The Washington herald., 1907-12-08

tnat contains a rather fine thought
though there is something OF hyperboie
IN figuring the negro picking boles Of cot
ton as holding the waiting earth IN
bonds as strong as j. her common
dearth. The other poems in the book.
Of which there are some forty. all deal
with simple things and If the poetic
lhought does not rise 10 great heights at
ieast the verses are fairly true In saufi-
meut- They scan and are pleasing.
musical Perhaps a good sample OF Mr.
itolhday's quality is the song Love Liy-
eth on"
Love hrcth on.
sEiu tadCth every niglt and da-.
The earthly kingdoms pass away.
lie might q Iride moulds m decay
Lose lireth on.
Saincs mIrgle with The dust they wrought;
The bcanfy that great Ar b-gUt
Inc lcre the agr. an uow are pot;
Love bTcth on.
Love liveth on.
The story tod IN DAYS cf olI
To bushiIs maids hy warriors bold
nam lost no charm ECr o'cr ercun cold;
Love hvcth on
Amid the pain and care q earth
- much q woe snch lack u mrfh
see there s e'er one thing . worth:
Love hTcth on.
This IS not verse of high quality. nor
/ very new. perhaps. but il is the best
this poet has 10 offer CNew York and
4 Washington: The Neale Coz
The Heart of Ole Virginia. by Alics
Maude Ewell owes whatever life it has
as much 20 the decorative Illustrations
BY sue Berkeley AIrieh as it does 10 the
\ poem. Miss EWeH states IN preface
/ that this poem was not written FOR pub
/ lication. but as tribute 10 friends OF
hers in James City County. Va. II is to
/ be hoped that the friends for whom the
I poem was written viii appreciate H.
/ II is likely TO have little appeal TO the
general public. New York and Wash
ngton, The NeaIe Coz
/ Selected Poems" OF William J. Gray
son. is a volume Of verse collected by
( the poets daughter and published with
I an Introduction by Mai J. J. Dickinson.
From This Introduction the reader NAV
learn that the poet was "a Southern
/ gentleman OF the old school The poem
! by which he was best known and which
I is the principal feature Cf this volume.
7 was The HiTeiing and the Slave about
Z which Maj. Dickinson writes
4 Il aroused discussion in al rart- q the eouu-ry
alike flr lis IClCl-lc power ard IL 5ferar5 merit
II displays AIr- sfTaysous best -eyIe ard its re-
rlsal VIII CARY the reader hack with startling rCa-
itJ u IN fae hfe q the co-r-rry and n rha
I world which 10 amount of the study = the h;s-
tories q; the time VII do In fsTvcr and ststeli-
I nsss sn pitch and measure. ir is reminiscent u
4 AleKauie- Pores -uasterful style.
The argument Of Mr.. Grayson was
that the condition of the hireIing and the
slave is the same. substantially propo-
sition with which few. either moral phi
losophers or social economists viii b.
Z likely 10 agree But when one sees that
Mr. GraysoE's poem has for its primary
/ object the giorification OF slavery one
can understand the reasons for his argu-
ment- Mr Grsyson is very bitter on the
/ AboltiOpists whom he calls -denouncers
Of Providence" This is a sample Of hss
temperate references 20 those who fought
for abolition
There. chief ard teacher Goui- smith arpears.
There Tappan nouns. like Niobe. all tears.
Carnage and hre mad Garrison iurCkcs
And hale, ulth better ttnTer smirks and j0EeSs
There Giddings with the negro mania hs,
Mouths and mistakes his rlaldr for wiz
There supple sumner. with the uegro cause
Plays the siy game FOR cssee aHd applause
There Greeley. sriering al = hruthers woe
Spits With impartial spite On friend or f1e:
His negro griefs and ssmIsthieS produce
Ne uChiCr fruits than malice and abuse
There seward smiles rhe sweet perennial smile.
skilled iE ,he uicks q su5Jicty and gli-e-
There stowe with rrcstituted zen assails
One half her country in malignant tales
To SANDERS mart she furnishes supplies
And feeds is morbid appetite for Ees
But why quote more? Mr Grayson saw
in slavery a blessing ordained Of God
and for those who denied the right Of
man TO enslave man he found nothing
but such inveterate abuse as the. sample
given above. There is about The Hire
ling and the Slave nothing al al re-
serabling poetry save that some OF the
lines rhyme al the end For such iutem-
perate invective and abuse the world has
no use to-day and Mrs Armstrong.
daughter OF toe poet. would have served
her fathers memory better had she left
his illusions where she found them New
York and Washington: The Neale Coz
Poems" by Mary Beri Chapman Hans
brcugh. is a volume of minor verse very
; handsomely printed divided into groups
according 10 a theory Of the poet The
groups include. Floral Nature. Psyche
logical Narrative Military Narrative.
Unique Miscellaneous" As il Is rare in
) these days 10 find poetry that is unique
we viii quote one OF this latter group.
called "Etude Unique"
On the blazing hearth Of the Western sk-
The Garth lies large and gray.
Up LEAPS the fare q the same high,
LrnE shadows stretch aWay
ArTrSs stiil hClds and the flowers ned
As though 20 yaVn. On the carpet sd
! The blazing hearth grows less and dril
And the carth-a hinge gray cat
Seems breathing i0w IN sof; coutent
ON tie summers silken mat.
See the scftening twiiighf's maltese fur
And hark how the cchoing thictcts purri
For other poems. as unique as this.
the reader is referred to the book itself.
The publishers name does not appear on
the volume
LORDS AND THEIR PATENTS.