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clergyman. Who has w tter ~ east one
ode thnt - immortal 10 quote from Mr.
Rpl,~tnu'- short memoir Il note ~
pr.d- and soGros - tuned tu that - ~, the
lofty rurruVs ~ the word. and tho Nery
mll,r Il th, lines. with their long. deep
vow' sounds, like the uIr,t ~ solemn
passion 40 R-ethoyrus fInera. March.
w. carry their meaning and emotion "a
readers VI many generations hence
Next come the group known ~ the poets
of the NG'IuH, serious persons al. ss be-
tittei the wort. they mad Ia do The Nation
newspaper Was tuuud~i ia lS!2 bv Charles
Gayan DuNy, aud Z was ths forge ~
Thought lu which tine most active and
ardent minds ~ Ireland wrought indie
taugamy at the fabric ot her freedom and
prosperity The story ~ is foundation
interestingly told by Sir Charles Gavau
DIN, himself Iu Young ireland II Is
seldom. perhaps. that any journal has
eXerclsed So great and ~ worthy an effect
ON the political education 81 people
But retd IN the crtirH. IIght - later wears
II may ue aiWittei that the poems here
reprinted. which reused So uuoh Iatrlotc
enthusiasm AT tie time Of their appear
aucr, have an interest that is historic
rather than literary rho d,stTesst al
element III u nations poetry, even as Ia
Il. politics, must ever tend a. become IA
time somewhat ponotunous aud the Irish
Is'etry uf that period II almost exclusively
q tstre,fu aud puhilcu, II served rs
noble purpose o' twHkeuing the intellect
of Ireland from slumbor and for that 4
Will bo always worthy uf preservation.
The searchcr after literature pure and
Simple will turn perhaps To one OF two ~
the poems of James Clarence ManRau,
au unhappy genius who Ms tho most
tragic place in Inc Irish literature ~ the
nuotcouth century. Even II hr bc not
equals, No supertnrs Rurn 10 unhappi.
ness he sought Tor respite IN the abuse q
opium aud alcohol, and therein, like Cole
ridge, De Qulncey, Poe and Burns, he
merits compassion rather than contempt
H. tho "DarA Ros,.Icon ho wrote one ~ the
nohlest OF the worlds poems ~ inspired
patriotism. Recent bingraphers and well
meaning collectors have revived more ot
his work than was acceptable to the iu-
dic,ous. but these ed tors. with nicer
Discrimination. have been more generous
b. his memory, and Maugan MAKES u
worthy showing her" among his brother
bafds In hls work We hud the first s.g
~ that return to daelic tradition for In.
spiratiou which iS 50 constant an element
ia the celtic revival of our own dsv. Ac.
Quant"d with the past HISTORY of lrish
chiefs and their wars, aud also with the
old legcudtrv tales he cfiNrd from these
romantic sources a thrlli ot new entnu-
siaSm and he also brought again into
prominence and gave rev lifc a. the has.
turical ballad
A Mr. ll.u,l johnson, who writes IL
short aud sympnthe'ic memoir Tor this
volume, says. II IL enough for Mauguu's
fame that he Is the poet II the Dark R,~n-
lt'llt 'lftu WHICH, NH'Aktl llf H'll ~
familiar enough L. every lr.shmau. we mny
here quote ~ few >taulaS
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