The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

breashes wish to fiy away to wooded hills and wales. and IS peEyaded through out with tine poets deep love oi Nature; |; an exquisite poem. Fire Flies and "A Sunset Fantasie@ are both poems of Ma ture. the las, being the best of the two. 4 more ambitious effort. Art and Ma iure-" contains many passages of great beauty, but IS marred by being strained and artificial. In this as in all of his longer love poems, Arnold appears at hIs worst. Psyche" is dainty love song. while My Windharp' shows delicate and subtle fancy. .'Sea-Shore Fancies" and The Omen are filled with the mu- sic and sublimity of the ocean. Sep tember Days" reflects the manifold beau ties of the month which the poe, loved so well. Golden Rod" is love poem of only passing merit. October and summer and Autumn" are poems of Nature, both of more than passing beau ,y and worth. A quotation from the former shows the poets powers of de- description at their best: Der hill and field October's glories fade: Der hill ard field the biackesrds sosth~ ard
 ny.
 The brown leaves rustic down the forest
 glade,
 Where naked branches make fitful shade, And the las, blooms of autumn wit cred
 lie.
 . The berries on the hedge row riper well. Holly and cedar, burning bush and brier The partridge drums n some hal, hidden
 dell,
 Where all the ground $ semmed ~iih leaves
 that fell.
 Las, storm, from the tall naples crown of
 rre.
 
 From many a leaf whose tangled aoushs are Lean the rich clusters of the eiamhsune
 vine;
 October $ mellow haEes dim ,kc ar Cpon the uplanGs and the valley where The distan, steeples oi the village shine. Adown the brook the dead leaves hirting go Above the brook the scarlet sumachs burn The lonely heron sounds h.s note of woe In gloomy forest swamps where rankly grow The crimson cardinal and teathery fern, Autumn IS sad a cold. blue horizon Darkly encircies checkered fields and farms Where late the gold of ripening .harsests
 shone;
 But bearded grain and fragran, hay are gone 
 charms.
 The Merry Christmas Time" IS full of rare and dainty bits of description and buoyani with Joy and love for the fares, season of the passing year. The Po- cts Awakening Is one oi those exquisite little gems which show us that another true singer has lived and died ..nong Us . Long had he been a thing of common cay. \ ueIng ol earthly mould B;.i. 10 an angel crossed his path. one day AnGtarned tic cias to god. silent vas he; the angel came again
 And as she passed along. She kissed his lips all lovingly. and then He opened them in song.
 Her Eyes" Enough '.Midnigh, Music" Wine Song" ~Serenade,' At the Circuss "The Old Ramble" and ''in the Organ Loft, are all of greater or less beauty and again remind us of Aldrich. in the Organ Loft which is pervaded with subtle charm and seems full of low music, Is the best. Il Wan, No, Love" and Alone by the Shore" breathe the spirit of gentle sadness which rarely fails to pervade his.poetry. The Broken Cavaliers Song. "DrinkIng Wine and :: .:The Song of the Sensuols" are fall of life and beauty and linctured with the spirit of the true Bohemian. but they lack the vitality and hie needed to make them perfect poems. An Autobiography a ioar-l.ne iri,e, was written when some of the poets dearest -hlei.ds were dead or gone and his past .iie was beginning 10 reac; upon him. making him moody and Respondent:
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 phy
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 care
 ''ouand Meme" and "A, Newport long done poems, contain some passages of true beauty. bli are spoiled by their ariifie.all,y. l. Is d fact of more than passing note that Arnold wro,e bu; few war poems. His whole temperament ~as aveTs- 10 war and carnage and loved quiet and peace; ou, the feS that ne d.d produce are of singular merit. "Glora,' though no; iong. IS good, while Camp Cogita;ions' Is one of the poets finest efforts. l. is full cf truth, pa;hos and ire
 Eighteen centuries have Zee eG since upon
 the earth there came One who taught the creed of kindness. of
 forgiveness ana oi peace, Ore 10 5ace us love our neIgh 5ors n tie
 Heavenly Fathers name Yet tie god of battle riots and has ,emples
 still increase.
 For he ancient eyd fingers nan has 2ar
 within his soul.
 So he loves the clash and -&rn@ge. and he
 ~iid. iriamphal shout, Right and wrong againsi each other strive
 within him for control An. the ancient ev.l fingers, and he fam must
 Sght ii out.