The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-27

a 10 hs claim kino ree VII ~ yna. Zoe ye az
In us such lovo aud reverence ir0m,f.
That fortune. lame. power, life, have
themselves q star " Dnec
Every school-boy is familiar with =
ron's apostrophe TO the ocean. :, BY
Tnere is a pleasure in the pasblars
There Is rapture on the lonslg L.s.oo1s.
There Is s7ciety. where none ir.,-,5
Byt deep sea. anf music in IL -e'
love NOS nan me less. but uE.rre
FROM these "ur intervie IS. in vrLso. 2ofe.
From al may be. or b I'VE bee, NJ sieH
To n nsle with the universe and sssIe
What can. ue'er express. - - -
conceal. lttFO' = - SSnnoi an
Ron on. thou deep and dssl S,ys
Ten thou,and fleets sweep over tbsat,
a IN ny "a INs ne.e1th with ,rs.n-hisi IN
Stops with the shore: upoa the ws,...
me w.eeks are all thy dsed nor a.. IN
A shadow OF mans rav.re. save b,s,.
mhen. for mosnens. like a drop of ~
ne S, s-. INTO thy depths win bab5u,.
without grave. unkaeil4d ureoa,.,
unknown 1'l aad
Thy : sdoTes are empires. caIafs . IN ala.
A'sy5ia. Greece Zone. ca..l.sg... ws,,...
Thy y ;.a u's'ed them wsge hey -.
And many tyrsn. sine; ,a-ir ss,,..
The stranger. slave or savage. q -l,s...
Has driet up realms to dese-.s -p~.
Unehanzeable savetothy Wild wave. ,,,-
Fine writes no wrtak OF ,hiae ~ ~
Such = cre,slon's dawn ben IA. A.
rolleSt now -A
Thou gloriouaiairror, where tae Nnirs,,,
Glasses ir,eif in ,empes.s. In al tim.
Csim OF eonveisea-in breeze. or gale q,
Icing e pole. or IN the 20 rid cline
Dark heHTiny;-b 'uldles8 enll--s apf ,-.
lime.
The imsTe Of Esernitv-lhe throne
OF the invisible; even from ont thy slins
The monsters Of the oeep G-e made -,
zone
ODE : ,hee; thou gOest forth. dread. i,,,-
onless. acne"
And have loved thee, ocean, and .v,,-
OF Youthful sports vas on thy b-easftsE
Borne. like thy brbnl e.. onward: fror 49,
4 wantO1ed with thy breakers-thsT "a =.
wers delight: aud II the iresheaisT ~ - 1'
A-de them tcrsor-'swss pieasias n,
For was 80 Il we're a child OF thee.
And trusted 10 ny pillows far and near
And laid my hand u-Oa thy N ne-HTd
here"
Somehow 1 have always suspee,s5
that poems Of this kind were not Trt-
ten while on the bosom Of the hesrp,
wave. There are doubtless some peous
OF soaring soul and eaSt-iron diaphsam
who can "sail the ocean blue" vita al
the aesthetic rapture which inspirss
them while standing upon the shOrs
letting imagination take lone Toyags.
but these. vpine, are not yet as nun
erous Us Abraham's posteriiy. I an
prepared to wager a large orange thar
the bard who sang I'm on ths sea. -
was at the time snugly enscoLc d N an
attic. and that even the sublime
oceanic rhapsOdies of the immortal
Byron we're more the result Of Occular
than of tangible seasation- A man
may "lay his hand upon the oceans
name" with comparative comiori, but
when the ocean takes it into his hOafy
head to return the compliment. tie
are more than liable 70 be
reversed.
1 have quoted literally from Byrua
not only because | greatly admire Is
genius. but because he i8etypical g
some respects, of all poets Not t0zr
lett you With his poetry, permit nsa
give one more brief selection. on u
vanity Of human ambition:
"He who sscends to mountain tops sli-
The loities; peaks most wraps IN clouds al
he who surpasses or subdues mankind.
Must look down on the hate Of those helOE.
Though high above the sun OF glory glow.
And far beneath the earth and ocean spread.
Round him are icy rocks md loudly blow
tempeSts on his NAKED had.
And thus reward the tolls which % hose
SUBMITS led
Few men have realized more fully the
truth of these majestic
words than the one who penned then-
Gifted BY heaven With ali poets gsa-
us. and with all q poets sensioiliiy, ne
Knew what 1t was to incur the Jealous
satred OF those whom nature sud na-
lures God had made bis interiors. HIS
inns were many. and they merited pun
shment, but bis great "crimes. iof
which he was hated most, were IN BE-
ng gifted above his fellows, and having
he temerity to tell NOR truth cooeern-
ng them than they desired TO heaI'
He was harshly, unrrzSonabiy cru
Used on the very threshold OF his ca
-eer: and later in life was covered VIII
:alsmny and opprobrium- His soli.
ike q finely strung harp. swept .!
Iavage hands. cried out in resentment
against the outrage and poured forth
torrent OF discord and melody;
His satire was as keen IS the arroSsa
polo: his invecive as terrible s. ne
.hunders of Jove; and upon the head
II his traducers he poured out the WAS
II his wrath unsparingly. l am not 81
biologist for the sins OF Byron; an
imply calling attention to facts maj
nav plead in extenratiou OF bis tsulei
md which furnish reason Tor the e1
.remes Of good and evil 70 be found "
lis poetry. Byron might have been Vefy
different with other circumstance
,ther treatment and surroundings. II
vas the stormy ex erience OF his his,
which moulded the character OF mucl
q his poetry. His soul reSponde y
very touch. gentle or harsh. that esi1s
mon il. IL was \ mirror throwing oaeN
ne smiles and frowns OF all behOlde,s,
|. clear, calm, lake. sleeping peeeesuny
a the sunlight, but rippled oy tns
aintesrbre re. and capabie OF reneciint
IN the terrors OF The storm. Byron' ~
NJ true poets. simply poured out wha.S
eli. The cup OF sweetness mins
rith gormwood, which he qusiie1 Ale
Ia ", fhe fins Of others Was mace "