The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-18

"''' rIfN FAA-o w. ~ ~
the gEcat poets like the Greeks and
Dante and Milton. but he has inspira-
ton OF Il most effuleent. rare. most
perfect, delicate finish. with rich forms
ana @raccS. Yod will find nothing OF
the rc&nant Vigor and %sinuous style
Of the classics. bat ample. unique.
beautiful ryLhms and q finish of style
ideally correct and spiendidIy Iumin-
Gus. So / see il at least.
But some Of the more gifted New
England authors became cnonrh rec
onciled to Poe to write of him long
after his demise, not only with for-
b~carance but positive admiration. John
G. Whittier, the famous Quaker poet
OF New England, wrote a letter in
which he referred 10 Poe as the ex-
t~raordinarN genius DR.. Oliver w.
Holmes, who was unusually apprecia-
tive Of others. and was himself Il
I writer of genuine gifts and accom-
rIiShmcnts. and Il famous Bostonian.
Withal, said that Poe was "One of the
few names which will outlive the
craven record meant to perpctuate it's
remembrance" T. Il. Aldrich. an
other New England writer, poet and
novelist. of distinguished qualities,
wrote that "perhapS no American au-
THOR stands in So little need of Il mon
Unent to pefpetuatc mis- memory as
the author of The Raven" That
P0Ht VI AiiEi ltiI uldIIldJlC tI1tlCSp
and. author of a delightful little vol
ume on "Shakespeare's England"
william, NVintar v-ro+a n, orioinoI
! poem on Poe at the dedication of he
monument iii baltimore. that is indeed
timely Responsible, ana as Mr.. Didier
A. il 10 mai vol kono,n ranrod,co
TWO stan2as, as al | have. thai are
n'7Hi5 "pPIecl"'Ne ana luII Oh Ten
GcTneSS:
.'Through MANY 4 wear his fame has
grown.
Like midniebt vast. like starlight
sweet.
', Az no+ion 7'l r,a7,iaI " hi II q fno+
N'' A"''' l ct ms he''
49,
one llecH on Jllst'ce loh&
ohe Ci""iih9 S'"ee HIS 'e'ol9
-, crave:
An. take, thou great and injured
shade
The locp that s9ucti6as the orayp.'
! Mrs C1c1,1n1 his most faitbfni an
rreriativa ltuina n1otbar-in-Iaw is
buried bv his sidn-her ..dariing
F.ddic"-as she requested should be
done. I have not Il discus
sion of the variety and Droductiveness
OF his genius. | have doing
his fo,. some time hiii II would re-
u1ira > close eti,1v Of his works in
,,,.,,, AVA coatr,. NAV ra,a,. At
in,3nt nav l,Icb :, ,vn,ll n4 evrnnathv
and love, which could have better
done a decade age
-
have haen reaGino for some tWan-
* odd DAVIS Edmond Spenser's very
famous nor,n thn LONGEST GREAT noern
in The EnnIjsh Ionr,,9oe II is = very
nouch 1aerIartad nHe1n ana VET one
win thn nvt,a,onet rln,;ac in tho
tnra,,c ~ hich + i U1.ittan II * q
t1af%rnl ,yhrn one is informed of tba
time of ifs nrodnction. and the extra
nI.dino,y pnbal,,a ssn ic
and poiitica!-under which it was
vIittnn Rnt # nnat win nhenomena1
non,Iaritv So soon as the first mart
Ivas nrinfad We died in his prime
fnrty-saven wears oid. One distin-
ouichad EncIieh critic saws that the
nI-adt,i~ onT7t, - ra,T,s ...ho Nh
~ .ar nf oaatru, ' nn1
1inTa,aI, t.;lh Inrco,, prnf caoroa
caintchnr, in his ovcalent ,voIl on
80 ~IIiStI1,, or ETrolicb Iita,atu,a, in
~, 40. }lo 1850. tbinlc - .g,ea+ ;f
nrI the rrfalegt rnclish noen1" and
saws il is like = river, wide. deen. and
I|,,n" Gna mora cita1inn. "Wiib
en- -, ,an,nina anl bie a,.haiein1c
-" Ii. ~, nairis,,e anJ Nj, pIatnn-
irlil1, ""V -, , ~ thn ,sstnn
~ "a 49, nv fhan cnnrsnr -
iCrr1 wee T7i,,or ~ ,1nntr' fnI he wand
-, who understands ana can receive
ha ,,nntir rha,.n, the revelation of
II - a,aI,in1i Ianc,,a~o no EMO
Gg1u,a IL, l' tha .',ndrinI a. ,a ne and
,i$n loeI hai IL t' conliItre1 jhr nnnaI of
. NII,S'S z, "ori@ onenne" oa}e this
,hfaranco tn nna Of the vrrv foremost
lFISIGiSt ~ - 1oots not g. disr,ss ~.
OF aIt nloHtiiI PHrtT, no5 ~ na71tn17n oe
eti5iGize; for n, ne l is 5nI re@im a m "f noatrV'
I Ivt a. ~Ianrn5nre some few OF his
~ ~ -, ,,,,,dc NAT show in part what
b :" iofn,atiyn Enclish language was
- 80. +i.ao un ,T1c HON i'm london
IN ms 'll,ie1 omI aiad in hat then
III - civ rf not more man I50.000
Slltall rnt - Icth Ian,arv 1893
hnaInnor Was yn,lnrer hy some
nleyen or Twelve wears, and attained