never couid forget
Tho Syrian solendors of the Poets dawn.
And books 20 him untollel all their store.
What ,oIl was IN item he had eyes 10 see;
And Past and Present turned golden ore
TRANSMITTED by his minis me alchemy
He drew his circles OF So wide q sweep
That they encOmpa,sei every sect ana creed.
Beneath he thoughG which seemed TO others deep
lis SWILtCr spirit dlfcl Win oIllllAnt epcou'
His keen. clear int liton knit he threads
OF Truths dIsjOined IN one symmrtnc whole;
And barron Ways. 80 " :eus aud SC At ere shrcds
OF facts fount mystic meanings III hiS soul
He darrd 70 op' the windows 10 the breeze
o. Natur' when occtIrlans shuddeiing froWned'
While through ia, close ar d. IN IT clos ered ease
The leaves OF Is fell lutterng TO the ground
Yet lived 20 see harsh th-o'ogan. change
From blind mistfust to love enc truth he taught,
And swallow Wit, grow dumb beneath MS range
OF brilliant apotnegn an1 daring thought
Choice words and images like ShIkespeare's best
Dropped from his lips and waited on ms PEN
HIS voice In tun 'tul eloquence ex reSsed
he mInlcss words Oh rlutarchs noOlest men.
For him our Western world It's keen dry lore
Recorded with n stenOgTaphc hand,
Wine the tar ORIENT cllmaS Tor trIOnie boro
Inc scriptures old Of many Pagan Lana.
He saw the soul whose breath all being breathes-
Tue Ii e that g.ows N atoms and IN suns
The Law tuat bInds-the Beauty tuat enwreathS-
Tho Ideal that ali moral VII outruns
Yet close to earth aud common duties bound,
Pc lged TO al true and gracious tasks no stood.
lIs presence made a sunshine AL ar lund,
HIS daily life b0nd OF brotherhood.
llc needed not TO worship at shrine
Purer than private hours might well approve.
His MISS Il was Illumed with thoughts divine,
Ills rosary strung with kindly deeds OF love.
Yet love an Justice were at one with him;
And on the base oporesSors brow the stain
And brand were land, not IN drIlsIon grim,
But sad aud tatctul AS the marN OI Gam.
Thus true as needle to the polar star,
lie espouscd the righteous cause, rebuked the
wrong;
And flashed. chvalric 'gainst a nations bar
Of pr .cedont though liked aud sauc Toned long,
Poet and Sage Thy lofty muse demands
An insight deeper than the times attain.
Across the stagnant pools and drifting sands
Or thought =. % thee like "A sacred fame
Rise sunt IN the broad expanse Of time;
Aud young aud Old shall greet from tar thy light
And pilgrims turn from many m old-wOrld cline
To hal thy star-like dome OF stainless white
The wise will know tine. and the good will love.
The age 10 come will feel thy impress gwen,
In all that Lifts the race "a step above
ITSELF and stamps 1t with the seal of Heaven.
NuRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCu