The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-17

REV. Dr. T. DE wiu TaImaEe Re
calls Memories of Great Men.

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tatVo and are disposed 90 io1s back more
than 10 look forward Especially is this
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CITY crate where ine Hinn % '''l ~"
burn allows the flames 90 sallop. and
ehake the shadows 800 ana 40Ru The NAH
Ia 90, t.usl .. D,tlrt street. Brook
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ms. the tm'i} * "hich tiis .neiish
as amohk we hat treasurer "i wv
thristmas f'miHi' tenct' Many ianl's
ana gentlemen "tte present Gus 'he 'nos'
e"Nspi moi Q. aus Oh ans pi'''"sA
on DIE part nu. n} -hr,f lofee OF eIe-
Na''4 Guar .''' WIS NJ mann uieu h''
ont 49, dl4 nos mNah lht 10 he heipta
our 81 roe ''Iiiast when hr came nor
20 - httl,'a lN'" y a-"ih Wneh ~ "'
parted ht was ihe impefsona'ion OF
simpA.i}. re 70 "'hpt knew that h'
was the "otnltt1 OF al nut ne gave no
Hehiohettatl'" OF ihAi ia-N
Tho evening had nearly passed Waen tne
Mayor ~ the clt- made au address ot
appreciation both ~ Marlin. farluhar
Tupper tho English toei, chen present.
aud % our venerable American poet
Bryant and Iuppef. before the other
guests came. had been seated OF The sofa.
quoting poetry ana revviug remiuls-
Messrs. Bryant Topper ana Peter Coop
~ and the Rev. Drs s Prime. Bowling
and others. But ] had always been dee
firous OF hearing Mr. Bryant read ono
Of his poems had attended tAe Bryant
meeting year or Two before 800 CHECKER
iug Hal. New York ,iy-a meeting az
which che music vas gaol ana The speak
ms good but there Was q great lack iu q
or Wilhelm Cullen Bryant himself His
speech OF response vas only about three
minutes. while De spent ul the rest OF
the evening 10 doins nothing except keep
ing silence and looking venerable 1
thought. WHY does not somebody thlnk
Of asking the glorious oid man To come
forward and read bis Forest Hymn. or
lines 60 a "Wateff0Hi' or The Death OF
the Flower Bur 40 such thing hap
pened. On The etcniug ne my house I
resolved that no such omission should Doe
repeated. ] sprurg my sraiagcm ON him
ln the most unexpected moment Mr.
iion from his own poems ana read them
well Turning 10 our American po,t.
said; Mr, Bryant. I have always want
ID to hear Nou read 'ra1natopsi- ana I
nave no DOUBT % would boz "a great loy 90
go our guests 20 hear you read &c. ! have
u here in Griswoid'F compilation win YOU
grant US tho great favor OF reading III"
Bryant b.ushed Ike hashful Miss
when asked 20 play on the piano. There
was evidently struggle between his
moiesty and his desire TO 10 obleine
After moments pause. be said: n
would rather read anything than my own
writings hut n Il will De- Of any pleasure
10 YOU ! will do as Won saw" TAI IA, mo
book. he advanced Co the middle of tho
room, looked uD % the chandeliey ANA
then looked ~ the book Take my spec-,
tacles' said MI Tupper NO. no. ratA
Mr. Bryant II do not need spertaeles b.
The type 81 the book was rather small
hut he made 40 hesit ton. There he stood
al - years Of age about 10 read without
epectacles a poem hc hod puhl.sf,d tr
the North American Review in Isle when
ne was y years Of agc' lie turned round
ana said: You VIII understand that / DO
not recite this from memory FOR / am not
familiar Win TO- J only read H." WIKI
calm. slow accent be read on.
u was q scene never 10 be forgotten. Il
was Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen read
ing 20 Eighteen Hundred ana sevtnty-six.
lie did not hold the book way on as octo-
senarians are wons 60 do when they read
without glasses. bat just aH q man OF %
would hold book His long white
beard showed upon the page. As he
came to tho Ios, nine lines his voice be-
came feeble. nos with physical weakness.
but with suppressed I'M lion. ! had read
~ oii1 i'ie"p %. As everybody else has,
-.-.H ; th""-nf 'h,le wa ~ more 20 get
~, - 'ne 'i'..hs Unts OF Ihanalop-is.'
'lelI'pinple h,snt. Gould it De- that had
80 h','u q "elei.. Ah' Whlte' oNerhar g.
Ms eyebrow ihe derp-sunken eyes. the
great Homc OF forehead above a thin body
the feail4aiipn mat it must b. the closing
nouis OF long ana beautiful life. ami
me =ouhn OF the Eur ng winter winds that
swept round tnf house while he was read
ing. We're a commentary upon the mmor-
ial passage, untu ] write them here un-
DER haif-delus.on thai no one has ever
seen or heard them before:
So live chat when thy summons comes 90
Join
The innumerabic caravan that moves
To that MYSTERIOUS rcalm where each
shall take
His chamber la the silent halls 90 a..tb
Thou 70 not. IKE the nuarrV-siave ~
night
scourr.d 10 hIa DUNGEON bttf s,tst.fpea
ana soofhed
Bv an uufsll.riurr trust sppnoafh tb,,
grave
Like one that draws the a~arer, of his