The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-24

space of eighteen months that elapsed
before his intrigue with her could no
longer be hidden, appeared number
of his finest works, including "Death
and DIR. Hornbrook. - ''The Jolly Beg
gars," "The Golfers Saturday
Night "Address to the Dell, - "To
a Mouse,' "Holy Willie's PRAYER, -
''The Holy Fair "The Twa Dogs, -
''The Ordinations and "The Address
to the Unco Guid"; and at the time
he had the trouble with Jeans father,
such poems as Dependency, 'sThe
Authors Earliest Cry and Prayer" and
1.-The Lament Occasioned by the I'm
fortunate Issue of Friend s Amour. -
All these, on which standing alone his
fame could be based, were poured out
in this marvelously short time, and,
what must never be forgotten, were
composed at a time when Burns and
his brother Gilbert were drudging and
toiling to procure living for their
mother and the rest of the family.
Burns seems to have been harshlv
treated in this Armour affair. He gave
the girl lines of marriage, which her
father tore up; she went back upon
him, and her father, as Burns tells us.
got out warrant to put him in Jail
until he could find security in his new
paternal relation, and by this L suppose
he was referring to the British institu,
ton of half crown a week, which in
his case, owing to the size OF the div
idend his investment brought in, would
have amounted to five shillings
The happiest time of his life was I'M
doubtedly the following three wears
which he spent at Ellisland busted with
his farm and his excise duties. His
was at ease now that he
had made amends to Jean and to some
extent, probably as we'll as he could,
he behaved himself, though no doubt
he gave his wife many an excuse for
lecturing him. That she did so we
know from that glorious revel "Tam
D Shanter' where he says:
while we sit housing at the nappy.
And getting fou and unco happy,
We think not of the lang Scots miles
(and other things)
That lie between us and COR hame,
Where sits our sulky sullen dame
Gathering her brows like gathering |
storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm
He was fortunate in making some
good friends but on the whole his life
n its last phase was tragical Court
I'd for his wit, he was too frequently
in hard-drinking which in the
own life did not go unnoticed.
In the closing years of his life. Burns
aid to his wife "Don' It be afraid, I'll
'e more respected a hundred years af-
er | am dead than | am now How
prophetic this was! He had not to wait
or fame; as soon as he was gone his
worth and Scotland s loss in his going
we're realized; highest honors were paid
rs remalns-he was buried as a hero
and ever since his fame has steadily
'rown until at the present time his
'oems are household words throughout
he English speaking race. Il
What appeals to us in his poetry il
hat it is so intensely humane-he deals
ot with sunrIses, mooniights, scenery,
to-, but with men, women and their
oncerns; he tells us that he was sent
nto the world to study men, their man.
ers and their ways, and the virtues
owes and follies of men have never ,
cen so depicted by another, Shakes
care alone excepted. Smith. has
lographer, says that he was probably
ne most directly inspired poet that | ,
yer lived; he certainly proved in him. }
elf the old adage that "Poets are born ,
OF made" None of the works 70 :
7hlch he owes his fame show marl,S
I studied growth: his poems are snon9
aneous, and he seemed to exude poetry :
S a HOVER exudes perfume; gems Of ,
oetlc thought emanated from him 90 :
o the tones of the Aeolan Ivre hanq.
lg IN the wind. When we cons;der :.
ne condition of life into which he waa
orn and the circumstances of his life \
ne cannot but regard him as anvtbinr =
ut phenomenon. Scotchmen owe bin, .
especial debt, for, as long as his ;
oems last, the Scottish tongue in which
1ey were enshrined cannot die. y
As for his faults. thew were +boso Y
his age, and 7 doubt not bnt +Lot !
those halls of heaven which are rino
lg to nobler melodies than tbosa -
lng on earth his follies and fraiI+ins :
ave long since been forgiven and cou 7
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