Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-22
BAYARD TAYLOR
MEMORIAL LIBRARY


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~, N nursoay afternoon, sep.empet
zttn, tne memorial library erected AZ
menhett square IN honor OF bayard
laylor was dedicated IN me presence
oil MS oia neighhors ana .triehus, WIN
ceremonies appropriately simple ana
Impressive. Inc DAY was perfe;t, cool
anu bright 10 those VINO rememnered
tne reception given TO the poet at MI.
Cuba, " years before, his words in
encouragement oil u seemed prophecy
OF 1his farther honor'
sometimes an hour of Fate's supremest
weather
elikes through our changeini skies Tvs
somswharss abaxa M in s,rs;va a,to,
Waits the fnlfilmeni Of onr dearest DREAMS
for hera befora II. nlo,o 4, +ha 800
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TY1o ss,hnihs ~ loto, continued 10
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nees ~ me ms Ielsonai'ty was 50
us syhlpatny 80 reauy, anu
rs ~: 'h.elieo.ua, inlluence SO Strong
Simple, 50 sincere, SO many, ana DIS
eenlus nominated me, " was 50 ,mpas,
s,oneu' 80 uople, so worsnipiui OF great
..hhinss hnew no'ning OF hehnett
tnen' anu never 50 mucn as l could
naFe WiHneu, pue knew what IL was
70 iayior' anu now MS neart ciuhg 70
anu its peppie' now iignt'y MS ieet
nau speu aions lts paths anu WIN
mn"t io. ~. oasernesS us hanus nau
piaeneo iIs nomeIs, Wherever ne was
5e relne ,1 hepnett, anu nennett
aGos mol " Isnienloer hIui; ohe saw
nun IN nis craule' sue saw MIN borne
70 MS grave, ana, poy ana man, ne De-
ionss 70 her. ~ Is Itting, therefore,
that sne shouia honor MIN ana tnat hef
nonor spou'u SO express ltselt IN tne
inr"ly Wnl9n peara ms name, " Ii
the n,euiorIal when ne wouiu nave
salueu apoVe an otners' II ne coulu
nave io,eseen II i9r Always lover Of
poohs' he knew wnat ~ was TO long
ior theiii, anu not 10 nave them' wha'
tney were re, 10 MN ana might pe tt
others; Ihey uid not make MIN the
man ne was Tor other things thar
BOOKS go 70 the making OF men, pu,
tney heipea TO make MN the man o.
.etters ne was. the author OF BOOKS O
trasei, OF novels, anu, nest OF all o
unioreetapie poems THIS, or some
thing ike this, l would say II l wer'
, 10 hehnett, where can only be II
spiTit to-9aS, friend among Inc friends
J OF 6ayara dayiur' -
, lhomss Barley aiarich wrote: Tit
name OF bayard layior, whether writer
; or spoken, always toucnes the heart
{ my memory; ana IL Is with TIE Creates
} regret that decllne the invitation wlti
8 Wnicn you nave honored me. 1 shal
some Gay ask you to place on the shelve
OF tne library volume OF verse con
r tainlng me lines ! wrote at the TIM
/; OF iayior DEATH
FROM Eamuna clarence Htedman
, Az the literary friends am
4 comrades OF the beloved and Justly dis
r tlngulsned poet are touched and graft
o hen by TINS visible honor to his memor
which you nave made so beautiful AM
, enduring In the home OF his youth an
/ age. Inc years nave sped less bright
II ana far more swiftly since his death
IL seems nut lew seasons since pai
h my trioute oil GRIEF and affection at hi
grave. lie WAS no less lover than
maker OF hooks, and himself woul
y, nave chosen oil all others the monumen
II which you nave erected and designate
ny MS name.
, Among the letters of rnufet war