New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
GILDER's POEMR.

GILDERS POEMR.
LYRICS AND OTHER Poems BY Riohhnps oSnsTs
CIIpER. So. Svo, PIP. XIII, 2ol. Chafies Fof''"'
Ree;des n number Of late compositions, Mr.. Giluer
has included in this collection OF his vers' pieces
which have appeared IN his earlier volumes we
NAV regard it therefore as the reVlSeu puV
giving of matured task, winch "''o-
some trials has settled upon Ns h'eiai,
models and Of poetic Impulse WHICH "
now formulated its Ideals Inc 'oHV
the hook ia sIngularly we'll sustained. MT Giider
Soe, NOT akin through q miscellaneous assortment
of feelnqs. nor trihe with medley OF styles lie
hos determined what he wishes to say and lust now
be wishes TO say 1t, so that his poems, although
tho,, con hardly he said to breathe distinctly
or;g,nal melody have positive individual no'e
which raises them well aDoNo w
of the contemporary American 'eI'',
He is refined, reflective, gentle anu
persplcuous. His pensive tenpor"in r.4
leading him through woods and heldS III i'io'l'a.
tive mood is quicker to find hope III the lessons VI
nature and content in the delights OF lovInH' Una"
ia nurse hot passions and erotlc woes hiS 'o'..
80 ,,oy no n little too fifty luxurious, bnt III
its esSeuce it is true aud Wholesome ioi VIZ -,
mart II tends toward either married happiness Vi
religious consolation. Ito.
IL we saw that we detect no strong lnagln"lI0
nuo,itv in these poems. we only apply to Mr. uli-
dor criticism which fits nearly all the poetry OF
o,,r time Mr.. Stedmau has we'll pointed out III
his recent volume. the characteristic ue.
fcieucies of the present twhigh' Vi
the poctsn that 1t would be SUI
nerAuous to review them again. we may ie
mark however that in the best work OF Tue
Younger school we find subtlety OF perceptioh WIN
ont depth of insight. delight III the beauty VI
nature without the wish to draw ANYTHING l''i' II
except the sensuous qualification OF the moment
ohorminoIv nimble fancy without the transhgur-
inc glow of lofty thought aud extreme artistic con-
scientiousness without high poetical purpose 10
mn extent all these merits and defects are oDserV
ohIe in Mr.. Glider. He has not enough amoltion'
Once or twice he essays flight into the blue HIS
ode at am the spirit of the morning sea-
aud his short but finely planned iho
poet and his Master" suggest nooie tlinse'
Int leave Ms with the impression that the poet T.
canabIe of much more Than he has yet atteinptcu,
His LARGEST work the poem In songs ana sonne's'
which he calls "The New Day" offers curious
illustration of his shortcoming. Wltnouo oeins "u
imitation it lrresistby reminds the reaier vi
non,e,s Vita Nuoya.D to which. perhaps its re-
lationship should be traced through hosse'i .
"rbe House of Life" But while the Italian poet
haoipning with an exquisite narrative OF earthiy
1--we rises with constant upward movement 10
,bo most exalted of themes, Mr.. Glider oilers ohiy
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the musings warnings and pretty concerts Oh tne
lover beautifully expressed, Indeed sometimes
with rare delicacy aud truth of feeling but never
making progress, and ending upon the same
noetcal level at which they began.
Although in the limitation OF his purposes ahu'ne
disnroportionate pains which he spends now anc
then upon metrical tri1es, Mr.. Glider reneets inc
temper Of an era Of small things 1t would DC h eS
tremely unjust to class him with the orlc-a-prat
noets He has tho sincerity which tese elegant
TersIiers lack and for this reason there IS iai ore
nroms in his work than In that Of many OF ms con
temnoraries VIII surpass him both IN technical ac'
c"nnlisbments and in a natural flow OF melody
The music of his lines is sometimes mRHreo sS @r
excessive fondness for words OF one svlinDe, tH
frennent construction of the preterlt with inc
amxIliary. and an awkward use of diversions diversions.
These Clements of stiff style. however are coSc4
connected with the choice of quaint ana aliIUst
archaic cast of thought, so marked in many OF tne
love verses that the page seems 10 eAhale p!g i
ant nerfnne of old dust, and we almost cream that
the poet has been left over from the 1our'eeu'h
century in a chest of carved OAK