The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21


attainment, whether in music, art or liter
allure.
But the breaking out OF the. civil. war
called him away from his books Like
most of the young southern gentlemen he
entered the confederate army = tie enc
listed as a private, and as sprivate be
motion. He saw all SIDES of war-tne
pleasant, free campaigning with its car
as the seven days" about Richmond.
He was In the signal services he was %
a blockade runner; he was i've months
It all gave him horror OF war,vhieh
he expressed. IN his novel Tiger Lilies.
in The brief space OF three weeks, and
bears marks of that haste all through.
Yet it is rich in i'll arranged treasures.
and it gives evidence Of coming from L
During the war and during imprison-
ment LsInier kept bis flute; and on. his
weary tramp home il helped 41im to pay
his way. Once home he succumped 10 a
dsPsF5s iRs Frcs se sl Jea nm aE ReFn he
worked as a clerk; then he took charge
Of academy In Alabama, ana on the
RED. Sickness again interfered and he
went to his old home, wilsre he practcest
law with his. father some four years. Ali
tbs time he was reading, writing and
lighting consumption.
He had never Fayered in his confidence
as 10 his Abilities and possibilities. And
in 1873 he determined 10 DTtak loose from
all the restraints OF ordinary livelihood
/ seeking and give himself up TO UleS1c- an q
/ letters. He took a place - tirst lutte in
I the symphony concerts at ESattlInore. lie
got what work and pay he could in news
/ every line open 70 hun And ali the while
ne VAS strusgilrlg with tnat disease
I stronger hold, which smiles .sardonicaiiy
I on medicines and climates and exercises.
| But some streaks of dawn appesred Tor
/ which was printed in Lipplncotts Maya
zine, brought him to the notice OF Bay
I in Philadelphia was great, secured La
I nier'S appointment 10 write the ''Centen-
/ NAL Canfata'.-the music 20 be furnished
/ think, misst have been rather .'dOctrinar-
4 IAN Il surely is a failure. fer nobody
I hears its music now, and Lanier editors
/ have not. included his text In their publ
| cation of his, works. This comments at the
time. were not gentle and irritated, though
I 1t gave him some notoriety and better
chance tor acceptance of his work by tbs
leading periodicals.
4 1t is hardly worth while 10 pursue the
4 details of his remaining years. They give
the same story of upfiagginS ambition. q
I bitter pains, of courage and gentieness
and love, nf fine-but not the finest-prO-
dpction. One thing however. should os
! hat was also just tribute to hirn-hl;
appointment as lecturer on English liter
allure at the Johns Hopkins university
J Besides the honor it gave, il also CAV
! for the first time in his life the aSsurallc,
j OF a STEADY, however. small. income. Tnl
was IN 1873. His books, '.The Science o
English Verse, and The English Move
and the Principles of Its DeveIoprl1 nv.
came mainly from his university lectures
But they do not represent haJf OF nj
work there.
Why go on with the story of this mind
splendidiy fighting the assailants OF tn
matter where fhropgh Il had to expires
itseIf--tiil ON Aug, "a, 1851. it had to ceas
| the cOmbat2 But IL should be reporte
that one day, when too feeble to hit hi
food 10 mis- mouth. when his. fever regis
| tered lOf degrees this man wrote wha
has been called his greatest poem, Sun
/ SHINE too long to be reproduced here
but a little may be given: - ts
Yet now the deG-drop. now the mornin
= gray,
Shall i've the little lucid, sober day.
Ere with the sun their souls exhale AKA,
Now IN each prettiest personal sphere {
The SUNNI morn shines complete as j
Big dew-drop of all heaven; with these il
<StlrineS
Der silvered to the farthest sea-confSne.
The sacrarnenta1 marsh one pfoas plain
! or worship lies, Peace 10 the ante-reign
OF Mary Morning. biissful mother mil,
Minded OF naught but peace. and of
Nobody can be expected TO catch eithe
the thought or melody of such lines a
first glance. But everybody max be a
tsured that on renewed Inspection on