Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-17

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actcrizes all OF Lowelps poetry IL never ab-
sent, but ever felt with spiritually invigor.
ating, ennobling, uplifting power, II 10
brought out with special emphasis In its
application 10 questions Of the day, sooial,
who II content 10 d cal only with beautiful
generalities. His muse II wont 70 come
down TO the ground and grspple vigorously
with the practical problems presented 10
man Tor solution T; nor docs she ever do 20
without turning To gold Whatever she
touches. She CveS bids US
. In life's small things be resolnte ana gre,t,
To ksep ,hy muscle trained knowst thoa
Thy measure takes, or when she'll say 70 thee,
Il Ina thee worthy; do thi. deed for msT'
and her voice Is strong aud clear - In the
old times when II was lifted up against the
curse OF slavery, whenever ~ In " Tsmpora
Mutautur" she scathes the social corruption
OF the day, or refers TO the "Misconceptiou"
of office -hoiders, or chsracterizes "Ths
Boss'' as
"skiiled 70 pull wires. he blniss Hature's
VIII, sure intended him to stretch rope - ,
lie tells the preacher that
"Not ne the threatening texts who deals
Is bighe,t 'mong the preachers,
But be who fses tina woes ana weR1s
oL all GUd's wandering creatures.
He iotn good work v hose heart can nnd
The spirit meath the letter
Who makes his kind Of happier mind,
Leaves wiser men ana better"
For the dogmatist's instruction he tells
"Tbe Lesson of the lig htning and the
fire fly, which latter
"Thought. no doubt, those q lshes grand.
that light for leagues tho ssudderlns ssy,
Are made IA tool could understand.
By some superior kind OF ny.
" He's Of our races elder branch
Ills family arms the sameas ours.
Both born the twy-forked flue to launch,
OF kindred. II UNEQUAL, DOWorn.'
"And 4, man wiserf Man who takes
Hts consciousness the law to be
Ofal beyond his ken. ana makes
tod but n bigger Kind OF Me ~
While, as said before, thsre is none OF
the pessimism of old age noticeable in this
volume, there Is certain millowness OF
thought and feeling that is only TO be found
in fruit fully ripened by time. fancy that
notice this even In the motto which he has
pretixed to the volume whose title Hearts.
ease Rue 1t Is meant to explain. Ii is %
follows:
"Alons the wayside where We pass bloom
Gay plants of heartsease. more OF saddenins
40 lie is is mingled so shou,d poems bs
That SPEAK conscious word to you ana me '
A good many years ago, ere
"These gray forebodings on my brow were
SEEM
he already recognized the fact which no
thOuHhttul man questions, that
"side by SIDE with hea tsease In the wOr,
The fatal mig htshado grows and bitter rue"
but note that then they we're only side by
side, as much of Joy rs of sorrow upon earth,
while now he sees few OF the former and
"more Of saddening rue" No doubt this
| 10 inevitable. And 80 long as 1t does not
weaken our courage, our faith, our hope,
but rather strengthens and brightens these,
AZ In him 1t has done, why shall We sorrow
at the inevitable
To acknowledge an experience 10 moi
weakness only regretfully to lament 1t 10,
1t is wisdom to base upon 1t as he has done
such confident trust that,
I" W hen our own branches, naked long,
The vacant nests of spring betray,
Nurseries of passion. love and song
when lie T aTanes 20 Ger e" isIs % ssice tsia
Ger enbeIs pleading with the cold
an trust. that. lise the birds OF Spring.
Our good 20 not without repair,
hut only flies to soar ana sing
Far OF In soIne dtvtner air,
Where we shall find in the calms
OF that IA garden meath the palms"
To say that 80 notable contribution from
our most perfect literary artist has been
worthily clothed by the pu blishers, Messr
Houghton, Mifflin 4 Co, Ia say ing q great
deal nevertheless 1t Ia true. The truly
| artistic typography, pres.work aud binding
the beautiful paper, the whole style and dc.
sign of the book, are as appropriate and
| nearly perfect in every way rs anything the
" Riverside Press T" has ever produced. The
| style of binding IL In striking harmony
| with the character Of the contents, exquisi-
| tely dainty yet full of cbsste dignity In
| short veritable pece OF art work. The ne "
| steel portrait of Mr.. Lowell that serves as
froDtlspiece will ia particularly appreciated
bv his many admirers. May the original
live long to enrich American letters, IN
spire American thought and upiiit and
ennoble American life
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