Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-19
GREAT MEMS EYES.


They Were Not Always Seen Alike by
Those Who Knew Their Owners.
Emerson used to say hat each man
carried in his eye the exact indication
Of his rank in the immense scale of
men. Another close observer of hui
man nature asserts that persons with
prominent eyes are found Ia have
great command Of words and 10 be
ready speakers and writers. A third
holds the theory that the prevailing
color of the eyes of men of genius is
gray.
Col. Higginson mentions Nathaniel
Hawthorne's gray eyes, whilst Mr..
Il. Ii. Underwood, who once studied
them attentively, found them mottled
gray and brown, and undcscribaDly
soft and winning" Elsewhere we
find ii asserted that mo iimcrcyes had
appeared in the literary circles Of
Great Britain since Burns time than
those of hawthorne" Charles and
Mary Cowden Clarke, describing
their visit 10 Leigh Hunt in 1856.
speak OF his ''silyered hair. thin pale
cheeks and wondrous eyes, which were
no less beautiful in their aged aspect
than they had been in their useful
one" Dickens eyes were character.
lied by Forster as wonderfully beam
ing with intellect, and running over
with humor and cheerfulness." and
by Carlyle as clear, blue, intelli-
gent"
David Gray's were Large and lus-
%trous;" and Dante Rosetti's gray
blue, clear and piercing. aud charac-
terized by that rapid penetrative gaze
SO noticeable in Emerson In one Of
his letters to Cottle, Southey refers 10
William Goodwin's large noble eyes. -
Landor's have been described as bold,
full, blue gray and as large and
full" ia one of Carlylc's letters to
Emerson he refers 10 Laudor as "a
tall, broad, burlyman, with gray hair,
and large, fierce rolling eyes" Emer-
son learned from this same source Of
Southcyh eyes that seem running AT
full gallop; aud Of old Rogers with
thoss large, blue eyes, cruel sorrow
full"
flames Russell Lowells eyes in re
pose have clear blue and gray tones,
with minute dark mottliugs. In eN-
preston they are strangely indicative
of his moods. When fixed upon study
or while listening to serious discourse,
they are grave aud penetrating; in
ordinary conversation they arc bright
and CHEEKY in momentsu f excitement
they have a wonderful lustCr."
Shelleys eyes are always spoken Of
as magnificent and fully indicative OF
his wayward genius. One writer de-
scribes them as Large and animated,
with a dash Of wildness in them" an
ether speaks of them rs "such a pair
of eyes a. are rarely ever seen in a hu-
man or any other head, intensely
blue. with a gentle and lambent
preston. yet wonderfully alert and
~engrossing." Melvin, whilst writing
on Shelley's personal appearance, re-
fers Ia his blue eyes, very large and
prominent. They were at times. when
he was abstracted-as he often was in
contemplntion-dull, and, as il were,
insensible 10 external objects; at
others, they flashed with the fire of
intelligence" Tom Moore's eyes were
las dark and fine as you would wish
10 see under a set Of vine leaves
OF Coleridge IL is reported; His
forehead was prodigious-a great
piece Of placid marble; and his fine
eyes. in which all the activity Of his
mind seemed TO concentrate. moved
under IL with a sprightly ease, as il it
were pastime 10 them 30 carry all that
thought" Another friend Of his
writes: THE upper part of Cole
ridges face was excessively fine, His
eyes were large, lightgray, prominent
and OF liquid ~brilliancy, which some
eyes OF fine character may be OBJ
served 10 possess, as though the orb
itself retreated 10 the innermost re-
cesses Of the BRAIN" In his Life OF