Telegram-herald., 1886-06-06

-ac-- Al nal Aei1 -.t Af- 4-rtAt ac Lay
.of is poetry, set aa-'s feelings are
rll=ly shocked 81 tie pomposity, tie
sf-cf4fiol ana psstsltioas bearing -
Lllted by hum toEard al citizens II
America. Wien IESSTsos sas q CON-
rlel, untitled iadiy.auai h.s indifference
aai .ilseogrlesy 90 our c0uDtryu-sn was
lsarked aul caused considerable com
ll=lt, 0ut s.nes the Qlssu has made hlm
Lord. lls cnarllsh manner las increased
o. THAT e4ielt ilat nearly ali prominent
American visitors a. England knoa him
ouly IS q mau Co os shuuued. GA one
occasion. many years ago, 1e.ors Baron
IEssIsos be.onsed to the nobility, he
lgsvlFe.l a cal from CHABLEs SUMNER
sA. l l been making ~ extended trap
abroad SUlINEH at tuat time was az tie
zellIa of lis fam=, and was regarded as
stanl.as among tie prominent slaies-
la-l ot tls sorld. Hs had been warmly
Welcomed ana entertained Is the lead.lg
msa o1 EnS..ld, aad Dsiare ryturning
home desired % pay q yisii tO tie poet
After arriving al L.s res.dence and giving
his card TO q servant and waiting almost
au ll,erninable length u time, SUMNER
was usuerei upstairs aud into tie poets
presence. las .YsON received him 10 d
c1il. stately Iaannzg, anl after a FEW mo-
msntz II {, isii conversation on common
place .op.cs, lac seized d volume OF his
poems, and opening tAe book he handed
it o. SUMNER. saying: "Rsad that; read
if aloud" SUMNER was not an elocu-
iiousi, but he was a gentleman, and,
without q wori hs proceeded TO comply
with tine eccentric demand oi bis host.
lie bad read scarcely stanza OF the
poem before IENNYsoN roughly snatched
the book out OK his hand. exeiaiming:
That is not the way TO read 1t; just
listen 90 me-" AID commenced himself
and rscitsd il IN drawing monotone
Such ill-bred treatment astonished and
shocked Mr. SUMNER, who, after remain
ing few moments longer, took his leave,
unspeakably disgusted and with tie con
viclion that IENNIs0N was about the
most unciyil man he had ever met.
Many instances might be given OF the
ncivildy, the insufferable concsit and
rudeness Of tins poet; ana It is America
AID Americans that seem to be the par
dcular objects Of ms spite, which be
eynce5 whenever the opportunity affords
Notwithstanding TINS, his works have
qlways been well received here, and ms
admirers may be found everywhere. He
ass recently given TO the public a new
book of poems under the caption OF
~Trssias." which a Western journal,
with much reason, spells "7'ires Us ="
one of the poems contained 10 this new
volume IS entitled "Hauds An Rouqd,"
whicl. when first published in the Lon
don Ecauhler. contained verse com
F phmeu!ary - Americ3, rs follows:
"G.gntc daughter OF the West,
We drink 10 thee across the food;
We know thee aud Re love thee best.
I For .rt thou not OF British blood,
should war mad blast again be blown,
Permit Lot thou the tryant powers
To dghi hy mother all alone,
Bui les thy broadsides roar with ours.
Hands all round.
God the tryants cause contound
To our dear kinsmeR of the West. my friends,
And the great name OF England, round and
round"
With untoward unkindness he omits
this stanzs IN the present volume. The
verse contains a hearty commsndation of
America, and its omission plainly reveals
the uncalled-lor malignity Of spirit which
the American people must, with regret,
attribute to the poet. 1t is difficult TO
account for all this, as TESNYsoN's writ
ings nave ever received from America a
hsitering reception. And it is more in
sorrow than in anger that the Gigantic
daughter OF the West" realizes that the
author of The Priucess" and "rhe Idyls
OF the King" although a queen-made
lord, possesses ths egotistc mauner5 OK q
fop and the bearing OF d lout.
We notice in the foreign dispatches
that OLIVER WENDEuL HoLMEs viii soon
visit bis lordship; bnt we have no reason
20 believe that he Will mest with any dii-
fsrsnt reception from Chat suffered by
other prominent Americans who have
sought courteous treatment a. ms hands
Sdl tus peer may unbsud and treat bim
wifb measure ot civihfy, as the doctor
Is p very popular man 10 England just
Dow. II IEDUsoS is 90 rude ss 20 i'll
treat our genial, kinl-hearted, whole
s1u,ed ~Autocrat OF the Breakfast Table. -
Che whole literary world ought 20 rise up
ard administer 70 him s severe rebgke.
EX-SENATOR DAVIS.
TX Senator HEyHY g. DAVIS. of West
Virginia. who has been entertaining the
President and his br.ds a. Deer PARK
has Lad q career peculiarly American in
character, career miiar to those o.
Luco1y snd GAETsErD and ths many
other Americans who have started 90 tbe
botiom of Flee ladder and climbed well
toFar1 che i8p When be was q bog tde
BALTIMORE s. Ohi0 fm'rosd came UP tbs
PsfsPeoo Valley past as h.rsh place ard
be- saon SOB 8 chance 60 WORK as a brake
msa fasliy he Developed into q con3uc-
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