The sun., 1884-01-06

hs Tn. T".1 rss, Q" I'm, nar,s H. x !, ,,m,a
Lnrg; nni nr"fannl. ha genius h-rei
s"s,' a Es::'s, W., y ss.ss 8 fsS.ns.'
Hn,i ihr"usn Tie s'Tyan Of beauty tell
f. '' sh-o.. s.% s.',fsTss " rs%.s !! irs, ii. part,
And press into it's innns' heart"
"sss.qs; II. "; .:'p:' . ! 'ss 4, r:ss,. .s,, :ys@s.:, here
For, nh 50 much he has to do;
r. f. s.s,st s."ss, a. s ,ns %asls S," too, sSau
r%s "spe"t 'sSf not, 10 ,'i' rran ee EXPRESS H"'
sisaT 4 ,i,e pa,n,srs sri I'M dress;
Sodarr as the nu.ician's lore
AND ssp as as w"rs % nss 'tsiHaS tessS
~ III oH A.! ,s% must s"%' t. ~. oSssai .%,sss 's It'll
The threat whci binds ii ali in one.
Ard not it, SCI SEPARATE I ate larts; ,; alone n,,.
i, nj" t.,aTs Sdss ss;, md ~ s'if''
Win faithful. nnreastnr force
From rhanet to change aid year to year
Attend Attend !. a e, he Il. pti as, fsTsss rsross
And solemn silence ofi,s close"
ksE, sS 5sssn ,.,eo
ys, % ihsn ths 1ns .,, ,;s iSirs r,nee
For sras"s' lid, tt ,ne S'IaSs aSo fssn Sssn
OF tho two narrative poems TO which Mr..
Arnold has impaired an epical dignity by the
he 'ss'0 has treated % an ,' elevated theme. BaIier
Dead" is tho less fra:mentary and erisodicnl
tn tn sna oaTfSy Ssy
mythology are sineniarly ike human beings;
Is cut q, in his pns;s acwsr. Ills t. Is also is.;
legendary dcmigods, rntber than historical
pcrsonages., There is Y spell in words. how
indiSputnhy chilled by the recOllCctiOn that
the masters Of Valhaa Rre deities; we are as
o nsr a.
sigard the Vo!snng." on the other hand. Mr..
perhaps tho foremost hero in Morse story and
thErStorG certain to be welcome afsf death in
thus man inves'ed ssdh with the E""a sfronsest e s s
n the "xs "a PITY OF OF wod a
it. we think be gainsaid that Mr.. Morris has
made more Deliberate effort to reproduce the
cesses OF sagaman md Scnd Unquestiona-
bly, the Gld Morse spirit sp and point Of view arc
but the literary processes seem ut times rather
Homerlc than Scandinavan, There aro sim
lies for nxampie wh9se So, m9dG Of lntr2hnet3n ion
Edda but. after all of what moment is H. what
mode an artist hns in mind II he can give us
And n. the swallows crowd the bu,rush beds
On umn tRys, before they cross The sea;
And to rncbnrnsh crest n swallow hangs
swinging. and others skim The river rtr-nma,
I'll ~
Or this:
And ns in winter, when the frost breakSup,
A. %insr. en- t.. bstHrs ,t, ts is spring I,.in'
hie1 M shower ss ariblns s so s1n =. heard
Ha~r %s tie 'rsi rst. " HTb"sd s WITH r%@ "s.
AMI from tie S"mx. ~ ,ns e, .n"M i"nIs . shnI. down.
or gras. pe"r out amid surrounding snow,
OF all tiings weeping 10 lring l'hlher back:
And there fell Joy upon the gods 10 hear.
Or this simile with which the poem concludes.
Here there can llo no doubt that the suggestion
OF the illustrnt i've hsure caIno from Grceoe
rather than lccnnd:
And as rtork which idle hoy. have trapped,
And ed him in = yard. nt autumn sees
Eeck. Of h,s sind las- hyi.,g DER HI. head
f. s.ra": !" j",. Seis li,sS, "a r ira" Ii. sSsd
So iierinod gnzs', and yearnrd to Join his kin.
We must nlso mark nhniringly the clerrness
with which Mr.. Arnold has brought out the soft
and gentle inenmnnts which made Bladder
parutivs mythoO.sts discern 80 many points
M e wn The tS.x Of hH
the iirst Nnrwogian aud Ic"aniic conS"rls ] to to
Christianity, Tn" strangely mild ANA kindly
Enr, TIA, Bladder played IN odin's heaven may
bo Inferred from the tenor OF Itegners dirge
over his bier:
Was 4. and %.s nm nj u ..s is.ss TX ssa
Ard NJ, ,h..s gladly. while We aIink, ". hear.
A+f 'r t.ss sss ss: wax.
Es%enh,"ncs u, n our ,%n n,,, "f wsr. ."n-
ana nI,,aa ana rinrinsIsw. aud yiosn, a;.th,
$%.t,sr a:s, .ss; ,ss t .%i5d 4 @ .iS!a% @ % .. ~
1s a ySSs are" "%sn an. ps .ssa s"s yHs .
NV md 100 ,ss"!sr:a The" more.
K H"' fs .n, Sfi"sy T.f. la .s ' /. n"Ei a.n% isle
Aid saw my rhelhrrdess AAlaugn tend
Thersiors With @ sra'sf fa IL heart % MOURN tE.s dead
/ Even among those who are least ungrateful
| to Mr, Tennyson, Mr.. Browning. and other men
ss ID" s@'ss' S.'S'sa Il %*"S
hence ;han any Other pi:cs oi epic poetry
which which iH has bssn publish;rd In o.r time, No
long ss' s'"ry Of f's Fers aemEscd nEsd' ana
i Is therefore onen to tho cautious
flight at tho same altitude, What we know il
| situation depicted is one OF the most profound.
ly pnihetic that can be- IMAGINED: the emotions
the most elevated character: the language en-
ployad TO portray feeling and kindle u is "f the
sssS sSSa Mr. aF"s aA4"S nis and most n%.sGS S
OWL definition OF poetry. which. he h.s said
course 1t follows that the higher and more in.
tense the emotion, tho simpler should be the
| expression. In the extracts which we shal
| mako Y will be not irad that II is precisely
where Mr. Arnold smbodias most faithfully his
4 own conceplion of poetry that the reader Is
most moved We do moi envy the man. and we
do not believe la the existence of the woman
who can refuse to parts Of this incom parable
| poem the homage Of moist ened eyes
| Lat us begin with an excerpt offered mainly
terry Of the harmonies 10 be- extracted from
| proper names. To match the effect produced
by these lines upon the ear We should have Il
20 back to the famous and familiar passages O