Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-11-24

lSpecial W4AninktQh Acttef.l
Aside from "Thanatopsis William
Cullen Bryant in all his writings lefs
only one phrase which Is likely to prove
immortal, and that phrase-"the mel
ancholy days"--as applied to autumn
contains an idea which Is not true to
nature. Yet for some unacoountable
reason the phrase has become popular
sven In the mouths Of people who know
better. Even so splendid a scholar a.
General James A. Garfield, IN that IA
nous Chicago speech nominating him
self for president, spoke Of ''the melan-
choly days Of November, but was per-
suaded BY some Of his friends to modify
the phrase In the printed speech. Au-
tumnal daysmay Be melancholy In New
England and New York, where Bryant
lived all his life, but outside that small
corner Of the republic they are most de-
cidedly not melancholy, whatever else
they may DO. In fact, they are the most
gorgeous and most glorious Of the en-
tire year. No painter ever placed upon
canvas anything approaching in beauty
our forests in November. They are
afiame with many %colors, with every
color, and are a delight and wonder 70
the eye Of the beholder. It's amazing
that somebody does not write a poem
truly descriptive Of their splendor. Yet
Bryant's poem. 1.-THE Death Of the
Flowers" In which the phrase "the
melancholy days. occurs, has no supe-
rior in its rhythm and rhyme. and here
it Is:
TIE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS
ne melancholy days are come. the addest d
the year,
OF wailing winds and naked woods and mead
WI brown and scar
Heaped in the hollows Of the grove the with
cred leaves lie dad
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rabbits tread
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all the glcozy day.
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