The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-20

To those familiar with the interesting BIZ
og-aphies OF our poet philosophc- "Emcr'
son" the "parcie" OF his home aud life
have become yertable houa- mold words.
Destiny seems % have been equally gem
er1us TO our beloved poet Whittier, as his
mother, his beautiful sister Elizabeth, aud
hi- aunt "Mercy." immOrtgliz,u in Snow.
bound formed beautiful trinit', who
mlnistered to him with loving, he piul min
istrstinns anu hened elton. From an ~ -
taresting article Ia tue BDstol Traveller We
quote the following sentiments IN regard 20
the beloved sister Elizabeth:
Mr.. Viii tier never married, and with
the si1gle exception OF the exquisite lines
cot tlrd BensLioiie, he has gwen tho pub-
lie no ccw 20 inc romance OF HE youth.
HIS sister EIz.Deth, sympathizlng with
him completely, Off rare poetic nature and
fastidou3 taste, aud a delicate dars.ej ed
beauty, was long companion that must
b ive made tina want OF any other less keen
~ telt than by lonely man In general. The
ppad between the sister ana hrother WAS
more perfect than any OF which we have
known, except that be ween Charles and
Mary LAMB, and in this instance the con
ditiOn4 we're OF ,.erect moral aud men a
health. 70 the preciousuess OF tue re'a-
tionship the pages of the poet bear constant
witness, aud Amrsburs village is iul, ut
trad itions of their all elton and OF the geu-
whom the people admired and r'y'reuced
almost as much as they do the poet HIM
telf"
The writer of the foregoing would doubt
less exclude from his exception the beauu-
ful comrade-hip and love OF Wordsworth
and his sister Dorothy. Mr.. Hudson me
great interpreter OF Wordsworth, In one OF
his lectures on the poet. says "Sur-lY
mover has sister done a more delicate srrv-
ice for brother tAan Dorothy Wordsgcrth
did for the poet. she was n rarely gifted
woman, with eyes OF n preternaturAl Drlll
fancy, Imaginative, warm hearted, ana
keenly responsive TO every note OF her
brothtr's genius" d. Quincy, who knew
her well, desc ices her us seemingly in-
wardIy consumed by a subtle lire OF i'm
pass oned intellect" In many places of
his works the poet bears grateful testimony
to what she did for him. At this
time he tells us IL was she VINO
maintained for him a saving intercourse
with his true self, opened Tor him the
obstru ,ted passage between head ana
heart, whence In time came genuine self
knowledge and peace. Again he saws that
his Imagination was by nature too masou'
limo, austere, even harsh; he loved only the
an blime aud terrible, was blind to the
milder graces OF landscape and OF charsc-
ter. She 1t was who softened and human
led him, opened his eyes to the more hid
den beauties, nlb nehII W tuo behtioi III
iectlons.
she gave me eyes, she gave me ears
And humble cu,s, ana celicate fears,
A heart, the fou 1tsin OF sweet tears,
Aud love. aud thought and Joy,
The fist home wnicn they shared to-
gether was at Kiredown, in Dlr.etshire,
where they settled in the fall OF 1913. Here
the two read Italian together, studied ma
ttire together, aud here some careful critics
of our own lay confidently assert the
poet.eyed sister wrote some OF the most
beautiful poems that bear her brothers
name.
Passing by the fri,nd'h hip OF rasso and
his sister Cornelia, OF Sir Pnilp and Mary
Sidney, of Goethe and Cornelia, OF Chateau
brand and his youngest sister Lucille, we
close this partial record with one OF Byron's
poetic. references to mis- sister Augusta;
Ny sister, my sweet sister II a name
Doarer aud purer wera 1t ssonid ne thine;
Nominal and seas divide u; but claim
No tears, no tenderness To answer minO.
Go where WILL tim thou art the same,
A loved tgret which would not resign.
There yetare wv things ~ my destiny
A world 70 roam through aud nome with
thee