New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

security. In these DAYS OI hlSh HPo'" CIV
mcrcilcss pressure ovcrcrowding Is poS'!''o
crime, and that this fact has not heretofore
Loon emphasized is due to the ignorance or IN
diff crence Of those it has most imperllled'
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THAT RETISED rERSION or LONGFELho"
It. is r,imored in the literary circles OF boston
that a revised version of the poetcal WORKS VI
Henry Wat!Sworth Lcngfcllow Will short'! p'
placed on the market. His publishers nave
learned with emotion that one OF his most Ia
mi)iar poems. "The Building of the Ship" mas
proved cause of offence that it has been IN
dlctcd as celebrated to start Blush on the
cbccl, Of Innocence Now, the members OF the
firm of Ilouehton. NIittiin & Company arc not
onlv publishers but moral men. 50 naturally
they are anxious to do the square thing ny
Innocence. The delicate task Of preparing this
revised version has been intr,sted as is under
stood to on accomplished Brooklyn crif'c' ana
iudging from the advance sheets he has per-
formed his delicate task in highly tred''ao'e
manner We have not the space to give moro
than a few of his fclicitous alterations OF the
original text. bnt orr selections. we are sure
will convince the intelligent reader that the
revision will supply whatever popular want
| exists for il.
/. The building of the ship This poem rs
il stands calls the sca the bridegroom OF the
ship. It also deals with another couple com
posed Of Scntrnt beings, to wit. Young man
who is evidently engaged 10 In" ShipbmderS
daughter and that young lady. In the revision
the SEA is spoken Of as the grandfather OF the
ship. while the Young ady-who is going ONT
in the vessel on its initial voyage a. n mission
any to thc Fiji l,landS-i> represented u>
bcin. the elder sister. good deal irecklcd
but very good, of the young man The snip
builder sings:
M, soil" ,...d he. We will build This shiI,
lay ,qualr he blocks mron III" Sip.
| ana follow vcl This plan Of n'nc
| Cedar Of Main" and Georgia pine
! Il,r together shall combine.
! And tn, day tina; give her to the sea
Your --t"r and ,pu Slnll sail for FIJI
! Tin. Masters w"N.
Enriptur'4i The Young man heard
| And r,inuir. nome he mp and kissed her,
IL" Al>>,d h!, t.,r KIDD "licr sister
| Ike , h.,ut.u- bag" WIS II"
-till = - thu sandy i""'h
v,l. -, the place whore the Lillpw> grow rongher
cut hr
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IA the revised version this will read:
o, tn" blnc eyed maid.
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. f,ccjslpr IL will l." icm"Hl cred that ;h"
r. .,; ,..,,, ,, l. lie am Ia. v,y tu the M
t,nJ. ,ccciv,, an invitation from a Young lady.
"uh STAY" the maiden AID. and ret
1hy weary bead upon it'' hi'a"
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