New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-25
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MAPLE LRAyEs Poems clJ,a dH' VA = '""'''"'
porVs AND swEnIsh tRANsLATONs. by fHrb-
rVICK PETERSON, MD ltmo PIP ---' N'"''''
Peter Paul a Bro. ,so q
POEMS BY AUGUsrIN l.. IANkAU' lo"''' ~ '''' ~
4. Putnan's sons ,,.,
SONGS AT 1HE START. by Louise iMHGEN "''N'''
lGmo. PIP 40. Cuppes, Upham To-
The manifest and therefore the most SATISFACTORY
.orl, IN Mr.. Lanc's daintily printed volume is 70
he found in his sonucts. These are unequal '"'
hest benq that upon The Odyssey" hut the poorest
of them is more interesting than The songs "a
Modern Speech that precedc il. Mr Lang S'""S
of the earlier French forms of verse has not o'o"
advantage TO him. 1t has led him INTO "e' 'V",
path of literary afectation IN when HIS - Tha
powers have not had room to eAp""'' -
ballade form while il has neat pre'''".S ~
soft rccurrent music. very quickly grows I,,io
II is a sort of drawmG-room verse VI -
goes a long way. We have here thlrN's'N
most of them wcll-worn as to theme an" az - -,
.;blir, with what is in truth, very monotohouS
-. rbor.v little touches Of humor Wlich
.s so nionaut at first lose their charm oy inc .uo
,bo reader GETS to his sixth ballade; the hacI''"o
.r.oks the seams show-the fun ceases 10 seen"
.no,toneops and inevitable. The themes are 'h'n
the treatment is trivial, and 1t is greVous 10 soc o
ACCOMPLISHED a scholar aud so deit poet spenu'"s
himself ON such tribes. The "NerSes VAN arc
unite as wearisome as the ballades- muscai enous"
INT not worth while. That we may reasonaoiN
ask something better from Mr.. Lang. his " He'eh Oh
Troy and this sonnet testify -
As one that for weary space has am am,
IuIlei bv the song OF Gree ana heI WING
In garit ms near the pale OF PIosorplne'
Where that Heau isle TO- gers lho M i;,
And ONLY the low lutes OF love couPl@Ii'
And only SHADOW: Of s yah TO SEgr know the brine
salt on his lips and the large ali agalR-h
90 gladly from the songs OF modern ey. .q ,roo
Men inrn and see the stars, and ieel me Iree
shrin wind beyond TIE close OF heavy h ho%Ti
Aud through the music oil the laustlu N'N'''
They hear like ocean on a western oedCh
Tie surge and thunder oil the Ou!s'o'
Mr. Cbolmondeley- Pencils rers de soclete are
fairly well done, though they have oh'y a sinaii
share of the refined grace and the singing qua'"y
that mark those of Mr.. Lang. The more serious u
these selections from grave to gay are 'ho o,'
ter Here and there they show some uia"''io
strength and an imagination not content VII"
,aect,ors unon the transformers of things earthly
T., o,t borvsver the poet fails; and he shows
throughout curious obtuseness-whlch lie Su"''
with many excellent peopleas to what Is verse anu
what Is poetry.
A similar incapacty to see the limitations OF the
,,,oginotive il revealed in Maple Leaves fuie
aud amiabe sentiment, tenderness and simplicity ol
nature speak in these rhymes IL CANNOT W S''u
nf them that they belong to the enchanted page Oh
poetry DR.. Petersous verse has III mo'''o ""U
treatment better claims to consideration ~ j.
generally graceful in movement shodueu III i''''"E
and if not strkingly original is at least pleas'ne
MIR Taveau's volume reeds like "Reminiscences VI a
half century ago. It's stted historical poem .,
sNt,,,.,,,,,a " aud its mechanical Songs OF
.,a. - ,,,sht prnpprly TO have been printed in "a
instead of in 81.
Miss uuincy's Songs have much OF the ira
s,anrn az ttuo poetry aud promise even more hah
'ba,sin uniformed Many of thrm have laieehe9-
Of intention which ia not invariably iulhH''i sn'
son,r of ,hrm show the arh oi thr singing '''R'"
Lfy nnt tho work Ia thn woih ct one VI" - s'h'p
hing moro than thtmstct aud who "a deis '""'
ought IA move an malienahle feh' !" th' t''e ~
mat H,r themes are not particularly original al"
in tho handling OF som" oi them lh''e "'e sue s''
tions unintentionM of course at other "''''S u",
IN ALI there burns little ilane pure clear ana
Individual