The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

they have no place in his life. Not that
the flame of love has dimmed; not that
he thinks one bit less of TIN, woman he
wooed and WORKOUT the polish is worn
oft-hc never reads the poems
And il pm has loved and found
no reciprocal ii the girl who was all
the world to him has thrown tip,--hs
will quote the old lines--'it Is better to
have loved and lost than neverto have
loved at alp and he will bet you Two
dollars that no fit1er lines than those
two We're ever written.Ns
And then if the; ..swcat=hcart of his
fair young life" happens to Ybe i:called
hence or goes with another man and
leaves him alone. HE Will take down MS
book of poems by lean TIgelow and read
"Dlvded'' until tile cows come home.
Never was there man disappointed in
love who could notsiget more consolation
out of Divided than anything else ever
served TO the public
am not going to claim that know
anything about poetry, viewed from the
artistic standpoint- because ! believe
that. when art como IN to serve poetry,
tile sentiment 4the heart cry is squeezed
,out--and / wouldn't belong to a Brown-
ing Cult for three dollars The Brown
Ing Cult seemed to ,Ibe at one time Glib
ing high, and the, only thing that made
one eligible was to read Brownins's poems
and have an entirely different conception
Of than than any other living member.
In that way Browning was played as Il
great poet--no ono understood him, or,
everybody who tried, understood him,
but no two people agreed on what they
understood, SO the fad was great for n
long time. r.
"The simple and heartfelt lays" We're
what Iongfellow wrote about-and that
was what he wanted served 70 him and
that Is what every man wants II he reads
poetry for the soul s sake. III man
really wants to appreciate poem ne
must feel In tho mood. ~ he IS war,
like le wants tragedy right Off the reel
ana tho more gore there is in It the moro
liza Will like 1T. II it Is love he wants
hutter on both sides hts bread W hen
IL comes down to the real human nature
eyerse--the stun that get 8 under u ma Y =
bllskct when he Is In the mood. with MI
duo respect to my. North Caf9llna frlcn,i
Who has found only the four poems ~ ~, 4
mention. l dare say th,lt James WIN
that will be repeated q hundred years
from nov. Edgar Allen Poe dldn' have
s s many admirer's when he wrotst as nc
has to-day or asillia will have flNc nun
drcd years hence. ~ know int Mark
hams, Man With the Hoe struck q re-
sponsive chord IN the hearts 5olii9il nAn
who would throw q'i1ll' -
Of a begsar OH the street, or who Wouil
write their namc FOR iya dollars 10 re-
|llevo hnnantSS Abut generally fpeak1ttnS
when a S,na,l writes a poem or ''asbook
and 1t happeps obes the FAD TO 3. read "
and discuss in and Ftall Z bout sltsssWtlSt
At fades With the sea Son and ~ soon for
gotten,
In the winter ofslSSs When tle general
public concluded thar there was nothing
like. Mrs, Humphrey Ward. hook,
lls"Robert Elsneress 20 not have read "
would have constituted treason. fel,
could not 20 anywhere, fropl deck ha Y.
10 Captain bit would near itopert
Illsmere discussed, l I was not only a
fad IT Was fierce. ID wac not only ~,
epidcmlc-'but Az wns Il coiitaEioll- md