The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-02

that hewea toward the light. 3
Who dared 10 Ne traitor to Union Whon -
was traitor 70 right s
And in the closing lines OF -
poem he teaches the principles d 81
and himself when be writes: Rs
There are no classes or races. out O. -
hEotherhoct: IA
There are no orneas 10 b ostlawsd - $50 "
skin deb2-red:
Mankind IL enc In sss rights ana vsuaGD-&
sseht one hope. one guard
Al times he turns TO Ireland and - y
is all tenderness and tears. OF Ia 49,
he sings: 81
We have wrcaScd no race, ~ have rOAoo1 -
land. We have never Oppressed tns w.,
And this in the lace Of Heaven b ~ neA1u<
word to speak.
MY Native Land. - IL alay Of lovsfkom s
child to It's mother. and concludes s
Ny erst dear lave. Gil dearcr for thy grtefs
Ny land that has no peer In al the -
For yerdars. vale. or river. aower or ieAi->
II FIRST 70 no man else. shou'rt hrst to M
New loves may come with dutiek bus ~ ~ q
isdeeresr yct--ihe mothers breath and 0nllo
Like that kind face and breast where I ~
narscd. u
Is my poor land the Niohe Of tales.
How different his alIus;on vas - Auo<.
trsiia when introducing the legend ~ ~
King of the Vase. - i
From that fair land and dear land ID the Aou1n
OF which through years do not oeAss = thiDfS
brought tale. learned not ~ word ~ uomtES
But formcd by finding here one golden link
And there another: and with hands nnaAillo1 "a
Fer such tine work huf patient al all pain s
From love OF II. sought thsrefrom n build
What might have been At hrst tho ecoily eho1ns
The story of the "nnkile Snake Ii -
lated with real dramatic power and tru6s
pathos aud Is not dissamilar 10 the work a.
Bret Harte in his hestmoo "Hannt1d ~
Tigers" and the Dog Guard" are two ufn6G1
narrative poems OF the eer1e tyre. IT
Flying Dutchman.s THE Last a. -
Narwhale" and the Amber Whales ~ a
narrative poems Of great felicity and poNeR,
and in the last there Is close rcsembtAnGo
10 Coleridge's Ancient Mariner. s<unQ3o
Ned's Tales" are records OF warlike deolo
thatexhihit the finest dramatic genius ~ u
poet OCCASIONAL be has thrown Oh li1AUr
lyrics like the Cola Girl which Hoseoo
might have sung and Dryden echooi
His great ode 10 the Pilgrim FatAon II
worthy of the noblest age OF English loee9oe
ture. Indeed. 50 rich, so suggestive and ~
powerful is the sentiment and 50 melo1lou1
~ ttfN buAt ~ tHtHut n8&U tNE0 u&AAIX
Pindar 10 the Athenians in the daya oL
their greatest glory. IL hears within n ~
stamp of Immortality. and il unQuoe1<oU
ably the noblest monument ever huilt ~
the memory OF the Pilgrims. In hia Io1el4
poem. From the Heights" he soeme -
have struck deeper and richer vetn = -
scriptive poetry than Amy poet slnce l.
ton. wadsworth in one form and HyReo.
In another, have left us descriptions II
natural scenery which are a. heau0f0I -
they are wonderful. but cannot rememe1
the name OF any poet who has groapoo -
gether in = condensed form 70 many -
lures ~ o Reilly has compressed tnto -
following lines:
.roms To me for riches.s said the oak:
n am lcafsess, cold and calm:
But the treasures Of the lly and the pa1m-
They arc mine 10 hessow on fhose who 80
l am gift and ana giver to the vssduro4 49,
below.
As the motherhood Of nnow
Daily gives the new bern river.
Az watcher on . bower.
Listening 10 the evening" hour.
sees the roads diverge aud blend.
Sees the wandering currents end
Where the moveless wascrs shine
ON the far horizon line
All the storied past IL mine:
All It's strange belief sfiil ciingtng:
All its singers and iss singing:
All the paths that led astrAy.
All the meteors once called day.
All the stars that rosa 70 shine
Come to mo-for ell are mincl"
In the same poem he sings, sublime1y, RI
the
Guides who lead their charge from lllay
and who
Leap from mountain top 10 star.
Higher still. from star to God,
Have the spirit pilots trod.
Setting iishts for mind and soul,
That The ship may reach the goal
In taking these extracts ct random I q
not mean to quote them ~ typaonl e
o'Rsilly's best poetry. Ny object y -
show the bent OF his genius. and tha ohnrs
acter and style OF his diciion. There exo
many who do not appreciate the very htghepo
flights OF his poetic genius. but then fbwo
are people who say that Tennyson -
Swinbournc and Browning are no pooeDs
Their place in the GALAXY of literary co1ot.
rites Is assured. and 0'Rsilly must ~
placed beyond any and ali Of them. II
deed, Shelley and Hugo are the only poo1o
OF the century in whom poetic power 40
more highly developed than In OsRetllys
Byron and Moore strung 'siingling shyu6n
together with wonderful ease. IhG4
caught the passing fancy OF the boar, al1
pleased II. but neither Of them could hnS6
sung the sublime strains. or reached -
heights that Shelley and Orally 49,
reached in this century, and Milton 81
Spencer at an earlier date. Emerson = r.
times inspired by q like subifmity, ~
while IL was spasmodic In Emerson. Hoc.
tons poet editor seems Capable Of kind1tnG
the sacred torch whenever he will.
Men OF gensus have. a. rule. bean ~
fortunate. and poets particularly 20. swift
whose terrible ruin. reminded Thnckneov
OF an empire falling. was bat playing ~
role on another stage which Oiwsy. Nor
lowe. Voltaire. Ccsvantes. Dante aud =
host of others played. Byron and ShejI41
are two terrible examples Of t.
yagsries OF men Of genius IL ~
present century. and Gordon and p
are no less so. Yet o'Rcilly's path -
been strewn with roses from the hOuf -
landed in America tall now. His pubxi61
ers have been as generous with him = -
journalistic work has been pfofitahio, en4
he Is today the possessor Of = handoo1uo
fortune. Moreover. AZ IL the Fates til
sent him 10 a couyict's cell and beniaDp
neut wished 10 compensate him for 80
unkindness, they choose for tho lody -
his honss and heart = woman Of fdGGk
goodness and beauty. His four daueA3oU
inherit the talents OF their father and IL
beauty Of their mother. and know 8 -
man more worthy OF envy when 10 -
among bis household gods than be. Ill
10 that home, surrounded bv wis -