New-York tribune., 1883-03-18
DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY 49, 1885, TWELVE PAGES
" And Mercy cried each II tell the truth
"'Of a passage In my youthP

Mercy
"'Of passage In my youthP
"said this Do you mind the morning
80 met yOur love with scormngt In.
Az the worst Of the venom lett my UPS,
al Thought Z" II, despite this lie, be strips
"'" The mask from my soul with kiss-I crawl
"'" His slave-soul body ana al IT,
Z" Said that-sWe stood to be married;
The priest some one, tarrled Ill, -
m Paradise door prove locked :" smiled you.
al Thought as nodded, smllng too, .
"'" Did one that Is away, arrlye-nor 'a,e S,
"'" Nor soon should unlock Heus gaze
at ceased to tighten and thunder
"Up started both IN wonder,
Looked round and saw that the SKY was ciiear',,
saw through the joke the man replied
"They reseated Themselves beside"
The conflicting emotions Of an agonized soul are
eloquently set forth i'll Mr.. BrOwnings new render
ing of the woes of IXIon. That old Greek sinner Is
represented both as militant and triumphant I'D MS
suierings In an elaborate argument be reviews
his crime and It's punishment, and ta1ntS Leus WIN
the fact that his revenge can only 80 thus Iar anu
no further. This stirring poem IS written IN
hexamctors aud pentameters, and the opening Is aS
follows:
"High in tho DOME suspended, of Hel sad triumph,
Herr the revenge of God there the amends Of
owhrine forever in torment, flesh mortal, m-
"Nade-for purpose of hate-able to die and revive,
Pays to the uttermos pang, then newly Tor payment
" Does ont-0ld, yet young, agonles ever afresh;
"Whence the result above me- torment Is DnGseu oy
"Teirs, swca b.ood-each spasm, gasty once, Glori-
.say have errad-how else Was Txion or Zeusl
"Foet by my senses dreamed; doubtless AWAKEN ID
"Tais proves shine, that-shadel Good was the evil
TIA; cme1i
"sha l. witn SIGHT thus gained, by torture be taught
bind once 49,,
"sIuplos. teaches thy stone-Tantalos, teaches thy
Aneht which unaded sense purged pnre less plainly
"No, for the pa5. was dream now that the dreamers
s.phos scouts low fraud, and to Tanalos treason is
folly
The longest poem in the volume s entitled $40
chauan llakkadOsh V-thc word ilakkadOsh, II may
be mentioned meaning saint. The piece IS t0unneu
ON old RaDbinca tradition to the erect tnat tile
life Of great and approved SAINT may be prolonged
by the triusfu-ou INTO his system OF the BLOOD Oh
others. .JOchauan IlakkadOsRs life Is prolonged IN
this way. he receiving "a small sanguneOls con T.
button first from lhiS man then from that. me
poet, the soldier the youth and others glaliy con
tribute in order to preserve so valuable lie. Inc
whole poem j. full OF deep and pregnant
thonghts the science of mans me.
lit'is lyric, Never the lime and the Place.
reminds n of some Of tine writer's earlier poems.
Beng rs short as It Is admirable we reproduce 1t
"Noyer the time and the place
And the loved Ous all together!
"This ptth-hOw SOFT tO pace
iIis May-Whl5 magic weather!
"Whcre is tine loved one, face
" In Dire that loved oac's face meets mine,
But tue n.u's is narrow, the place is bleak
"Wacrc. 0u'slc, rain aud wind combine
with luriiyc ear, II strive % speak.
"Wi.h q hOs,Ic eye 40 nv flushing check
with It malice tIat masks each word, edcA ss1!
d" . enc ana -rrpeutiuc,
" Uucou .hr- from tIe waking mal!
DO 1 behold the Past
"TII> arm and fast
'Yct DOUBT u m, uture hold can
InIs path 50 sJt TO pace snail .cai
d" TIro' tuc oa-.c Of May TO herself iudeeIi
" or narrow tuc'is { a. hOusc must be-
" "OI,s. ic arc ih' storm, ana strangers; We
." o.. close, sac, warm sleep and she,
a. aud since"
''Pam1o.' is the titc Of the closing poem in the
volume. Ou one occasion, PamDO, who lived IN the
oidcn ume. went 20 q learned man. and inquired how
hc WAS 10 learn wisdom. The pnilO opher reierre,
him the 80 IA psalm, lst verse / said, VIII
take heed to my WAYS, taat | sln not with my
tongue PJmbO va, struck dumb Dy the greatness
and set the simplicity ol the lesson, and went his
way To practise It, When LIST heard from, he was
still grdppirg with the uItatory lesson of wisdom.
80, IN ais own language, the poet closes
Brother. brother. share he blame.
" irrf1cs SttH,fS dtib1i
ID rfIuL, keep my -uuri cain,
Lack not the cr les fllmpclu.
Ana Tank o M ir1ys, Y O.. much tlc same,
"OJ.ld &C. M A.y pHgue-LEe Iambo.'
This work ia not devoid Of M BrOwungs peculiar
charactrusrics of sryle. but Il dcSerycdy sustalns
the rrpu alton OF one of the most variOusy gifted
poets ol his time. There are gnpses OF the dra-
matte power we meet with ~ " The Ring and the
Book and of that psychological ins ght which SO
grcailv distinguished SoTdeilo' aud various other
work, by the poet dealing with The passions OF this
complex human nature.