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' 3K a lifetime. . mw*B?5Lamu& V & Willis & Spearman IVfiisAc House ^ 'mIKKKi & BLECKLEY BUILDING ^ - [ ..ffl ibUTHERN POETRY] NOT ALL MEDIOCRE *Hm North to Claim Edgar Allen Poe S! AN i ER, HAYNE AND TIMROD 1W? Gean? Waa Unlimited, %ounded By No Time Or Plate" am. Ruled a Wofid timor? Sun. literary critic has said that Af Southern Poete there ia a level ot mediocrity, from which one name (that of Poe) may to not for even the moat enthue* : admirera of posts of the south for them preeminence . in This would he aa Idle as to for *U Ihe poatiatars of New nd ins fullness ot ice silt of ?How for all the j rhymesters of td the genius ot Tennyson. Wa however, whether we are ot east, west or south, yield to native po?ta, love and admiration. ; given, a critical examination of qualities of poetical excellence ls disparage but to grade In our re tha objects of our affection. By comparison of our poets with those in the large scale of universal thar people we may estimate our The. correctness *ot this val n ls cot to be ascertained except the meeting of many minds, is interesting to examine the es te put upon some of the Southern s by critics who are not tn entire sfjftpathy because of the birth or in ' 1, with the south. The detail an examination would be here The general result can how be briefly here stated. Jn- a article we have spoken or a of Bingera whose voices have clear and true, nut we will now ; or men whose voice bas won a wide-spread recognition than fellows. First among them Edgar Allen Poe (of whom. Lanier, we shall speak in a tu art lele). Of Poe, Barrat Won tn his recently published "Liter History of Africa," says: turn only to the billography in it volume of Stedman ft Wood 's admirable edition of Poe, lt that ht ween 1890 and 1805. were at least ten translations works Ut the foreign languages ong others Swedish, Italian, Dan? anjU South American Spanish. Inly among the literary classes rope no American author has cre more attention than Poe, whose ce still, seems extending." This the distinguished professor ot tish st Harvard college but voices sentiment of most critics and at lifts one poet above the dead le. f . mediocrity. the later years with the forget ?a of personality in the rising tuena that surrounds the nam? , there has arisen the claim that waa not or the south, and today opinion finds expression in the mcrtt that Poe must tightly be Ide red ot New York.. This aaser will not however, receive the as of ?any Southerners. Poe'a ge however, was not unlimited; it th seemed bounded by no time oe: lt ruled a world of Its own, king in the room of imagina name of Sydney Lanier ls gath. .ears, and s- flt fr sfa poetical genius ls stud. Abd today by one of the most al as well as one ot the most lal of northern cities ti la said "the most g Wed of Southern wes SvtfSey Lanier/' This as . ?OS?.' ?HH^?ei??ro?e rw?, ?pr wie orihV does not class Poe as a . - i-sel The works of Lanier tn demand at any ore. I ON CO?OTY CO??T mt?SE Where Some of the Overflow Meetings ot the -Stat-e Retmion Will Be-heM.- -. wy ^ -< appreciation baa not yet reached its Small aphere! Hear tho dull,booming of the world There where some rotting ships and zenith, wemay nay that in Lanier un- (By dusky lingera brought thia morn- of brine crumbling quays other southern poet has risen above lng here. Above them and a mighty muffled Shall one day mark the Port that "the dead level of mediocrity" but han ? And shown with boastful smiles), roar, * ruh?* the Weetara-nessi*'' <w achieved what will be world-wide I turned thy cloven sheath; Of winds and waters yet toil calmly With such lines as those, prate not fame. Through which tho ?oft white fibres on of the-,,dea*HeveKb*'Oedlont*ay* ila Two other poets of ante-bellum days poer. And spilt the rocks and pile the mas. southern poetry. Prateijpot. ern the now claim our attention. Tasse ere That with their gossamer bands, sive ore, . "worthlessneee ef'seutne^i* poetry.** K rry Ttmrod and Paul Hamilton Unite like love, the sea divided Or carve-a nltch pr shape the arch- -, Of tke g rea*-poets c? 4faeraa*nfeesD Hayne. Henry Ti m rod horn in Char- lands.- 4 ed roof; pa Bt Paul Hamilton Hayn? scanda IP Keston In 1829, edncatetLot the Uniter. And slowly thread by thread. i So. I,.as calmly weave my woof the fore rank. Born, ah was ma.iy an> slty of Georgia waa destined for the Draw forth the folded strands. Of song chanting the day? to come, other southern genius, tn Charleston, bar. Literature claimed him ead he Than which the trembling Une. Unellenccd though the quiet sum- S. C., he became an adopted son of gsve his life to the service. His By whose frail help yon sUiMed mer air, Georgia. He died at Copse Hill (.Grove, poems at times possess a power that rpider fted Stirs with the fruit ot battles abd *own> in that .stale. Jul*.*, 4|e"i 01 at other times are lacking, but ever:' ?own the tall spear-grass from 1. each dawn the Banger we read ini "The Feat* .of poem is a finished representation of a his swinging bed, Wakes; from its starry ' silence to America" by Clarence' StesdmiU, that beautiful thought. Tlmrod's style." Ia scarce more flo?; hum' . "Hayae's*.vitality, courage ?nd na saya Henrv Austin, "midway titween And ap? the tangled skein Of ma^y getherlPr^?Uss; still, Uve* lyrldat impulse hase *wsp*,.pj? lo the elshorates of TepnyBon and tho U?ravels In-ray hands, . In that we sometimes hear, Votoe." At this time anVapprfWatS' the weedy naturalness of Wordsworth Betwixt me and the noonday light. Upon the Northern winds the vole?? o. this work by Maurlee Thompson, bears a great resemblance .to Lowell.'a A veil seems lifted and tor miles or woe (author of "Alice ot Old Vincennes") but bas more grace prehsps and lean and miles, Not wholly drowned In triumph, in partlculary interesting, power." The IfhdscPps broadens on my sight though I know; "The MountSihAot ttnpoVSrs'', "The In the opinion of W. P. Trent, the As in the little boll there lurked a , The end must crown us and a few Maerbblan Bow", "McDonald's Raid", roost finished and more nearly per? sps.1 ' brief years "Unveiled." "The Vengeance ot thc feet of Tlmrod's poems ls the ode that Like that which in the ocean shell, Dry all our tears, Goddess Diana" oed "The S?Ujtarjr waa written for the occasion of dec- - With ftystio sound I may not sing too gladly to thy Lakfe1: are works worth rifle c oration of the Confederate graves in Breaks lb wp the narrow walls that will an aes?sany. As a %eOttsesf*i' Rsyo1 Magnolia cemetery, "that apprdxl- hem us round, Resigned, O, Lord, we cannot alt waa strong and hla descriptive verse mates perfection-the perfection ot And turns som? city laue forget , if oftest -veayr tnsiodhsas and full ot Collins, not that of Lovelace." In thia Into the restless main That there ls much even victory want, harmonious aotor. ? * * What poem occurs the stanza: With all its capes and Isles 1 must regret.. luxury ot southern rights, sounds and Bloop angels hither from the skies! And, therefore, not too, long tastes, perfumes and colors we enjoy There is no holler spot of ground But Ttmrod strikes a stormy, a mora From the great burthen ot on- co un- In his poem "Muscadines" thap which Than where defeated valor lies. tnsplrlg? and as true note tn the con- try's wrong no lesser genius than Shelley or Keats By mourning beauty crowie^'"?ion of this, bia greatest poem. Delay our just release! ever opened a better or richer!" irds pi criticism, words ot praise. And If lt may be. save Reading this? we es* pap- Utrja a*r> But to our minds the ge.;.u ; ci ?-innot add to tho cf fret of the poem ' These Sacred fields of peace tentiop to the assertion that there ls TImrod to most clearly shown In ''The : self. Not even the growing, vlborous Prom stain ot patriot or hostile a "dead lovel of mediocrity." tn south, Cotton Boll." In this poem allot Tim. s tamas pf "Care Una," in which blood! ern poetry. Bat whep we reed of the rod's varied moods find expression. We From Sachem's bead to Sumter's Oh. help us Lard! to roll the crlm- potras themselves presentiment rlp orwerve the-poet's soul In reflection .. wall. ison flor*} ' ens into conviction. Of his sonnets, and ju action and we find that which Resounds tho voice of hut and ball. Bach on itt course and while our we chooa* to Illustrate Mayne's Style, not only apilo forth admiration for Its Ceroll??' be?**r? w!R* "Fete cr God." the poem selected ir? ?-?.??ty, for tor cs. w's quote cia ?iqiia! the forveut b?-m:iy of tbs Northward ctrltrs with tts' UH the (Steadman sufi JIljfJh^MLL In "A m eri es bast ?hewing tho Syrie qualities of close of-Tho Cotton Boll." Goth shall cling. - ? caa Utsfis<vj^H^AM<a Barrett Ti??ro^> ver-??; tn* npeninc and the Aa maa who labor in that mine To bl? owe bl ss ted sitar stones and j Wendell %*ys*^W*S*lj Wff concluding portions of the poem: Of cornwall hollowed out oenoa?? er??? { "Few American sonnets seem more While ; recline th? bed Mercy: and we ahall grant u ana.r.acera.v. . - . Afease beneath Of ocean v'..< n a storm roll?, over . dictate \ rteyaad, ,-iho record of all eWosf This Immemorial pipe, J head, Tb* ]?plept, future of h le rat? i things, f . . . * . . IK. : ? i . . - < . ' Beyoiid the rule and region of past -time From out antiquity's hoary-hcad ed -rima. Looms the dead phantom of a King ol Muge; Round, the vast brow the glittering .i r clrolefr clings . Of a thrlceroyal crown; beneath Him climb. O'er AGantean limbs and breath sub. lima; The sombre splendors of mysterious ? . rwlpga; . ;x " Deep calms of measureless power iii . awful atea* Gird and uphold Him; a miraculous rad,.- .,r r. To heal or smite, arms His Infallible bandar. . Knowu iii all ages; worshipped in #n lande* Doubt ..names thia half-embodied While faith with lowliest r?v?rence, whispers-God J This Is but one of a host of Bonnets, some of which seem -to us to exceed ia- quality that quoted. Of these we is entitled "Tho Pine's Mystery." - I. - ' - ... Listen! the sombre foliage of tho Pine, A swart Gitana of the woodland trees. Is answering what we may but half divine... / To those ?oft whispers of twilight breite! Passion and .myBtory murmur through the leftves. , Passion and mystery touched by ? deathless pain. Whose monotone or long, low anguish grieves For something lost that shall not live again! . And more proofs necessary to dem onstrate that southern poetry rises above "the-dead laval.of mediocrity?" BIVOUAC! OF THE DEAD (Written, by Theodore O'Hara in 1817) Tbemuffled drum's sad roll has beat, ins somier? toat tatoo: No more on life's parade shall meet, That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal campaign ground . Their silent tenta are spread. And glory guarda with solemn round. The bivouac of tba dead. i*.v:.k- .. \L? -, Noveumor ot tte loe s advance. ,NqTV?w?il?( ^n the wind? Nb ttouftted thoughts at midnight iii haunts, ,^ . Of loved ones left behind; . No vision of the morrow's atti fe. The warriors dream alanna, No braying horn nor scream tug bte At dawn aban call to arms. Their shivered ewords are.red with ; rust:. Tb?pr haughty banner trailed tn dust, , Is now their martial shroud. And -Plenteous funeral taara have ? washed. . ? ./ . The rcu elaina from each brow, And the proud forms by battle gashed' Ara free from anguish now. Tha.jitghbor's troops, tba flashing ' blade. ~ The bugle's stirring blast; Tba Charge, tba dreadful oetTnonadi The din and about are passed; Nor wars wild note nor glory's peal. Shalt thrill with Heres delight Taos* breasts that nevermore will feel Tba rapture ot the fight Uk? the fierce northern hurricane : r^^%!S y???in, Came down the serried foe Woo heard the thunder of the fray, (Break o'er the Held) beneath. Knew *t*U the war watchword of that ?wSwi v?cUiry or neath. j ^?SLiin 'S? con?e^raged O'er an the strtckeaed pia?; Not long our stout om cmertain Knew Such oddB his strength could fide. 'Twas in that hour nis stern command Called to a martyr's grave, The flower of his beloved land. The nation's flag to save. By rivers of their father'n gore, his first-born laurels grew And well he deemed the sons would pour Their livea for glory too. Full - many a norther's breath waa swept, O'er Angostura's plain And along tho pitying sky has wept,. Above its mouldered slain. The raven's scream or eagle's flight, ' Or shepherd's pensive lay, Alone awakens each sullen height. That frowned o'er that dreary fray. Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground; Ye ?^t4t not slumber there. Where stranger's steps-' and tongues resound. Along the heedless sir Your own proud land's heroic soil. Shall 'bc year fitter grave* She claims from war his richest spoil; The ashes of the brave. Thus 'neath their parent tuft they rest Far from the. gory field. Born to a Spartan mother's breast On many a bloody shield; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here. And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroes - sepulchre. Rest on embalmed and sainted dead; Dear os the blood we gave; So im pious steps here shall tread The herbage of your^rsve; ^ Where valor proudly Bleeps L . tne^itory^^ow^^^r^* Nor wreck nor change nor winter's blight. Nor Umn's remorseless doom. Sholl dim one ray of glory'? light ^ That guilds your deathless tomb Premier Carrier of Cse Seats, or coiorscnoif WITH BLUE mw** RAILWAY. Bekedal Effective Jan. 18, HU -fi. 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