Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-17
raUL HaNfITOS HAvNF.
A fit Trib ite to the Fine Poetic Geu,us oi the
south

From the Christian Union.
| The announcement of the death of MIR
Hayne, at his home in Columbia county
| Ca, on Tuesday of last week, has Callet
forth widespread expression OF sorrow an,
loss Living out OF the world, there WA
something in the poets personality which
excited general interest in his life and work
| 1t was often noted that his name appeared IN
the newspapers constantly, and almost
always in connection with some description
of his habits or Surroundings This constant
appearance of his name la the public prints
was not due to the skillful system of selt.ad.
| vertisement which some writers of less note
| employ to exploit themselves and their
works, but to a genuine and magnetic quail
| ity in the man that made him host of friends
| glad to serve him by report of his activities
| in all directions. Now that he Is gone, this
interest will discover itself in numberless
accounts of the poet and his works through
| the length and breadth of the country.
| Mr.. Hayne was pTe-eminenuy poet a
| man of genuine lyrical gilt, true to his voca-
| ton, aud wholly devoted To his art In this
| age of multiplied social activities, which fire.
| quently drain and despuil the richest lives,
| Mr.. Hayne lived apart, under the shadow of
| the solitary pines, finding his chief compan-
| ionship In the two who stood nearest him,
and his chief resource in books aud the prac-
tice of his art As he was in measure isO.
lated from men in his daily life, so was he in
large measure withdrawn from the currents
OF contemporary thought and fashion i'll lit
erature. lie was not out OF sympathy with
the intellectual movement of his time but
he was essentially an individualistic poet
he sang not 80 much the last results of re-
search aud the movement OF mind as the an
clent and imperishabe Joys and sorrOws OF
the heart He was not deaf to the voices
which rose clear and penetrating from the
world about him, but he always listened Tor
the voice within and that voice still speaks
in the verse which he wrote, and which re-
mains, not only As the work of his life, but
as a genuine revelation OF himself He did
not belong in the ranks of those whose Office
1t is to interpret the age to itself who pene-
trate and illuminate all knowledge with i'm
sgination, and lay bare in sudden flashes of
light the whole movement of things; II was
his function to speak out of the depths OF his
own individual life, and to touch again with
the passion OF his song the themes that are as
old As time and as new as the breaking of the
dawn after the night or the silent march of
the stars into the heavens which the sun has
deserted.
The personal note is dominant in all MIR.
Haynes poetry Other men might sing for
the aye : he sings for himself The deep and
Passionate tenderness of his verse is a new
element in body of poetry which has
largely reflected the reserve and reticeuce of
the New England temperament. Love aud
loss the anguish Ui fading hope, the jCy OF
returning ideals, were nUt moods OF mind
Win nun. sustGItDle OF lnlptTsDDhl, aIlstlC
Treatment they were real and vital eNpe-
Fences, rising into expression as naturally,
and often as unconsriously, as the seed rises
into the stem and flower. His thought was
always touched by the poetry of deep emo
ton it was sometimes obscure, but 1t was
always intense, aud on occasion passionate,
i'll expression. There was in him deep,
rich emotional life, often rising into the re-
glOn OF clear consciousness, but always reach
ing down to the very sources OF experience;
an uneNplOred realm of motive aud imagin-
alton As imperfectly represented in his verse
as the fathOmless mass OF the ocean Is repre-
sented by the waves that sing or moan upon
its surface. 1t is this deep, interior life OF
instinct, emotion, and impulse which gives
Mr.. Haynes verse not only a certain unity
OF conception, but a depth and subtlety
which suggest the mystery and splendor of
the southern forest There were deeper
things in life to him than ever rose into the
clear light of logical thought things which
the poet himself feels by some instinct pecu-
liar to himself aud which he can only con-
vey to others 10y hints and suggestions. In
this emotional quality, III the clearnesS and
predOminance OF his lyrical gift, Mr.. Hayne
discovers both his strength and Limitations.
His was solitary voice, Of peculiar, and at
times penetrating, quality.
In character and personality, Mr.. Hayne
was sharply defined bv the strong and dis
tinctiye qualities of his nature. He was sim
pie, earnest chivairic, frank aud generous in
the expression ui his affections and antagOn-
isms. No mau doubted where he stood on
any matter of opinion or in any per-Onal re-
latiOn. His life was a struggle full OF pathOs
aud quiet endurance. II he was denied some
things that would have satisfied the cravings
of his soul, he was fortunate in the tender
ness and intelligence Ot the affection which
filled his home with a vitalizing atmosphere;
and near and far there were many who loved
him and who Will keep his memory green in
their hearts.