New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
ANOTHER KIPLING?
Perhaps Not; but Certainly Won.
der IN His Way.

Wondered''-for time But the supply OF poets In
that land OF Hindoos and hypnotism seens A. Be bv
no means exhausted. Fresh proof that tss slones
of Parnassus may be the foothills of the FSssav.
has come to The Tribune. and It would be- ths Oar.
Of the dog in the manger TO withhold this ftx..
from the world.
W. H Coulter. of Ajmer, Ratputana. India, 4. q,
new poet. He Is also yard chargernan" n, ~.
railway. The first evidence that a new nIa,., -
swung into ken among the stars Of the poetic
armament was poem Of forty four-Iine starzos
printed on single sheet Of paper within a mourn
ing pand. and entitled The North Sea Outrage bv
the Baltic Fleet; Condolences from India Ttt
poem pore at the bottom blank space for +b.
name of the purchaser 1t evidently being +ba ,sa
or the poet that each purchaser would frame ~,
copy. like diploma ~
Inc price was set at eight annas and ot this
sum three annas copy were promised 10 tbs
M yor Of Hull for the relief fund of the hsheren,.
families 1t was. therefore. a poem with a Dur
pose and good purpose How many copies havs
so far been sold unfortunately unable "a
state. but we can. and will reproduce portions o.
the poem. 1t may inspire some kind hearted reader
to purchase copy. and thus both encourage Pc
gasus and feed the orphan and the widow
Verse nine opens the scene:
N0 ON ths Ristq5s in os 99Sss sober
Dark is the night cold sleety,
With numbers Of British trawlers around
Having pictured this gloomy scene with dus
sobriety are prepared for the description Of the
miraPs
Lightning flashed from the muzzles Ike thunder
Rumbled on Ger that bleak northern sea.
Twas the monster. Reoz-diet-venSski's decree
vivid touch occurs when a son is led to lift
tarpaulin beneath which his fathers body has been
placed after he has been hit by Russian shell:
on Go6 betoFs oF hm the 5o oR as n he on HI: father
His comrades lead him AVA Serti, az Ia is..,
From the sight he witnessed with eyes now aghast
Versa tvyeOtv-Sfx introduces ano+bar
the Admiraps name:
What Of the Russians who wern't fntercepted
The monster steamed Ger seas high
And % who answered ,: when questioned BY reporters
They looked like torpedoes. he cunningly says
Scarcely had finished an admiring contempla-
ton Of this poem when another from the sams
gifted pen came TO hand The second masterpiece
like the rst is to consist Of forty stanzas only
thirty-nine at hand Disappointment Is les
sened somewhat by note at the end which says
that the fortieth stanza will be composed shortly.
when the poem is sent to the printer This poem
commentaries the recent earthquake in Northern
India, and three every copy pur-
chased is to go TO the relief fund the work will
soon be in the printers hands and the forty
stanzas given to the world. THE dimension of the
poem is 1312 by II inches" we read in the pros
pectus, by which infer that it, too. will bs
printed on a single sheet, with nice black mar
gin While this is being done. and to hasten appre-
citation of the work and boom It's sales. a few
and four Set the scene with few bold strokes:
Twas far away in British North India
In h1t I'm ns stsS6 sGS6k ~ had dam ine geast sS
Which Is reported to be entirely wrecked
Four hundred and seventy-nve Gurkah soldiers
Are swallowed and entombed
In the earths bowls they resting
With many Others also who doomed.
The verses commemorating the sad lot of Colons
Robinson cannot fai! bring to the eyes q
the reader. Listen:
The Commandant in charge Of Hill station.
Colonel Robinson. with his daughters and wife.
lies dangerously injured.
While his daughters and wife lose their life
The poet goes TO point out that the colonels
case is a pathetic one. since he fingers along on
a bed cot. with his loved ones not near him TO
cheer" The poem, the close draws near. eN-
tends sympathy to all the sufferers. and stanza
No. SO reads follows:
This life It's trials and sorrows.
All through the cycle must pass
N
VIII gain Heavens victory at last
This is the next to the last verse the last, II win
be remembered, being still unwritten One does not
wonder that the poet stopped here hesitant 10
what higher flight could Pegasus ascend? The
rare atmosphere of Himalayan heights breathes
through immortal 80; its Philosophic out
look is the sweep commanded from the summit
of Mount Everest. -.
The poem is accompanied by notes. One OF these
NAV interest the student of English literature ior
the poet advises his readers conduct 1urtheE
Investigations upheavas in the earths crust. n
SCOTS Last Days of Pompei. However, sucA
Sins in eruditton may be forgiven in 4 poet SO
undoubtedly touched on lip ana eyes Win INC
divine fire.