The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-02

IV~'Ss AtS NN1 VA. lniS uASuSI anu IOICl0C
work iastAAsmessure Of his IMMORTAL
lty. andtat6 was attained before he
conceived either "Snowbound," The
BareteSA EaoS." or another Of the verl
SEES with Sehich his name Is fondly
associstad:i4 - tY.>t,.
| Rstotss Whitticr threw himself and
his MUSE into The work for the
slave, he Ind sung in hating meas
| 0re of the beauties of the noble Soc
tton that rave him BIRTH he had
been AN eiftor. Tired and weary.
worn and discouraged. If not broken
hearted. he had. retired to- Haverhills
there: aa be, |wrote to town friend
and admiier, to spend the remainder
hf hia ,tays In reciuse and medita-
tom. Ha confessed that he had fail
cd as literary man." that for HIM
there was neither harp nor cymbai.
indeed, that he was no poet.
Whittier was wrong, as subse-,
quent developments proved. He was
made to sbe the first Of poets. God;
had destined him TO touch the deep
err note;A:to sang the grsnder song;
In seasop ,eae. would tune, the harp,
and Rlacey1tttiin his keeping.-r Very.
often men lie. dead iny Msappoiptl
ment, Chose Of. us who extoa their
virtues i lnRlRewn g and :, thsFefore. bySS
the, LARGER orld sNnsqpg,h, cry:
"IIaSss5shh Sst.rssi and world unjust;
1t IS FhotAhRAss so. More often than
not man febel against their natural
|adaptabnisy and propensity and pur-
sue What to them Is meaningless
phantom,: their chase Is spent in
quest Of. >AD6ther's bow aud boon,
while their own hope and harp lie
behind thetiT 'ynute and motioniess.
There is THE death of a promised
note; possibly minor in the Lost
Chord" here is the death of an am
bltion that. would neither listen nor
kearken 20 the teachings OF Nature.
When William Lloyd Garrison dis
covered Whittier. who as a boy of
tender and Inexperienced years, adj
dressed a poem to -Garrison's news
paper at Newburyport, ne saw in him
the promise OF the singer In the
years since Whittier. in that pursuit
of a cap OF purple, had strayed. from
the path that leads to. glory along
which GarfisQn had nietured the
Quaker: treadtag in Triumph and IN:
song w hRtisrs had been ;to*the leg,
Stature fRAying released the 81 et's
giti4x and HIS license. his 'ftiends at
t ! me- .Xessz akontt'S ttq send him 10
congress: Bsf9Re the: necessary .ttras
and tricks tbaewards that eupsumma-
ton :'eoald 9hegas ade,!f his Light sflone
upon atirm:. psaskiabAi *Fcaffed:3itinl the
se6ond ,tfffifae; ssGiI g ".wRitttttearl III III
|thf4 eknsk Sa IT, lie ie 1y1s;f:ss H. Ia,
efailllls ,4Reonl'r .WfattIer anawsfedg in a
taktla cry tiedieake4l, TO Gasfigon y Il
E'',sGt 81 So, {farssssi: { >I}2i.,i., u,
shafppidti 81, 81 t tFioa;e WHO grb;ak 81!
- SIfeath- -;1L++A-.
$. 1phEessio R'sslPGsa1hand:.t-
8n view OF penssfy;: hate and death
Y see thee fearless stand.
] love. thee with q brother's love,
Il feel my pnIses thrill, =
To mark thy spirit soar above
The cloud of.human ILL.,
My heart hath leaped to answer
And echo back thy words,
AS leaps the warriors at the shine
And flash of kindred swords. H.
His heart leaped TO answer CARR
sons, Ieaping; IL ak7scaped from It's
meaner self and found its certain ele-
ment; leaptng, 1g'was Kissed by Gods
glory in its, flight to Fames fair and
eternal borders, ,.;,.,,
Whittier didpRot5 go to congress,
but see how greater = and .grander
Ithemceforward was his work. Wen
dell Phillips, son >,of the first family
Of Boston, might have been a govern
lor-~of Massachnsetts, but he chose
| rather to be the orator Of justice.
Congress and Massachusetts are less
glorious because OF Writers and
Phillips early ana constant allegi-
ance to the broader freedom OF
theff country, hpk zee What q great
er glory enshrines4 their records, and
thereby, the history which makes US
proud! fI|..t>z. mr.. II -,