The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-24

Ing hefe-from wordsworth ae your para DC
seribes him the FIRST time he saw the lakes
with the little cottage and the sister
and wife dressing the mutton leg In the
same room where II was to be estsnl That
was what Byron calls Wordsworth YET
unexcised. unhired. seasoning his peddler
| poems with dsmocracy.' but he has been
bstter. and done better. and is well where he
ought TO be could he only drop little Of HIS
airs and his preaching above all for that IL the
devil. particularly when two such anti-prosers
a. your papa and the Secretary are IN the
room" few days later. Lockhart tells his
wife that Wordsworth said to Wilson Chris
TOPPER North yesterday that he thought Cam
ming seemed to have no mind At all Other
people might find an easier explanation Of his
worn and exhaustive state. Besides. would
not he be goose to indulge Wordsworth in
specialization. not only pro. but con. on the
principles OF poetry. DO. on which hum
bugs alone, the stamp master tWordsworthl
has the power OF oral communication"
Lockhart goes on to ssy that during
all the rides which the visitors took
about the Lake district Scott :" was continually
quoting Wordsworths poetry and Wordsworth
ditto. but that the great Jaker never uttered
one syllable by which IL might have been init.
mated to stranger that your papa had aver
written q line either Of verse or prose since he
was born. Wordsworth spoke kindly. think.
on the whole. OF HoRg; OF Byron. oontemptu-
ously; Of Shelley. we'll and rightly. saving
that las IL the custom OF all one editioned
clubs) he said Shelley was q greater genius
than Byron Il. e. a less successful oneh"
They drove over to Keswick to see southey
and found him rather pale and slckly In
looks: he had been stunR By a venomous in
sect in the Netherlands and suffered seriously
for many weeks in consequence; but his eyes
A.l1 a ~ Fatl M h.
OF beautiful Ms. were open before him. as
usual. in the midst Of all the ladies. Mira
ColeridRe 9 pleasing person. and has been
pretty. ditto ditto Mrs. Laureate. and all very
neat and prettily dressed. To be sure. they
were. as Don Juan says. Two pretty sis
ters. milliners at Bath Miss Southey
10 o tall. strapping. and comely lass. and
some OF the younger sisters promise
to be very beautiful; but the cousin. Miss
Coleridge is really lovely vision OF crea-
ture. with the finest blue eyes ever saw. and
altogether. face and figure and manner. the
very ideal Of q novel heroine" Another day,
Scott and Wordsworth fell to discussing
Crabbe. who would. we are assured. have
been worried clean outright, had the Unknown
1.-THE lam o Familiarity applied to Scott By his fam
lily after the publication Of WaverleyJ not been
there to quote Sir Eustace Grey aud to say
sensible and true things In his favor. Both right
as usual In disputes between men OF sense.
Words worth says Crabbe Is always an addi-
ton to our pastoral literature. whether he be
or be not poet. He attributes his want OF
popularity to want Of flow Of feeling. the gen.
eral dryness and knottiness OF style and mat
tor which II docs not soothe the mind to dwell
upon; Scott to the painful truth OF his pictures
OF human life. especially for q lower order Of
society who cannot butter their bread and sigh
over the description OF q crust. Wordsworth
quoted some lines In which Crabbe sums up
the object OF his writings as being to convince
the high that they are only worms and dust
like the poor the poor that. miserable as thor
are. they shall one day have the lords OF the
earth for their bediellows In the dust, and. to
be sure. this is rather anti poetic result to
aspire to-"