The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-01
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Browning is pretty generally considered deep
and metaphysical beyond common ken-an idea
fostered by the Browning Societies, no find ma
terial for most ponderous reasonings and heavy
essays in his poems. In consequence, the poet
has always been somewhat neglected by the
people who find so much to enjoy in Shakspere,
Wadsworth, Tennyson, Longfellow, and Whit
tier. Yet Browning has said things that flash
right into ones consciousness, perfectly under
stood. always TO be remembered and to be used
again and again in approaching the beauty that
life holds for US. Surely one can comprehe end
this:
"Oh to be in England now that Aprrs there.
And whoever wakes In England see, some morn
ing, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole in tiny leaf,
While the chaflinch sings on the orchard bough
In Englsnd-nowI
And after April. when May follows
And the white-tbroat builds, and all the swaI-
Hark. where my blossomed pear-iree in the
Leans TO the field and soatters on the clover
Blossoms and dew drops-at the bent sprays
edge
That's the wise thrushi he sings each song twice
Lest you should think he never could recapture
That first fine careless rapture"
Anyone who knows where the violet beds
are, who has ever watched for the blossoms n
the early Spring, hoping every day to And st
least one little purple flower that has come out
TO open the season, has been surprised to find
some day the ground covered with them, all
the flowers blossoming out at once in a great
purple cloth, and he can appreciate the lines:
such a starved bank of moss
TIL that May morn,
Blue ran the flash across:
Vioets were born"
And violet lovers all must cherish:
why should pansies-eyes that laugh
Bear beauty's prize
From violeis--eyes that dream"
And the daintiest of little love verses:
THE moths kiss first,
Kiss me as if you made believe
You were not sure this eve
How my face. your flower. had pursed
Its petals up; so, here and there
You brush il. Till grow aware
Who wants me, and wide ope burst.
1.-THE bees kiss nowl
Kiss me as if you entered gay
Ny heart at some MONDAY,
bud that dares not disallow
The claim. all is rendered up
And passively its shattered cup
Over your head to sleep bow"
In Evelyn Hope there are many beautiful
things. After reading the poem over once or
twice, to swing into the thought of it, it seems
most exquistely wordei. The little descrip-
tons:
why your hair was amber, / shall divine,
And your mouth of your own geranium's red"
THE good stars met in your horoscope
Made Of your spirit, fire aud dew"
In one stanza we get glimpse of the breadth
and power of his thought:
"* God above
Is great to grant as mighty to make,
And creates the love to reward the love:
claim you still, for my own loves sakei
Delayed IL may be for more lives yet
Through worlds shall traverse not a few;
Much is TO learn, much to forget,
Ere the time be come for taking YOU"
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The question that is agitating the girls Just |
now is, What kind of jackets will We have to |
wear with shirt waists this year?" The Eton |
Jacket was about played out last Summer and |
has desire TO return to the field Ia blue or
black serge after having enjoyed long Winter
IF distinction made up in the finest lace, bead
ng, braids jet, or fur. The close fitting, big
eeved coat with skirts slightly faring seems
% be q favorte, and will probably be repro
iuced in serge of every quality, from the
,eavy, dark-bln storm serge to the saziest
lingiest, cheapest possible stuff These coats
will not have the numerous ruffies and iapels
hat have attached themselves to the Winter
garments,
Shirt waists for the Spring and Summer wear
promise to be much like those for last Summer
rhe long, straight cuff has grown SO popular
hat probably the turned-back one will be only
arely seen. The standing collars, rolled
way slightly in front. are becoming more gen.
rally liked, but the turnover collar still
lolds its own with men and women both.
Black satin ties, tied in short, square, butter
ly bow, are most stylish for wear with short
waists. They are tied with wide, soft, folded
and around the collar
.*#
The huge incroyable bows seen occasionally
re made of black MORE trimmed with row
r two of insertion and ruffie of lace. The
ows are tied with short, square loops, and
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