Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
R1vEs AND swINBURNT.
ExtraoI binary Similarity In "Asmodsus'
and tho Englifh Poets Verses.
Man York Sim


and tho Englifh Poets Verses.
Nsso York Sum.
Every line of Mrs. Amelie Rives-
ohanlel's "Asmodeus" that is not COM
monplace is thoroughly swinburIiaD.
Before writing her s., 600 poem-and there
is some reason to suppose that consider
able Interval of time elapsed between its
genesis aud its pubiication-she bad
saturated herself with q poison that has
txertsd the NEST baleful influence upon
the present generation CT female poets Of
passion. There is rethirg individual in
her performance; the individuality isSwin-
burns's. The measure is his. TIE rhyme,
the ALTERATION, the ass,nance, the tropes,
the little lodges and turns Of expression,
tolerable in the original for the sake Of ths
finer qualities they mar but simply dis
Gu ting as aft. ctatiors Of an affectation,
the monotor on. use Of the adjective sharp,
as spplied to everything from sat water
ard iswelry to oscillation, the equally
mouo,oncus use Of the adjective sweet, as
spplied 10 everything from oIc1lation to
vinegar, the jsIgou Of erotic mysticism, the
audac:ons and often b'asphemous COM
ninglipg OF the sacredest names with tie
mysteries of vile c'raality-the stamp OF
ilge1non Charles is On it all!
If this accomplished young woman and
promising writer can not be herself when
she evolves 81, 900 pc ems, why in TIE rane
of ell that is eood ard gracious AID OF fair
repute, does nj she cram h rsslf from s2me
other vocabulary than that odious one o.
syes and yeas and all God! aud verify
AID hushed'ys, and fl'mes ard s5ames,
and bitter blisst and clipgiug kisses?
There il really no need to exhibit further
the effect of too co e s;udy Of SwinbuIne
upon Mrs. ChauleI's poetic method, but
We NAV quote from "Asmodeus" such ad-
ditional passages as these:
"And white for her morth's red
leaned above her yearning as she slept"
GAS when the sun docs flame
Suddenly forth, and all the air is red"
Had she but loved me, loving had sealed
Her to me-"
Thou, Holy One.
Give word Wit Thou make emblem Of dove
To still feel hatred, calling Christ Thy son.
And perydoz, and fair pearls pale as milk"
"Yes, keep her in the very flush and flower
OF her sweet chastity, TO be mine own.
Ethan this fsir bed adorned for him and her
With white OF flowers and gold OF rsin-Washed
wheat"
a,,I Inc
Ave bluer than her eyes, or these rich veins
That they had never kissed"
And this eliminating audscity Of The
Sxinburnized imagination:
ITO seal thee With my seal as mine alone:
To take thy very souls core for mine own:
To make the angles long in Heaven for Hell,
and GOD grolO restless on HIS Lomly throne.
Probably a careful comparison Ct the
verses of ASH odeus" with thee Of "Lsus
We; elia," TIE Ballad of Death" "Auac-
to1is," Dolores" ."Erotion," THE
Mas q ne of Quesu Bersabe, and 1.-THE Two
Dreams" would disclose the origin, more
or le direct, of many of the phrases,
figures, concsits and spasms in Mrs
Chanler'e poem. We have not time for the
dDdBNS IL ID slut NOlth AAaA -
dozen parallel passages will answer the
purpose. We do net offer them as proofs
of plagiarism, for there is no question OF
that exc pit 10 the general and innocent
serss already explained. They merely
serve 20 illustrate TIE extent to which MTs.
Chanler has unccnsciOusly abst rbed the
poetic individuality of Swinhurne and
made it the moul1 OF both imagination
and expression:
MRS. CHAMBER.
az am that Asmodeus, son Of Bel,
VINO loved q daughter of the earth as we'll"
swINBUREE.
~ am the Queen OF Ethiope,
Love babe my kissing eyelds ope."
| MRS. CHASLER.
wrapped In wrong desires
| As in q garment"
"My love laid upon her garment wise"
MPs. CHANLER.
eyes colored Ike the twilight in a wood"
swISBURSE
mine eyes were as gray green sea-"
MRS. CHASLER.
"Her body clothed in silken whisPerings."
swINDURSE.
make the soft raiment out Of woven signs"
MRS. CHANLER.
"IIer loosened hair benesth my breath
Was like to wind-waved water"
swISBURHE.
"IIer curled hair had the wave OF sea water"
MRS CIASLEB.
As sea born blossoms with the shsrp, swift
swINBUgSE.
when tides OF grass break into foam Of flowers
MRS. CHANLEB.
"ITer lO'Sened hsir which was adOrn
Full graCOusly with strings OF sharp, small
gems
"ITer hair mo thick with many carven gem.
MRS. CHAMBER.
Therefore spat at him and cursed him deep.
swISBURSE
40, have sinned ard have spat out at God"
MRS. CHAMBER.
and hell Jest made in some merry mood"
swISBURXE.
me for whose sake the extreme hell make
Yea, laughter klndles ct the heart OF hell"
He Changed His Prayer.
Philadelphia Record.
Lsonidas Cn,ar Houk, who represent
a district lying ''in the Tennessee noun
tains," holds his grip on its hardy noun.
taineers by his story tslling stump
speeches. The other night he told one OF
his hest at ratification meeting held al
Washing ], to point his declaration tia
if they wanted to win they must worl
promptly and efficiently. There. was ar
old d,rkey," he said, whose master had
some fine fat turkeys Old Unc'e Jaks
made up his mind that he must have one