The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09


fore us the concrete reality with which
he Is dealing, while he suggests all
the occult and secret processes out
of which nature has fashioned tits
delicate relationships with the universal
blossoming and bearing of the earth,
and Its passage through human need
into human use and association.
Paul III. Hnyne.
The war stripped Hayne Of all visible
links with the past. all tangible ties
with his inheritance; his home, his
books, his heirlooms Of every kind were
swept away by the devastating tide.
Out OF the universal wreck wfth which
half the continent to the Iississippi
was strewn, he stepped courageous and
resolute. not to rebuild his shattered
fortunes, but to live the life of am ar
| list. Heroism was so general through
| out the South in those terrible years
after the war, when the epical splen-
dor OF action had vanished and left
only the bitter realities OF loss and
misery behind. that Haynes cheerful
acceptance OF narrow means was in
no way exceptional; there was nothing
| firI-r, however, I'm that universal his
tory of privati0n heroically borne, than
his silent renunciation, his cheerful
temper and his steadfast loyalty. The
story Of those fifteen years at Copse
Hill overlooking Augusta, and within
the circle of the whispering pines, Is
one of those high traditions of the
primacy OF the spirit I'm which Ameri-
can history Is exceptionally rich, and
which, in the long reach of the centu-
ries, may be seen to be the finest con-
tribution made by the earlier Ameri-
can men OF letters TO higher civiliza-
tion on this continent
The secluslon of Copse Hill bore no
such fruit as did the quiet OF Dove Cot
tage, Allan Bank. and Rydal Mount. in
the enchanting atmosphere OF the
English lakes, where clouds and noun
tains seem TO meet aud part In mystic
rious and magical communings, but II
was every whit as dignifed. In the
simple house, embowered i'm vines, so
rlIdmentary I'm form and size that
Hayne called il his shanty. he nour-
ished his fraiI body, and found com
panionship for his brave spirit In the
shade and the voices of the pines.
sidney Lanier.
The south has gone beyond the lyric
impulse OF Timrod and the lyric tenn
/ permanent OF Hayne and given the conn
! try a poet whose genius, never quite
gaining full spread Of wing, was 10
| charged with the elements OF which
great poetry Is made, that IL predicts
the advent OF poetry OF the first quail
ity. and shows us what Its characteris-
tics must be. IL is not easy To speak
! dispasslonaiely OF Sidney Lonier His
life was TOO short for the ripe fnatur-
! ing OF his opulent nature and the fus-
/ ing into free expression OF his many In
tefests and OF his various gifts; and the
interval since his death has been far
TOO short for the cmergence Of iln8l and
/ authoritative judgment upon his work
That must be postponed; We must bn
I content 20 take account OF him ~ he
appears IN the moment Of transition
from the literature Of sections 90 the
literature Of a nation. For sidney La
nler was dlsilnctlyely = national poet
one who felt me stir 81 the vast
movement Of coordination which did
not begln with che cloee ~ tho war.
bot Rblch revealed Itself ihfn for ne
Graf tinio. and nh0 expressed ln fhe
0sfth and he lsfReneNa ~ his Tofif
conception neither fbe sentiment ~
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