Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-12

on mild, sunny day of October, 1850.
in the presence Of friend and the
parents of each. they were married,
but six weeks after she faded away
forever. and a chill was on the poets
heart for years. so he expressed 1t in
the Poets Journal" one OF his fine
poetical romances-it was THE pang
supreme which burned his youth TO
ashes" II was of Mary Agnew and
her home. revisited after years of alb
sence that he wrote in his poem. THE
Phantom" Her Foot Is Ever On the
Threshold. But Never Passes Ger"
In Imagination, as he sits waiting In
the parlor, as he used TO. years be-
fore, he notes how THE sweet brier's
arms have reastled upward in the
summers that are past. and the will
low trails its branches lower than
when I saw them last" a Characteris-
tic notice of the growing things
that fill so much Of our vision, and
yet that the half Of us never see. He
sets them forth wildly sometimes.
Those OF us who live on the peninsula.
between the bays Cor even a little
farther north. ci1 feel the thrill OF
the Spring, which he gives MS in the
exquisite poem-"Peach blossoms
one Of Mrs. Taylor's favorites.
lover the southern slope in the heat
and hurry Of hope
The wands Of the peach tree first into
rosy beauty burst"
And the soft. half-Syrian air flows
from the Chesapeake's
Inlets and coves and creeks on the
fields OF Delaware"
"Ohl The peach and the poet know
indeed the chill the glow,
And the token Of golden days."
When Taylor went TO New York,
IL was to the Tribune and to Horace
Greeley. who had been n friend to the
poet ever since he had gone. as a
timid youth, TO ask the great editor TO
allow him TO write letters for the Tri-
bune. while on his travels through
Europe The request had been grant
ed as had similar ones 70 other pa
pers, and a sum Of money advanced to
help defray the expenses Of the JOUR
ney. slim little book Of poems had
been printed and sold 10 his friends,
which also helped in the outfit
The letters appeared in the Tri-
bune and Saturday Evening Post, and
were very popular, being afterward
, largely incorporated In Views
Afoot" Bayard Taylor remained with
, the Tribune as correspondent writer
and assistant editor till the close Of
his life. giving the paper much Of iti
high literary tone. I should like e
speak Of the genial hospitality Of the
, Cedarcroft. Of his devoted love fol
his many friends. and the warm az
fection they gave him. No man coulC
have had closer friends. When {
young man in New York. he drew
, around him q rare circle OF bright
congenial spirits A reflex Of tn,
life OF that coterie is glimpsed II
John Godfrey's Fortunes"
= In Boston, later, James T. Fields
the genial publisher and writer, salt
I Of him TO a friend. Dear Bayard Tay
lor. we never see enough Of him her
a in Boston-big as he is" mus
|. speak. too, OF the close family feelin
70 that he kept through all the vicissi
[. tudes of his life. No stranger eve
v took the place of the mother, an
y. those bound by the ties OF blood.
l. In 1856 he took his two sisters an
!. his youngest brother with him for
It years sojourn in Europe, for travl
If and study. What this meant II theI
e no one can imagine-the fulfillmer
{ OF their widest hopes! Mrs. Lam
s horn. the youngest sister, has give
s the record OF this eventful year in
e delightful book Of "Reminiscences
S which last year was reprinted for tn
benefit of the fund for the war-smit
r ten Belgians. Mrs. Lamhorn show
r much of the literary ability Of he
o distinguished brother. and has give
e a fresh. racy, girlish description o
S interesting scenes and events.
r To Bayard himself their exuberanc
}, OF enjoyment recalled his own frs