The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-11


ls ~ ICY ~, .Sop , 2! Coz. I,sst
me crssh'ns thunasrSelt , above s''sv'
-
nsy' from he ffuitfSl earth
Mid heneysd dover cups bu'ssfniss sna osss
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~ msspss9 vosts ass,s,,.d
Where pierces through the ehinfs OF noer and van
i"' ''u'' "i'''' "iuu' -.
hets1 ~ WEN VIZ on', ~, nssgons 'U''"s
And pestienee hh, %; IT'S desdlJ maxi
y" So p'h'"VU A"u 80
e If ~, mo uns s0n ,mnrS toon
watch whne Ter damp hoOr and smuitJ esflins
''''e' "A0 'O'' -
Wniie y1n poor .hlvsrina Womsn tss' theh zones
And nsuThi is heard save hosrss. uneasy Erosns
i"" nsS'' su~oe' mas
Tsteh snd feel a breath OF Keen desnN
when. IKE a rustic orinanms on are
WIN hus' from sunrise u'@N"'
Serene ,nd splendid waved again" tns SKIES
J. bright with life and visor. shalt arise
FROM OUT tue teemina iS"os
But all un,,atned with blood our blade shall b.
And erushsd the ssrpsnt hatred, We shall %.
Beneath one mighty blot"
And from the earth, where love perfumes the sod.
Made pure from slaughter eonssersts to COD
BY this our nobler strife
To the bin, heavens, a. in one mighty thres
n m m
The cry. Peace Labor Bread"
Ada Neeri's poems. sent into the world Tx O
leaves soattered to the wind one lucky day at
tracted the attention OF a publisher who
brought them out In a volume under the title
"FntalitA" The book at once attracted atten-
ton. but this ad miration was not openly shown
Mt first for the public had been recently disap-
pointed in another young Italian poetess. An
ME Vivnnti and this time before landing her
genius thev were cautious. The jud Gun ents we're
varied and many. Ada NeEri was even called
n miro stiss. nm Anarchist Slowly. however
her merits were recognized. and the poor girl
was endowed with a money prize which 10 re-
served for any Italian woman who distin-
cuisines herself In literature. Further. the
little teacher was removed from tho rural
solitude OF Motta Visconti and sent to Milan
TO teach the Italian language and literature in
the Normal School. 1t was a well-deseryed re-
ward. and she reioiced over il; not 40 much
for her own sake as for the sake OF the mother.
who had made so many sacrifices for her to
secure her an education. and whom she can
keep in what to their m modest requirements is
luxury. She hopes too. to educate herself more
from contact with the great world and hence
TO produce vet better poetry.
I went some little while ago to visit her in
her modest apartment in the Via Ansonio. The
mother. whose lair has turned white with
trouble rather than with age. lie the real type
of a working woman. Ada Negri is Of middle
height and thin. She is u OF hand some In the
true sense OF the word. but Notwithstanding
the irregularity OF her features her face Ia
what the Italians call sinpaficd. aud her high
forehead. from which the hair is drawn back.
She has an uncommon face. quite peculiar to
herself She is pale but her face color' when
sne - SpaA ,,ia .Inen,,,i,r " sr nOS
and almost masculine. her sitting room is
lures on the walls, some photographs OF
t.i.nd. ana ~srions hooIs ara ali tha nrno.
ments. talked long with her. Her speech is
she wrote her poems. "Firs. think gu. my
mind dictates whenever feel inclined. wheth-
er 1t be night or day. When the work is done
feel . glow OF warmth At my wrists and In
hausted. ihsn leave my verses lot some
DAYS without looking a. 'hem A''ef"ard
=. $500 - .o,,o o.,,on ., min. sh.
IN answer 10, 10 ano,net question OF nine hr sto
publish the new poems I have already written,
rbich number about ftty. Tbey want rsyis.
Ing. and besides do not want the world to
say: She has written another volume l
wish them TO say; she mas written DOCK
And the theme Of this book" |
THE people" she answered: their joys and |
a -. .-.o.,. -, a. s-...
sorrows' DO not approve OF the present |
bias Of modern literature; do not believe
hat all 10 degenerate and bad in tho world.
There is always something good to be found. |
and /. for example do not feel either degener-
ate or bad l have always worked and have |
not lost co urage; and however we'll the sub; |
Iect Is treated. still do not believe that all |
N others are wicked. all wives uniaith- |
Iul, and all men vicious. 1 have seen
little OF the world, and l do not care
Ior society where l do not know II /
they are speaking the truth: l have been
have envied me. many have exalted me to the
skies, some have said that had coined from |
Walt Whitman. but ] have been defended
rom this accusation by Nencioni in the
MORA AntotIgia. | had not even read the |
great American poet when ,Fatalita' ap-
peared. | have as yet seen little. and have
hills they impressed me quite differently from
what had dreamed. DO not know what i'm
pressinn the sea will mako on me-"