The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03

JUNE AND LoNGFELLow.
'sInoos" In q Romantic Mood-Her Favortte
Month md Poets.
"Dewy tears are softly falling
On the clover fresh and white,
While the last bright sunbeam fingers.
Lingers but to say good night
"Hear the wood-dove's plaintive cooling.
As she seeks her shady nest;
While the gently waving willows
Rock her birdlings al 10 rest
''Now the sunset hues are fading.
Falling down the western sky;
flushed in silence. vailed in shadow,
Sombre hills and valleys lie.
"P.le and paler fades the cleaning
From the heavens starry crest,
And the drifting, dusky shadows
Gently lull the world to rest"
OF all the months of the year, think |
June the most beautiful. Then we look |
upon the green fields, the leafy trees and
blooming flowers before the dust and heat
of summer has soiled them. 1t seems i'm
possible that in a world of so much beauty
there can abide sin and sorrow. When all
nature rejoices it is sad to think that man,
| Gods noblest creation, should mourn. Ii
there is a time when the heart of man
can throw aside its weight of care, its
never-ending strife for gain, and rest
wholly upon the promises of God, it must
be in this tender, happy, singing June.
| For perfect enjoyment give me first, an
untroubled conscience, q mind ut rest,
then a sunny day in June, ashady nook. q
| hammock and Longfellow's Hyperion"
| Is it possible to enjov that book within
four walls and on winter day7 care
1 r L. ow,Il hl1f
for the grand descriptions of scenery.
One does not need to travel where Hugh
FlenBlirlg travelled to see what he saw.
Longfellow describes it 30 plainly that all
one has to do is to swing and read. The
rushing Rhine, the purple vineyards, the
craggy hillsides, the ruined castles are all
before him. Some one has said that the
romance of Hyperion was founded upon
the life experiences of the author. Hugh
Flemminq loved twice but was never mar
ried while Longfellow was married twice
and twice a widower. Hyperion" was
written soon after the death of his first
wife. to whom he had been married but
five years. HIS second wife's clothing
took fire from some matches, in the pres
ence of her husband and the little
girls. She died from the shock
next day. Longfellow was so
badly burned in trying to extinguish the
| flames that he was confined to his room
| the day of her funeral, which occurred on
the eighteenth anniversary of their mar
| rage. Her tragic death was great shock
| TO him, but no word of his bitter sorrow
found expression in his published verse,
| but something of it was found in unpub-
lished MSS. after his death. Longfellow'
home for many years was the historic
Craoie mansion on the Charles river
where Washington had his headquarters
at the beginning of the revolution and
which was famous even before those days
He died March "a. 1882, and was buried II
Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Tennvson. England's poet laureate
in West Minister Abbey in honor OF Long
fellow. Who was it that expressed
dissatisfaction with Longfellow
while ago and condemned his story
Kayanaugh? | have not read 1t, but 1t i
snoken of as q New England tale OF Low,
and beauty, humorously told In poetica
nrose. | never read anything Of Long
fellows that was not kind and gentle. HI
was said to be more of a quaker thai
Whittier. as he could not pronounce
curse. even upon slavery. There is moth
ing so very grand, brilliant or profound II
Longfellow's poems, but they are gentle
pure and wholesome. "Helens hkenin
them to a wreath of flowers was not 8
very bad, but would never have though
Of the crazy patchwork. They suit one
every day needs and are restful whe
fthe day is DONE" / think when he wrot
that poem he realized what his writins
would be to his readers. OF his longt
poems l like "Hiawatha" best an
''Evangeline" least. cannot see an,
thing particularly heroic in any woman
spending her whole life wandering up an
down the earth looking for lost lover.
Hsat by some nameless grave and thought
That perhaps in its bosom
He was already at rest, and she longed
To slumber beside him."
II ia comforting to think that no woma
in real life could be so foolish. Thel
when she was old, to find him just as /
was ready to die is too much. Perhaps 81
did not feel that her life had been spel
in vain, but it looks that way to me.
Longfellow is not my favorite poet ar
more than il Tennyson. like Scott be
ter than either and Mrs. Hemans best
all. Holland is a great favorite OF mil
and SO. is Bryant, and n. p. Willis is q
other. We have some pretty good ii.
C. poets and | shall be glad when we ha
volume of their poems. 1 sent in &C
brt THE SENTINEL failed TO reach me I'd
week and do not know whether it a
reared or not, / hope no one tried
without the half cup OF vinegar.
have a good companion for III.
MS" cream roll cake. Two eggs, one-h
cup of sugar, one-half cup OF molass
one-haIf cup of sour cream, one teaspoo
ful of soda. one and one-half cups of flo
and pinch salt.
want to tell my farmer friends 81
cure (no, kill, for Canada thistles Cut
the stalk at or little below the top of
ground and pour on four or five drops
sulphuric acid. Go over the patch aga
few months later and treat the +
plants that may have escaped and
will have no more trouble with them.
must welcome Aunt Lizzie, Dan D
"Da;sv HI "Rogers," "Farmer Boy \
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