The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

ton distinctly supererOgatOry. beyond
the reach of mere criticism, II Ii Of that
substance which lives" DE gustibus
non.
Middletof,'s appearance, of which IL
Is good that record should be made,
was striking. Its optical impact was
emphasized by the thickness Of his
beard and length of his hair; by fore
head massive and furrowed. and fine
eyes. His manner was OF a dignity and
evinced self respect. At first "intol-
Grant Of fools" ne acquired n gentle
ness almost benign. a quality scarcely
to be expected in no faryent a poet who
died so young. Certainly there could
have been no dearth of fine qualities In
the makeup Of a man who could write
with such beauty of understanding as
he did Of children and the thrillful world
OF childhood. When he died the fi.st
word Of a friend hearing the news was:
81 cannot possibly tell the children.
Here he was always at his
host"
That Middleton was something moro
than a mere mechanical yersit,er IL
unden,able lie had the temperamen,
and the vocabulary of tho moot I'm n
brivbt.r aOo ho ,,,yh, have ,ho,.,, ,
=. tt, :.
w" "H VI ''o
Po"c' ''". t"eS WI" oeauty into the
song Is all subjective, and the person.
atty from which II sprang and on which
II fed was apparently sick with as
riration hut M, bi,,s.a ,,.t,, in.,,tr.,t,,
~. ou W w ano'''on "orh.
nihe 81 man! otheI young writer's IN
the EhsIahu OF MS time, ne had nerves,
suffered fortunes OF selfconsciousness,
pose or achievement of creative ENERGY
Uc did no, love tho no.,, 90 hi, o,.,,
-, =, 49, wa 10 Wv"
''e"' i''oiai'S's re-
,o' e'.i9'.ihs out what ne Woulu
.,,,' 'o.eIs VI pea".y' me
on,t,,a,;. l., seuu o'''erness
p,,'. -, ms" dua't. III poetry
,''"e' 49, no' eomecteu III ms
% ".s 'osai eu'.or reharks'
peop,e are n''eresteo III poetry
anu ..'s lew K"o" poetry when they
~, ~
ns, poen' ',i 'ne coiiectioh'
.""' Npiea"! represent
'"'Ne Vi 'e ""''or oes''
VOW III 'his son'pre ana reeretfui place.
west. al '"e
With sorrow like "A mask imam INV ,.c,
lay my dreams TO rest.
Poor dreams tina, are az many a. my DAYS.
Poor days that are ns many az INV dreams.
ne ep,'"s on'c snNe you al MS roundeiays'
This one wa, Tue. with s.l,ca,. ,,.v .,,
a,J mi. sa,r h.i,a1. a., , 49, -
And this 40, ,epder h,rmo,,.s -, ,,a,r
To n dc,,c,,us ,u,e
All fallen into dust--ah God, thatI
Had stayed unknowing In my nrst glad
bed
IL mus "e"ea,n '"e urea ana oeso'a'e SKY
""u "o' '''' IVY o.a"
10 inc soiipre places poor dreams.
tehoer harniohies OF PAIN dcsolate SKY,
GUST ana uea'h or this ada set of
sensuous images ana Harlan praise Of
Wihe' anu you nave nearly all OF Mid
uie'oh as poet. Inc rose, the girl ana
'he Jus w 'ot So wen oeco'iie inc pages
OF Engiish poets rs they nj into the lip
lyrics OF the old Persian. and Middle
tons wine has more alcohol. his girls
are much less academic than those of
the Sufi hatcr
II il better 10 anos,ronhize a "d.ar
dreamer".
Ru, hav. ..sp vour .x.s mad. ho,a v,,,
tears
And love. rebuke the rebellious hemispheres
than thus horribly TO begin a song OF
New Love-:
The boy weeps in the wild woods
lus bright eyes are sore,
IN" ola inhumhn solltudes
May shield his heart no more;
maid mas happened out OF hell
And kissed his crimson lips too well.
Poor boy drunk with new wine"
He could not help the crimson Of his
lips. but he could have lodged "hcl's
gate" and the crimson dawn and pas
sionaie.' And the meticulous me-
chanic VIII not oh'r as "A rhyming
coupl"t bells that sing In every quar-
ter II their song IL wv alter Water -
although that Ii "A less disturbing colo
cation than the sad end Of The Silent
Lover:
] cannot sins, have no words
To love YOU hate YOU make You mime
40 WIN S'uI va ''"V ''H,"s ''"N
Thoi, ,,l,or,ry hrolsu or,,o,v
tratofE sIouih not nave 10 NY out
the poet should nave tried long ana hard
before he let this go to the printer.