New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-26
AMERICAN AUTHORS.
WHAT, ROBERT BUCHANAN THINKS OF
THEM.


orarp COMPLIMENTS FOR MEssRs. HOWELL
AND JAMES.
IRON a tong poem In The Tendon academy
sor score wears have passed, and still
the good grey Bard still loais anu nnse'''
The socisl poison could not XIII,
rho stirred by literary nngers-
He sipt II, smiled, and put IL py,
Despite the scandal ana Tue vrs d,no
f2nt when the PhaTisees COMMANDING,
'Tbev rushed TO end him Win the s"oru'
They saw beside the poet siahaihe'
A radiant Angel OF the Loro'
hemlock cupi Yes. there 1t nes s,r,s minute.
Close to thy hand, old frienu' 'n4s
With gentle twinkle Of the eyes a.
Won mark the muddy LIQUID In III
For the grave rulers OF the Guy.
Who sent IL, you have only ply -oen
For those who mixed II, MAZE !. ,1ann
With misconception. spite. Hnn ep
You feel no thrill OF seoriiIuiho"
But only kindness ana Iy , ,,;rrn
Who uassed II round with shLu y ~ s"'
Good soui he worsllpt Time aiu y'
instead of Pan, as ne grew % oi1er t,,e heart.
A. posf,n snuhbed thee Wal,, Viuo "o""
TI,ne ever brings about reNenso,
Inst glance that way before we pai'
And note the memorable ehanses'
There. in the huh" Of all creation, ia
Where Margaret Fuller, ere sue in''0N'
Fiirted with seers of reputation
And all the "isms" cultlVateeu,, Gamers
where still brisk Holmes cuts iea, aa '"P
with buckles ON knee-breeches ILL.,
The sweet maD-iniDiners ana eIaro stSn
Howells and James, put up tn ,'d Se"
md there the modern misses inu "A
The wares most suited " theii ,ii,,btfr,
Frsnch fashions farthingales uenkns.u'
Frills white as snow for laules 49,
Natbine old fashioned. fast or lrieh'iui'
IA de IN I'm by this dainty pair!
The stu n they sell TO man OF won""
MAY In itself, be poor or co ,,iLo
Coarsest of serge or veIles', 30
Hut they tricg ~ IN ..''e'
so that no element IL iaehins
To render IL extremely NICE
with gIllle,
ave pride ourselves upon our s'Si0'
Our cutterfs a paragou,
Matched only by our ntterr1pn'
Bring what material y GU i'm,
Ge,Ii treat It in way 10 stIlke,,,h
Turn your old satins ana ei HUE sSvel,,sh
Last seasons hats win lcatn11ls ,h,"S
In short weave miracles OF cio.u"e
Rr genius out OF next 10 nOthins
And charge the very loves, Pi'00
fN 1--we e' Know, they add, with smirk ana pow
.somr of you Ike old fashlonu oio'"e'
The Emersonian homespun NOV
Absurd as whtman's or Ihoreau9
Or eyen stll absurder seek -. ,,,ora
Ponr Shakespeare's fashion quite "u"fN''
FIt only with It's stiff brocades ,a
For vulgar frumps ana country ma ul..sa
Could Shakespeare, poor oid ie ti p
Win such A cut as this - cheinloo'
nh vnof he used was strongly "SNennir,
Rnf surely, now. his taste was snockns'
Con,nare our silk hose, mucn appIoNo,n,,
ev VIZ 'n,cSens's clumsy worsted socKlng!
W. n,ease the danes and gain the oausn'siSi
Win neat inventions OF our own,
Reulaei George EliJts learned gar.ei'
Nth onr suspenders silken se"h'
While ia an annex TO the shop, haD6v
Our customers Will nna, quito """N''
The tooit some bun ana lohpoP.r,
And superfine mOlasses cah"S
TIE susv pairl how well they patter,
DisposinC OF their slender matter.
1,e girls adore instead OF loathins
These laureates of underclothlng,,
Delight their souls attire TO nodei
On the last style of moiley-cOdale,
Fixed out with siekly imp0rtalons .,on.,
Prom France, that nauEDtlest VI n's'
banner they are and neatly dresser,
Insidlous, tempting folks 10 ou9 so0"''
But mere man-milliners at ptsI,
Vending the fmsiest OF dry goods;
Trash Ia their SNOWY WINDOWS se'""e'
And tricking up TO eaten the e.o attn,
sncS clothes as spoil with tae iirst wettlns
From the free rains OF yonder SKY
Dairtlly passing by their shop. .,hor
Sometimes when it Is cloudless weethor'
Aldrjch literary fop, 49,,
strolis 10 the quiet streets, where he saw
Suu-freckled Marjorie play at see-sAm'
And brniing Ger her hammock KISSES
That sweetest. shadOwiest OF mlsSeS'
His larguid gait, his dadish df1"i'
His fopdom we forgive them an
For her dear sake OF his creaths ga
Who never LOVING, never Lnatlns'
Swings in eternal mAluehhoO"'
Meantime my sunlike music-maker.
Meantime a%fn the brave sw.Td.csrryinss Quaker
Broods in the peace OF ms Eres az ne"r'
while Melville. sca-compelling man.
BEFORE whose wand Leviathan
Pose hoary white upon the Deep, -,
With awful sounds that stirred lls sioep'
Melville whose magic drew lypeo'
Radiant as Venus, from the sea-
Sits all forgotten or Ignored,
While haberdashers are Hoore"'
Now conjure thee, best OF Barus,
scatter thy wisdom BostOnWards!
Tell Uowells, who with fingers taper
Measures the matron ana the insiu'
God never meant him for draper
strip Of his coat, give hlm spads
His muscles and his style may hhruen
fine dIgs hard in Adams garden
Or fologs Dudley Warner lying
Where Adirondack eagles soar,
Or chums with some brown savage, yina
with stOdGard on Soutn-sea shore.
Tell James TO burn his continental
JAbrary Of the Detrimental;
And climb a hill. or take header
Into the briny billowy seas.
OR find some strapping Muse ana Wee her'
Instead of simpering al teas!
How should the Titaness OF nations,
whose flag Ger hall a word unfuris,
Sit listening TO the sblllatiOns
OF .hopmen twitteisne 10 glrsi
Che aces the blue skies bend above her,
She feels the throh OF hearts that love her.
shs hears the torrent and the thunder,
The clouds above the waters under,
She knows her destiny - Shaping
Revond the dreams OF linendrHpingl
She Graves a band OF Bards with voices
10 echo her when she reiOlces
To sinR her soxrOws, and TO capture
f'he Uomeric music OF her rapture!
She hears the Good Grey Poet only
sing priesily yestured, prophet eyed,
And on his spirit falls the lonely
Light Of her spleDdor ana her prioe. 80,
s""'" ROBERT BUCHANAN
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