The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-20

Is rent away: to see the universe,
Not through the peephole of mortal
eye,
But with the cosmic vision of the sun F.:
And do whatever deeds are dear to thee.
years.
When even the promise of eternal life
Calypso that Ulysses IS to be released
and when he learns of his good fortune
Ulysses confesses that he does love the
goddess:
ODYSSEUS.
How should / not have loved thee. gen
tie one.
That art compact of so much woman
charm,
OF Venus fire and dams purity.
OF J1ehe's grace. -Athene's heart and
mind,
Inform'd with that intense and lambent
flame,
The spirit that is neither hers nor hers,
But only thine? O, I have loved thee,
aye,
And it has been a strange, sad, subtle
joy
TO me, in these my years of Danish
ment
From mine own hearth, to look upon
thy form
Whose wondrous lines are all instinct
with soul
And gaze into thy spirit flooded eyes,
And drink thy fragrant breath, and
through mine ears
Feel flow the mystic music of thy voice,
Vcicing the understanding of thy mind,
The wisdom of thy heart, thy senti-
ments,
Sensations, all thou knowest, feelest.
Hapless is he who knows not, in his
life.
One perfect woman-perfect unto him:
But 0. how much more hapless he to
whom
It's given to know two perfects, for
his heart
Can not but cleave to both. and loving
He must do hurt to each, and hurting
Whom he loves doubly, doubly wound
himself.
These thoughts have been the food OF
half my grief.
CALYPSO.
Say never so
Thou lowest me: enough, thou lowest
To love is much and much its to he
loved,
But to be loved by whom we love. all.
me!
Is more than much, is all and all in all.
This is the souls approval of itself.
Inc warrant that it needs of it's own
worth.
For if thou whom my heart and iudg-
ment love
Judgest me lovable, I love myself
Though with no mean and petty vanity
Love nature and the life she put in me; ;
And all my being is harmony 3
Whilst thou art nigh to tune my vibrant
soul
Unto the music Of the Universe.
Mr.. Richard Arthur is not yet thirty
years of age, but he has had a curious
and varied career and an experience of
lie which should constitute a rich equip
ment for him as writer. Till his 18th
year he dwelt with his parents-his step
father is gold miner-in the heart of the
West Coast bush" of New Zealand He
hated books and could never be got to
learn anything Nevertheless, in his
thirteenth year he competed for an "Ed,i-
cation Board Scholarship open to all
scholars under fifteen years of age in "a
large district and took the prize. Three
years at high school were followed by
three years as clerk on an educational
board. Then the young man tried al
luvial gold mining and sheep ranching.
giving these up for a cadetship at the
capital, Wellington. In a short time
he was appointed private secretary to
the minister of education. In his 23rd
year he threw up his appointment and
sailed for England, determined to see
something of the world. In London his
means soon came to an end, and for a
time he lived precarious life. When
things were at their worst he obtained
professional appointment in school
Of languages in Switzerland. There he
lived for Is months, perfecting his al
ready excellent knowledge of French
and acquiring German At the time of
the queen jubilee IN 1877 ne was in
vited by the Premier of New Zealand
to join MIN in London and act as his
private secretary during the ceeba-
tions. Glad to get back to England, the
young man quickly found his way to the
Strand and became a guest of the Queen
at the Hotel Cecil. He took a play back
with him, romantic comedy, and had it
shown to George Alexander of the ST.
James Theater. 1t was at once accepted
and the author thought that at last his
career had begun and his troubles had
ended. But the time was not yet. Be
fore contract could be signed Miss Ju-
liza Nelson, who was to create the prn-
cipal part, suddenly left the st. James
Theater, and Mr.. Alexander had no furth-
er use for the play. Disappointed, Mr.
Arthur settled down to clerical drudg-
cry, obtaining a post in the office of the
New Zealand Agency General in London
and eking out his salary by writing an
occasional article or story. He then Sc
cured a position in Paris as representa-
tive for an American publisher, and has
now come to New York in the hope of
making q place fer himself in writing.