The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-08

OF any sense worth discovering - OF pootio
charm. Al for tho verses thrown together un-
dor tho title "Pambo." these represent. We
presume. the author in his merry mood. but
Tor lightness and grace they will Impress tho
reader much rs would the gambos Of an ele-
plant. Simple folk will DO apt to find In Don
aid the most pleasing poem In the collection.
for this is written in the simple. transparent
dlction OF which Browning. when he pleases Is
master. 1t Ii good sign that the pathos OF
this story turns upon the havoc wrought among
what the descendants OF anthropoid apes arc
pleased to term the lower animals. by the bru-
tai instincts fostered by many Of the pastimes
comprehendsd under the speoious name OF
sport"
In "Ixion." which. as we have limited. would.
for the mas OF readers. have lost nothing by
moro strenuous effort after perspicuity. there
Ia one admirable passage In which the ulti-
mate aim Of criminal legislation. VIZ. the
graduation OF criminality according TO tho
conditions resulting from heredity and envi-
ronment. is eloQuently defined. It will DO OBJ
served that. as regards the motrical structure.
Mr.. Browning has here attempted to writc
English olegiacs:
what the w.aklips the ignorant srmina' Not who.
Breaking my law brsved DEATH knowing his deed and
Nay bn. u. feeble and foolish the poor .rnnsgresOr of
mo; WI, more than Tree born to sres,ns,: Of Ho
Io.s. . s S s q he axe and til.
Where The vision may penetrate earth and bcholdns
just pebble at root ruined the .'r.'sh,ne.. OF
whose dne vigilance follows the sapins accounts for
Here blew wind bent; there the lodged so it
Also tie tooth of the beast birds BILL bite of the
onsw.d xnAred warped their worst: passive 1t lay to
n r f.ui
LAYING 4, prone; be sure. more than man had
Watch and ward DER the sapng at birthtne had saved
Owned the distortion's excuse-hindered 1t wholly:
Even man. As sat In my place to do judgment aud
Criminals passing to doom shuddered away at my
Could have probed through the face to the heart read
Crime confessed fools play. virtue s.crbed to the
Had no, stayed the consignment to DOOM not dealt the
Life retraverss the past light to retrieve the mis-
Thus had done. and thus to have done much it
zeus who madest man-fnwleSs or faulty. thy work.
We havo said that much OF tho matter ap-
parently intended to infuse the element Of
mrth In this collection will scarcely strike the
ordinary reader as jooose Not a few Of tho
supposed jests are such as might coax tho
ghost Of emile to tho wan lips OF Hebrew
unsuccessful attempts In this direction arc the
three following ventures with the long bow.
Tho anecdotes purport to be reproduced from
the Mishna. but this account Of their origin
may be Il part Of the Joke:
Moses the Meek thirty cubits high.
The stuf he strobe with thirty cubs long;
- And when he ieaped 80 muse ular and strong
T W. ,b Mg,es a ss, his lsapns nssred the ssy
he reached full ninety cubits-am wrongt-
Mhei ia n Eight surred Ger by sacred song.
With staff outstretched he took n leap to try
The Just dimensions OF the giant OF
= And yet he barely tOurhed-this marvel lacked
Posterity to crown earth's catalogue
OF marves-barely tOuched-io be exact
That fnn Would match an OK in stature: fact,
How saith certain traveller Young 1 CHANGED
, To come upon an ohject-f thou canst.
White hard round, hollow. Of such length In chief
And III. is what especially enhanced
N.Y. w"ndeT-t n,Md I, seemed as ays.csd.
OF marvcls. this-Posterityi walked
From From end to snd,four hours walked !. who go
Twas but Gs's thigh bone sli The While, staiked
Alongside OF; respect to Moses. thought
o.: thigh bone.-if ye deem 4: measure strange.
ONCE i,sitinv: w,' minded e exchange
!hAve seen storks pereh-leys both long and tank:
:, Yon stork's must touch the bottom Of this tank.
81 the smooth breast iii battle tSersi do no. sol"
warned d., me e voice from hs.yen "A man let drop
Son n:S sSss Year. ago.
1t fell and fell and still without . stop
Keeps falling nor has rescled the bottom yet"