The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
THE CHEROKEE ROSE.
Little Volume Of Southern Life One
of Sweetness and joy.

Every Southerner who during the past
few decades has kept himself at all in
touch with current thought about the
best poems produced by American au-
thors and who is fortunate enough TO
read rthe little volume. "The Cherokee
Rose nv Zitel1a Cooke will have brought
vi,.idl, "a his mind tho fste If sidney
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"Ho was DuI A''io "ppie eylateu' esl'eIi''-i5
IN MS own section. until death had cut
short his career. Here and there a critic
had given him d flrst-cIass review. but
I.anier had never had the good fortune
to write ANYTHING IN b-i,, him, s,,5ds,l,,
int, ,,.i,-.-,-,..,, -. ,,., -
III
o'i'e' poe'S' mere "aS' io' eNai'i'le, iil
roe haFeh solemn swing and
weird fantastic originality. and there was
about his Bells" an aIliterative lilt and
an echoing "of the sound TO the sense"
that at once struck the attentfo, of every
reader so ,,.,rI., ,,...,. ,.,.t,-r ,,.1.,
-,
''9' i'''' '''0''" P'P0i'' ''s mas
''0el uioenteu laIseiy 10 some single nap
py inspiration that had about II "a sparkle
either Of humor or pathos. or of both
combined that every one could see. Jim
Rludso." with its musical slang adver-
tised Jobo Tf,v rbo ..t4o,+bor chino.
a., - - r..
~ N''i'S - - iiei 'e '''''e '-e
puDhc than any volume he ever wrote,
ana VIII Carleton Betsy ana / are
out AT once pOpuiarizcd him as writer
OF dialect verse that meets "a ready re-
sponse from the public. L3nier, 10 is
true. touched once upon THIS chord. lE his
rover OF prayer, but the poems Ike
Inc Marshes OF Glynn that lift him 10
the level or Poe. and Bryant and Long
.euoW' ana shelley' and Keats, have come
liito VICE aeeep'atloh Only since his death.
Like i-ahler III mis- lifetime so now Miss
Iecke is not so widely known IN her ma
i've south as she deserves TO be. Like
hlms she mas never written a poem that
was striking because it was abnormal.
she Is Ike Lauier too. IN another aspect.
Her claim 10 rank among our poets de-
pends not upon any use Ok dialect or
opon any sltt oi HuiHoI' out upon tho5e
qdalIes thaI enaple the true poet % in
terpret % us whatever IS nappIest and
highest In nature
Miss Cooke Is an AIaban7a yyor7qn y,-bo
has r,l.da be, bo,,, il, r,rg,r,- 49,. ~,
g. - - "--siS enc
- M'HEiS anu l"FoIapi Known but
ahlld al her pleasant environments, this
Wdrm-hearted SOutheTuer has not forgot
ten the land Of her birth She belongs
to that unselfsh class Of emigres Of
whom Horace says. "COeium non duimas
mutant
Ihe little book under review is entitled
Cherokee Rose AMI that is the title Of
the opening verses. In the rich black
lands Of Alabama the Cherokee rose is
much used for fencing. This flower IS
not % be compared with some o. its more
ambitious sisters when blooming siEgly
but even vtHen IT is beautiful with its
broad white and graceful petals. But
vyhara ff ra+rF.g Tho o,... ana ,g---4.s a..
ir,,ss-fy7s,fo-, fg 49,, a. -. . '-.-
80 ID 'i'''''N ''--' -
-'' ''9 'i'''liS '''@ 4'NAiiaHI green or
lhe 4iliilehSe hedges tAat stretch away
mile after mile around Alabama plauta-
uons, a vision OF loveliness well worthy
oi the beautiful verses with which our
author eonsecrates their memory. One
etaAZa is as ioloWs.
With her loving arms embracing
,5'.,'--. Io.l-.-..-il =, ana broad Plantation.
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80 ~ i.l---.- "-I'7 o--S-iii'
'ge'',.s e3'''si '.is moon iit instance
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gu q ''.1'''1 DO" lts -Ae
i'- .p I,s az o'ls e1A2 te
i@'s-isF uAt las O1eT'aee.
beaullIll as Is lhls name-piece. IL Is by
10 means tAe pest ll tAe DOOR
-'ealiy an '.le o"Je-'s ialnlllar 10 tie
aU'L"I i'll 'He tolle OF hef cAidAood sAe
i.a9 "a '''''-.-i''.4 . Jul otaut-iNI verse ne
[AI,.'',.ll'1' -1-I.1s-,' me NoehiHB bira 'that
ia. -, 80, solsa's' Inc bile
a-,, 49,. - y,-,, :,
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Fer t4e roses ot June
And Tire mo~sluE bird time.
a. en- ~. .l.5-- ..s-'s ---- l .,-.
me s-rr n +re 81,
And the winds mIu~rc.sT.
The stars glowing eyes,
ana me smile o. blue SKIES
:. fol 'e@-l
-NoIye t4e lolio"lHs extract from Oc-
toher Days, how the stately but smooth
measure of the verse fits in with the
g1lfat season Of which cba cfrpe.
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