New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-20
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4 miser was he with misc, S H the dark
| sp n owes like little dollars III '"e '
Rut in the main Mr.. Robinson al T.. .ho
~ lacks poetry. The best th''iS " .,a.,,,a,cs
$1,000 - shin" really spirited performance
ha'Ia'e - ,.ar.os :, this collection are almost
| !" Ia. ,,,,,,o they move naturally. II not
"a - u were not that Mr.. Rop''So'
VIII" -, ,.o,io, his book would be or unco'"-
""'''' $3.50. as II is the work is declueu'S
"o'. ~, Penneys Ballads OF hanheo
,,, oro roadable also. but to be home'! anu
,. nc Mr. James WhtcomD N'ie' -,
- ching. 70 be a merely commonplace
+, tho same field, like Mr. Penney ~ ,.,
-, .boce ballads are soon rehhquis"e"
,.,,Soronce They are sing not poe"''
s i has been the fashion IN
% raceive with much seriousness every
I :, ,.oree nroduced by MIR. Theodore "a'S
,rt at this distance the fashion MA!
,,orod Mr.. Watts-Dunton has been the
.S,..'a .. mare than one celebrated poet ne mas
$3.50, rovarently TO their counses, ana he mas
,,.,,. studied their writings but ne rena'"H
s,.oorrapinr example ne proves once NOR
,hot q noet cannot be made Ills 'u'''
creating at Spithead to the Men VI "'e'''
britain" is couched in good EnEhsh' II :.
some ideas that are apropos anu u'e"'''
tbev are not particularly Original IL n"' az"
lutely none of the elements TO DE ueSNN 80 ,,.
~ tho sort Poetry addressed more eSP'' '''
=, ,,or,rers poetry gaining half its inspiration
fran the sea the other half from eIe"' '''
mani IN the history OF a nation. shouid oe sum
rous and swinging. But this is what MI vas
Dunton. with our Angel Of the Channei "
his mind, gives us AZ 'u''
of verse We ask;
omit
pro,. bInr his breath tie same We breathe lo-'ay'
And Drake. when fronting Fl ,s ani channel
And FRI Though tina, fate'ul Angus; night to-,
When GFenHi'lfb y f' loves high scconis!sh,.
The wings 81 Fnsands Angel lowering n's"'
And felt his breath.
This Jubilee Greeting" is commendaole In itS
n,triotism and in it's good workmanship bu'
no>trv needs more than either Of these Things
alone can give Poetry needs wings ana MI
Watts Duntcn attempts to scale ParnasSuS WIN
hoots that are weighted with the very spirit OF
prose.
..,ba Snec.ator'' Q.ondon) declares that there
is no srrer sign Of a tendency toward ossl"'a-
,,oo in literature than the inability OF the poets
~ nroduce a good ballad. When ballads ana
songs" il adds, give place TO sohhetS anu
eleces we may he sure that poetry mas NIUE
hold upon mankind at large, and has eh'ereu
upon the academic stage-has left the s're"''
hillside or the ships deck for the close "u''
o,r,osnhere of the study. OF course. poetry -
not all ballads and sonnets. elegies ana o'hei
farms or reflective poetry Will always flourish
side by side with the ballads and songs III
great and living literature. Still, the fact re-
| mains that the tree OF literature Is showing
signs Of degeneration when It cannot put forth
1
| can and does still produce true BALLADS ana
| songs. They are rare. no doubt. and are oiteh
| lacking in spontaneity. but for all thai the art
| OF apnealing to men and women who are not
| students and bookworms has not wholly dled
! out" And then THE Spectator" proceeds TO
quote as an example a new ballad by ne"
writer The ballad is called "Admrals AL
and the authors name is Henry Newboh:
Essex was fretting In Cadiz Bay
With the galleons fair in sight;
Howard al last must give him his way.
| And the word was passed 10 night.
| Never schoOlboy gayer than he
He sh pcssd ipI his bonnet to VIVA and sea-
| And under the guns he ran.
Drake nor devil nor Standard feared.
! He singed His Catholic Majestys beard
And harried his ships TO wrack
When he great Armada came:
But n" he said. "rhey must wait their turn. good
And he stopped and finished the game
! Fifteen sail the Duchmen bod.
Duncan he had but two.
But he anchored them fast where the Texel shohle
And his colors a.oft he flew.
1--WE taken the depth 10 a fathoin he cried.
And III sink with "A right good Will
For know when were all OF us under tho tide
Ny flag Will be huttering still"
Spnters were fying above. below.
When Nelson sailed the Sound;
Mark you. ] wo -ldn't be elsewhere now.
Said ne, for a thousand pound"
The Admirals sigma babe him fly.
| But he wickedy wagged his head.
He clapped the glass TO his sightless eye
And I'm damned II see IT," he said