The sun., 1897-05-01

my profound attention" says Mr.. Coogler,
having consumed much midnight oil in trying
to do Justice to the subjects which lay nearest
my heart and inspired me to write, and In pre-.
senting this volume shall repeat tho words
contained In my last My style and my senti-
ments arc my own-cntroly original" Tho
poets midnight musings seem TO have moved
him most in tho direction Of q gcntlo melnn-
choly. He sings tho sadness and the pangs of
love, the floeting nature Of friendship, and tho
loneliness Of the dweller on those lofty heights
where burns the sacred Gre.
"Man delights not me; no. nor woman neither"
Mr.. Coogler would probably have said, had
not an earlier poet been beforehand with him.
And yet ho has gentle pity for tho frailty of that
which was once thought to be the weaker sex.
Alas! poor woman with eyes Of sparkling fire.
Thy heart is often won by mankind's gay attire;
30 weak thou art, 20 very weak at best,
Thou canst not look beyond a satln.lined vest.
Yet tho following lines breathe spirit of
chivalry that, in these degenerate days. he can
not DO too warmly encouraged to cultivate:
90 shatter the walls OF some beautiful city
That 10 noted for grandeur and fame,
Rather than cast suggestive remark
To destroy n woman's fair name.
All Heaven has waters soft enough.
Nor Earth no cleansing soap,
That can Wi ash the crimson from the heart
That destroys womans hope.
These stanzas show both courage and orig.
inality. We have long considered that the OBJ
lection taken by many poets to the use OF SOAP
as an adjunct to rhyme-buildng-wa an en-
tirely arbitrary ono. But Mr. Cooglcr Is modest
withal, and the following limos have. blended
with their faith in the future, spirit Of unob-
trusive meekness that Is sadly lacking in the
outpourings OF some of his brother bards:
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You'll never SEQ this form clad in gaudy apparel
Nor these feet playing the "dude" In patent
leather SHOES;
ou' your eh'ioreh ehiiaren VIII some day eau
soiie p'e"'ah' auo'a''on 'f'h my H'h'eeh' 'nuSe'
It seems that certain socalled critics have ut
tered harsh and unkind things of Mr. Coocler a ef.
forts and to them he makes this simple and direct
rejoinder, under tho heading of "Impossible:"
Won NAV n. wall trv 70 ,h.,g. tho eour.s
OF wonder sun
To North and South
As to try TO subdue by criticism
THIS near' OF verse;
oreiose 'ni' NOUN.
Rightly said, and spoken like man! This sad
old world is full of nero ordinary versifcrs who
with their singing make us sadder and more old;
but Coogler Is the kind OF bard to be cultivated
and encouraged. There should surely be niche
for him In the temple OF Belle Lettrie at tho
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brain and poured sweet noesv from the willing
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who. for poetic purposes, becomes "of proud
Eclipses strain" the poet sallies forth to Green.
wood. where. casting a melancholy eve around
the tomhstones he drops the furtive tear and
sheds an occasional and appropriate eleey:
>o.'e' "ov epn.' " NY .oHs'
u,tn. ,aS....,. - -" a.,
-, ,s"n".s,s.. u.s,s"
no ooeSh sins -i'Dohaiu praiSc' ou' CON-
Iihues 10 e'oAe Inc spiii. vi poosy I'LL ca'onins
sient OF announcer heaoseohe' NC presently
b"iIcneS on.
The tears bedew my cherries eyes.
For who with pity would not start
lotmhk upon inc nourhial la'e
Thus no continues. dropping tear and an
elegy at some half hundred tombs and glanc-
ing aside, from time 10 time to mediate upon
such iieht ana cheertui themes as Lainenta-
ton. Inc curse OF ihtemperahce, or ne
hectiohS on the WckeohesS OF NO" iork. In
few wsemi-detachea iuouDratiohs on the subject
ipuoho lots VIC hna this severe treatment
meted out 70 the Heihoefs Oh ah oiu ana hohora
Die proiessloh:
The mean canaie there tolls for strengthening bread
And like the falcon feasts upon the dead
The curling smoke GROUND his nossr'iS play
And In low Joking pass the h0ura away.