New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-31

In days Of old my waistcoat heayed
Conjontly with my heaving chest
As soon as ever perceived
lest.
The simple pun, the patent Whtsza
Would take me in the dlaphraE"'
But now I hardly care Tor THESE
cent.
7 ,Imost f,ar-I know not why .,
That daughters fOunt has preh H'H''''
could not gigGe, not II
was paid.
nd vet my health is very far;
I harbOr no religious doubts
And am but siXty-fDur or theie-
ab0uts
Tim, was when and others laughed
When many an apoplectic ut
Was traced directly to smart
OF wit;
FOR such would find The harness JOINT
Ana piprcc the vulnerable spot
Wbatbar they CHANGED 10 have point
or not.
r. ,ba tost Of the illustrator Of poetry Is tha'
b. shall he interesting then Mr. Hehr! 'SPo'''
who has made number of drawings io' '"'
new edition Of Matthew Arnolds poems comes
forth with considerable credit. TO he sure i''
designs are not in any way indicative vi NV
shirt of the poems. but for that we are ha'ui'
inclined 10 blame him. Arnold IS the last poet
In The world to he illustrated, anyway ArtislS
clevcror than MIR. OspOvat might attempt t"e
task and fail But few of them would DE HheiS
70 provide series Of pen dra"isS iho'e ~
trartjye in themselves than those when IhiS
Young draughtsman has produced he mas PEI
h.rs n.ap influenced by Mr.. sullivan. whose
edition Of 'Sartor Resartus' has lately ihAue
Gam. sensation: certainly he suggests that gen
t..rE 1nd
st,l, Rut what we like best about these IL
lustrations these head and tail pieces ~ t"a'
they are dor;y composed ard fluently executed
that each one has something to say, IS grace
ful and individuazed We may add that they
are effectively placed in volume that Is III
every way well made. type. paper birding ana
gen, raj makeup being thoroughly artistic. The
Introduction. by Mr. A c. Berson. is in the
main a plausible piece of work. distigured by the
inclusion Of Mr. Watson's inept lines
The deep authentic mcunan-thrill
Neer shook his page
but generally marked by sympathy and taste
This edition has the special attraction of EN-
bracing the two early and unfamiliar poems
"Alaric at Rome" and Cromwell" From the
first Of these We take the following stanzas
Yes there he stood upon that silent hill.
AMI there beneath his feet his conquest lay;
Unlike that oCean-City, gazing still
Smngy forth upon her sunny bay.
But DER her vanisht might and humbcd pride
Mourning. as widowed Venice DER her Adii'"
tide.
perchance his wandering heart WIS far away.
Lost in dim memories of his early home,
And his young dreams of conquest; how to-day
Behcd him master Of Imperial Rom'.
Growing his widest hopes; perchance his
As they looked sternly on. beheld ne" victories.
Perchance that wondrous city to him
But as one yoiceless blank: place of graves.
And recolloctions indistinct and aim.
Whose sons were conquerors once. ana now
were slaves,
1t may be in that desoate sight his eye
Saw but another step 10 climb To victory!
The most striking part Of the poem on Crom-
well is the Introduction. which sings the noun
tans and the sea thu cradles Of freedom. and
contrasts them with the scenes familiar to the
great commander in his earliest years. There
are some suggestive passages as for example,
this one:
Sounds such as erst the lone wayfaring man
Caught. as ne jOuTneyed. from the lips of Pan; |
or that mysterious cry that sGHOtc with fear,
Like sounds from other worlds, the Spartan's
ear,
While DER the dusty plain the murmurous
thrOng
why Arnold himself never reprinted these
pieces is plain enough. There is little in them. /
of substance or Of workmanship to Justify their |
temperance. But or later they were
bound to he put in general circulation
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