Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

face
Smote on the boy till he could
bear no more
The use of this metaphor subjected
n Byron to severe criticism and the APP
preparation of the idiom by Miss Hay
is unfortunate.
The story abounds in vigorous flights
of fancy and the first scene is a
spirited description Of tribal fishing
party, where the chiefs and braves of
the Fills go to take the great bonita,
Nj one of the strongest sea fish.
In this passage the tragic hero is
introduced:
With folded arms he grayely watched
the rest,
And gave them salutation haughtily.
Uhila was he called, and in his veins
There ran as tender stream of north.
ern blood.
He bore upon his old and indolent
MA heart,
Scared with the sins of war, white
device.
Taxa, daughter of chiefs and Fiji's
pride,
Lily of maidens was betrothed to
him.
DESTROYS eyes HINGED him with envy's
crown.
And then the bathing of the tropical
maidens, when
One with daring skill
Curved her sweet length to lie within
the palm
OF a strong wave, and so was brought
to shore.
When the labor of the day began
the poet abandons for a moment the
rhythmic blank verse to tell how
With little songs they pearled the
air.
Hush, it is Taxa singing,
Far away.
In fountain dwelt a maiden;
When the silver moon was high
She was glad, but heavy laden
Was she when its light must die.
Far away.
Far away.
Came a stranger brave to love her,
Loved her when the moon was
high
When the moon grew pale above
her
... Love grew pale and like to die.
Far away.
i Far away.
From the fountains mist he drew
her
Happy while the moon was
high
Waning, fed she. her pursuer
Held her back and saw her die.
l Far away.
l Another maiden signs of Little
brown streams, slim as my fingers,
running and laughing while the light
fingers; have you no dreams, little
i brown streams?"
l While Uhila is making preparations
l for his marriage to Taxa and the
maidens are singing, youthful chief,
| Malua, comes from a distant isle and
! with passionate courtship conquers
/, The heart Of the betrothed maiden.
No word was said.
She knew not that she loved he only
knew
She was the moon of women; but
their hearts,
II Wiser than they had Powered into
one.
u Uhila, THE Lightening's,' return
and his discovery that his betrothed
loves the handsome young stranger,
and that his life has been injured
since the dawning and before the noon
Is splendidly told, and with a strength
and masterful sweep Of language and
( idea.
\ Quickly then the tragedy organizes
itself Night comes on and the young
lover wanders in ecstacy through the
\ scenes where he had loved during the
day. Uhila chooses his moment to
murder. "Malua knew curse was in |
l he hands that sought his throat" In
| The Homeric contest OF the two lovers
he boy is thrown, but Selling stone
Hills his antagonist. Malua seeks
he maiden, informs her that their love
has been fraught with blood, and the
Iirl's struggle, the utter remorse and |
Fear Of the conquering lover make up |
he final scene in which Taxa finally |
I fields. and they, Children of the sun, |
! vent forth to meet the sunrise and !,
| lie day"
1 The poem is less than a thousand |
4 ines in length. but Ii completely en-. |
Il olds its story. The authorizes never /
Il makes a comparison throughout the /
4 aost passionate scenes Of the woolng t
delicate fancy clothes the picture Of /
hese children, so that the tale is as /