The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
POET AND PREACHER.
THE REV. T. z. BROWN. AUYHoR
OF BETSY LIE"
His Charm AZ = ComPanion-inhuenee
At the College Could Not Bs APPrs-
elatsd Except by One who HAD
known the MANS Real Mature.

AuoNm tue Nahh heai NaANtef
while staying with an old friend
and colleague At Clifton college, the
Rev. 4. T.. Brown died suddenly at
the age Of Sc. from the bursting OF a
blood vessel In the brain, says the Lon
don Times. He Is known TO the world
as the author OF Betsy Lee" "Fo'e'slc
Yarns" The Doctor" and other vol
umes chiefly dealing with Manx life.
BY his intimate friends and by all
old Ciftohians be will be remembered
for the brllllancy OF his conversation.
his wide literary interests and his
charm AZ a companion and friend. lie
was the son Of Manx parson the
vicar OF Braddan. and brother Of the
late Hugh stowell Brown. minister OF
Myrtle Street chapel, Liverpool. lie
was educated at King Williams col
lege. Isle Of Man. obtained a Junior
studentship at Christ church and won
a fellowship at Oriel In the days when
this was still the highest distinction In
oxford He early attracted the atten
ton Of Mr. Gladstone and other uni
yersity reformers and had tempting Of
fers 10 enter into the stir OF public
affairs. But all were In vain. lie pre-
ferred the quiet Of the island" Tie
at once took mastership at his old
school (Ehere he had Archdeacon
Farrar among his colleaguesl and va
Gated his fellowship by marriage. Then
he renewed his close touch with ManX
sailors and shared their life and sym
pathles For a short time he was head
master Of the Crypt school. Gloucester
and then In 1868 was appointed by the
present bishop OF Hereford 20 be- see
ond master Of Clifton college. There
he remained. center Of literary and
social life. a spring Of moral strength
and Of intellectual vlgor. until 1892
when he retired TO his old home In
Ramsey. In the Isle Of Man. Ills frst
published poem was Betsy Lee" In
1873; followed In 1854 by the volume
entitled "Fo'c'sle Yarns" by The
ManX Witch" In 1889. and by "Old
John and other Poems" In 1898 Per
haps the finest Of his poems Ia The
Doctor" published In 1857. Most Of
these poems are In the Manx dialect
and this fact has lnteriered with their
popularity but not With the
estimate % their high poetic
value formed by good Judges
GeoWc Eliot expressed 70 Mr.
Macmillan her warm admiration Of
"Fo'c'sle Yarns" Prof Max Muller
once named The Doctor a.. n not one
Of the best 100 books Of the world. yet
as one In which the vividness OF mag.
inailon and Of language and OF sym
PATTY most surprised him. Browning.
TO whom Prot Max Muller hrst read
The Doctor" knew and admired
Browns work Many lovers Of lltera-
iure. both In England and In America.
fully appreciate these poems Il l.
difhcult 10 choose a specimen ~ Mr.
Browns verse. yet. lest the mention
Of Manx dialect should deter readers.
one short extract from Betsy lee"
may b. given An old sailor IL speak.
ing Of bis childhood
Nov the beauty OF the thing when
childher play Is
The terrible wonderful length the
days H.
up you jumps and out IN the sun.
And you'd fancy the day would never
be done.
And you're chasing the hum-bees hum
ming 30 cross.
In the hot sweet air amung the goss:
or you're gathering bluebells. or look.
Ing Tor eggs,
or pelting the ducks with their yalln
legs.
Or climbing. and nearly breaking your
skulls:
or shouting for diyilment afther IN,
gulls:
or thinking Of nothing. but down Al
the tide
Singing out Tor the happy you feel In.
side.
That's the way with the kids. you
know.
And the years do come and the year
do 60:
And when you look back It's all IN,
pun.
Happy. and over. and short enough.
Hut no extracts. either from his Ion
ger poems or his lyrics. or even from
his letters. can give 10 those who Al,
no, know him-and those who knev
him we're ieW-any adequate Idea %
what he was among his friends. on,
Of them-a lifelong friend writes 1,
ms Of him as follows strong. almos
rugged. loyable. poet Of many.slded
deep-streamlng human nature. fun o
faith In God independent OF but neve
scorning nor neglecilng the accessorlc
~ religion. flooding an life with llgh
and truth and generous sympathics
one In whose presence meanness an,
shams we're impossible such h. plc
ture which his strong Individuality ha
Impressed on all who knew him" q
his work at Clifton the same write
speaks thus, IT h Impossible 10 conve
10 those Who ala not know him wha
was his effect on the school His forr
appreciated bic splendid teaching. AM
his eye Tor genius Of all Kinds. Hi
house was passlonatoly loyal IN
school overlooked with delight IN nj
Sunday evening addresses The writ
er Of this note has heard the mos
brilliant lecturers from Faraday down
ward. but he could put none In m
same rank with Brown. And ye
Brown probably during all those year
never once gave a literary address oui
side the walls of Clifton college" q
late years Mr. Brown had been falrl
frequent contributor 10 the Natlona
Observer. under Mr.. Henley. aud 20 IN