The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
Evening Chat

February; says (. Mnsgraye: the
kageYot Mononga1ia, Is SrichSwiths mem
oriesFofEtender4andsh heroic names. The
daysespeciaItytdeyote dItoiLinco1n and
Washington have been more or less
appropriately observed and among
the Inanyy whose names deserve.
particular praise, let us briefly notice
two Bruno the Fmartyred philosopher,
andfKeafs the plaintive poet. Bruno
fCaiiedEhtmself ..the awakening of hu.
manIminds." Victor Hugo said, "Bru-
noRWagSthe hrBt 5persistently to de.
RcIarnythe modern doctrine OF human
rights After wandering over va
riousEotherT European countries ne
shedSto England. Iectured at Oxford.
soonSfoundsthey were teaching nothing
OF importance became d~isguested, OF
gcotrree and left. It was at this time
that he made the famous remark:
eaTrueilearning is dead, Oxford is the
widow" When Bruno was in England
Shakespeare was then alive which in
sduced5 modern thinker to say that
these two knew more than the rest
sofs the world. Being driven. from
ENGLAND, he fed to France. He mad
sopinions and expressed IN
faotBE That was enough. He was
EtoIdltoimove on. He went TO germany
land received the same treatment.
Finally he returned to italy, ms ma
tive land. He was there arrested ZOE
teaching the plurality OF WORLDS q
trrtbles crime-and imprisoned Q SIX
wears. on the 18th or February three
Sshundredf and sixteen years ago he
was burned at the stake. TO those
who passed the sentence upon him ne
said: ut Is with greater tear Inae
We mass this sentence upon me tnan
i receive it" The whoie Wotlu n aS
heard the expression, "A NM "
beauty is a JOY forever" and the WHO'S
world should know someth1ng 1 ;n -
author OF It. John heates; VINO uie
ninety.aye years ago, In the city OF
Rome. From his last couch ne olc-
tated this epitaph: "Here . I rIe
whose name was writ II WaIel: nS
was only twenty-five When he a1su an1
instead OF his name oeing VII ~
water" 1t is forever inscrtoe" "
ekaitsw wrote the sublimest. eulogy
~ iii time, "a whirlwind of music
S1aet from the spheres" Another
mat in a description Of a visit to
thaS1raya of Keats uses these melod-
Z 1ou6 WuEue" uo.+ pouoan
Spring. ,o
Through the bright morning air we
slowly strolled,
It'll by the grave OF Keats we stoou
And found a rose, q single rose AeA1
blooming there
Mating more sacred still that 2
lowed ground,
81 -HIT%LaE oncba nted air." E H
Only twenty-five when ne died. nv
look with wonder and astonishmene
onSWhat he accomplished"
Hef1oyed the rocky shore.
He adorned the lonely bower;
EHe knew sweet Natures lore,
From star to faded flower.
EHisgFraye in that verdant cemetery
IN sunny Italy has become a place OF
.nileImare to the English race for
ever. only twenty-five, and thousand
AZ deathIess lines to his credit. IhinK
Of thati y gay and gtddy distributor
Of shallow slang. Consider III Ways
and reform-do a little thinking your
sell. The change may prove q plea
4E1Te+oyou-and source-o of tnsptrattop
III your associates. In conclusion, 1t
can he said of'Keats as he said OF the
nfghtingale: "Thou vast not born for
death, Immortal bird" ana, as ms
tfriend and companion, Shelley wrote:
tlHis(soul, like a star,
FBeacons from the abode where tne
eternal are"
Va ts-|NG 4HEt NmME @I --- .... ..E"Nne