New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-05
ALONE IN THE FOODS.
From The indianapolis News.

From The Indianapolis news.
Woods and groves have always been Joy ana "a " "
light TO the normally constituted nu.', ~ the
ing There remains an our composition sO ono longs
now and then to get away from cvilized me T ;n the
faith in the steamship IN t omt into the forest
primeval7 with Its murmuring pines an" ar, h loose
locks and So for little me az charm in wood
lands wild the poet and ever poet h seG Word Of his
calm and 1spratioand i9Gn v 5S po"t cannot have
feeling but be must S,"i IN tbe woods is one of
other things but II he Ike not a s vi brnn nun.
NJ, woods and we know The root of the matter
is in him. -,., - learn that Mr.. Herman Rave.
our Indiana poet been in the woods on pc" IN th
has written beautiful poem a Gm,' Soweycr h" was
WOO alone with the dryads and nymphs Who these
parties" were. he does not eAp r any people
bTt W" mne delight Of existence" was also along Not
far from the spot wh%re the seppc cs5 hc dryad and
prmnbs' TOO. of courseD, brook IN the cool,
pencd water Of wSh Ths was Of
tame bird as no wild mockinghlrds are icund mere ere
sbonts. Itth whom he was alone" not deep
IN he forest but they could watch the long bearded
corn guard the edge OF the woods D"Y n Suehcd bV
The serrated ranks" Whether the salo SerIaro
ranks Of trees corn or 'o 10
NM, Meanwhile very strange thing was happening.
The br"czes shadows and lights dancing together
to entertain the poet and his rsnss ana s"n 1ssm Nl
an the es W h sr on '9T n P%Sch hS lullaby mock
incbird dipped, did reach and S"alhe III PciIu"d.
STyad n S% w %nd as pqf Sa The eject nS S OF
aIonaness with the dryads and nymphS, Iu f
bush and lily s., TO r fIe ' of Song away to
the time when youth SIN dwelt upon garlR a yary
uea san thing it is to of for picnic TO the woods
haione with the dryads and nymphs' M MON, ouowod
But Il Is not TO be supposed that Ihe Poee n,Ion
nd nymphS
No, he had a beautiful Day Dream In which
The swallows skim DER the ,i haunted s,i pool
Where the pale, white lilies sleep
or the thunder OF the deep.
This reference TO the haunted pool Tbe ref
srNncc tn the swallows is somewhat perpexing after
the dipping hnG of Sa' aSd r s
as 81 was haunted The reader should not IAN TO nolt
that the white S M%!sr Observed T hat We think
should be dash after thunder IL the las. ~ don
thDnd ir AS II stands deep appears to he noun
when It means the sea but OF course mere y no s
near here that the poet could nave he'iu ''o"' J"
'' The poet gets into "a beautiful dreamy sleep In
which II appears to him
The day mas ended his golden tale
In echoes OF amethyst. , ,. ,
But my song floats down through tn" emerald Vaie
And the silver bars OF the mist!
Nothing could bc finer than this Day with a " golden
tale" lis this spelling right terminating III ecH3e, ~
can do thing like that! What theme that wonld
he for an ariist-painting echoes! We are prepared
for almost any flight the ay-drcam may take AFTER
that. We are not disappointed for
Mellow gold and pale new moon,
And the wonderful tints OF N" sea-
And tho shining sands from The gray old dune
Creep up to the lights on the lea
Mellow gold. new moon wonderful sea ,in'S anu w,
Shining sands from "A gray old dune creeping up 70
gcther lights on the lea must have been one o. o
most startling metcorlc phenomena ever ous'l W.
The poct we should suppose. would have expected an
aawni cvclone after that But no. TO him 1t meant
simply that dreams were
Coming again!
ON the gusts OF the song like a summer ram
To frcshcn the meadows with pcrium" OF Grover,
And the same old longing over and over.
Only the dreams of poet could iresheh .r Ine
meadows with perfume OF clover only OF a great
moi We think Just what the same old longhg
over ana over Is doing rrlmmatically, Is ieit-Vey
,,ronerly pcrhaps-to the ima cination.
clearly the thing 10 dc. II you want TO enjoy your
self and would liE" fall into beautiful. dreamy
scen = frau.lt with really gorgeous day dreams, IS
TO GET acquainted with Mr.. Herman Rave, dryadS
and ny71lpi, AID 20 alone" with them To the woods
stretch your-,lf under Il Shadowy beech and let the
pale white lilies reach and swathe you In perfume.