The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-30

stands with Haywards' prose masterpiece
as the best English revelation of that great
est poem of that greatest German poet.
Only one fully In the spirit of G0ethe's
thought and with powerful mastery over
English meter could give US in its full
strength and sublimitY this rendihon oil
that beautiful Easter hymn, the str aims OF
which pour consolation to a contrite SOUL
CHORUS OF ANGELS.
From the lap Of corruption.
Lo Christ has ascendedi
Rejoice for the letters
That bound you are rendedi
Praise him increasingly
Love another.
Break bread together Ike
Sister and brother
Preach the glad tldings
To all who hear you
SO viii tie Master be
Eyermore near YOU
His translations of Horace and Catulus,
of Dante and of Heine show his power in
grasping the poetical spirit Of the ancient.
of the medieval and of the modern thinker.
Little remains to be said of his other Work.
His original verse is comprised chlefv IN
the privately printed edition Of 1863
"Posms Original and Translated" of which
one Of the most noteworthy is charming
didactic legend called 'St. Peter and the
Cherries" Under the nom de plume Of
Bon Gaultier he has written many short
ballads enlivened with quaint touches OF
delicate and a graceful humor His prose
writings consist chiefly Of memoir OF his
friend William K. Aytoun, who collabo-
rated with him in the writing OF the
Ballads. of his Life of the Prince Con-
sort. aud his many, scholarly c0ntIi-
buttons to Btackwood'S, Fraser's, TaitS
and the Dublin University magazines, 10
the last of which | am especially indebted
for its biographical essay on him, IN It's DC
tober number Of 1877.
No sketch Of Theodore Martin would be
fatu dc
about bis gifted and inspiring wife, Helen
Faueit, as she was known to the English
stage before their marriage i'll 1851. As an
actress she stood unrivaled among her
contemporaries as an interpreter OF Shake
speaTe, ana as a woman zone whose worth
and grace are as pre-eminent as her public
career was spOtlessly blanieless and last
ingIy brilliant" The romance Of their
marriage can be only suggested By these
few lines which end the poem, ITO Miss
Helen Eaucit as Rosalind. written before
its author was personally known TO the
lady who inspired it:
Such dear lady, was the vision, such the passion
" hiis Thy magic wrought within me, laying meaner
/ have been the fair Orlando, and though bnt a
Never from my hesrt shall vanish what has struck
so deeply therel
When he would give his sterner muse in
spiration Theodore Martin retireS from the
din Of London to bis beautiful home in the
north of Wales. There. from amidst his
terraced gardens in the Vale of Llangollen,
be emerges to give the cOuntenance of his
poetic self TO that rel C of the great old Druid
days-the Welch National Elsteddfod, where.
surrounded by natEral-born poets and mu-
sicians land every Welsbman Is bOtb). he
ranks highest among them al, and re-
ceves in his Scotch personality the homage
of the softer and sweeteT nation.
Although this honor reaches him in his
REIMBURSEMENT year his active nature has
kept him in such youthful vigOr that we
may well hope with the attainment Of the
laurel there may bud forth new leaves Wig
oTOus and fragrant.
DAVID LESSER LEZINsKY.