The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, November 30, 1921, Image 2
| HENRY E.HARN
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Lexington county has one son ol
whom she is more than proud in the
person of Henry E. Harman, poet pubJisher
and business man, who though
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he has seen fit to cast his lot in the
city of Atlanta, where there is opportunity
for his genius, nevertheless
holds his old home in this county in
fond remembrance and now and then
takes off a few days from his duties
to pay a visit to old Lexington.
Mr. Harmon is a son of Mrs. Jane
Harman. He was born in Lexington,
receiving his early training here,
and at one time was connected with
the old Dispatch, being himself the
publisher of the Palmetto Compedium,
which was produced in the
old Dispatch office, under the tutelage
of "Uncle Josh" Harman, the
veteran newspaper man, who is still
active.
Mr. Harman has not only established
his reputation as a wise business
man and publisher, but has won
many laurels for his fine verse. Per^?
haps there is no more severe critic in
the country than the Boston Transcript.
It is ' therefore particularly
gratifying to Mr. Harman's many
friends here to know that The Transcript
has devoted three full columns
of its' precious space to a "writeup'
\ff Parman nnr? n rpvipw, nf hi?
work. In the course of the article
in question The Transcript says
among other things:
<-Tn Mr. Harman's poetry there is
not an echo, hut a feeling for nature
a spiritual passion, that makes the
glow in the art o? Sidney Lanier. H
has its plentiful springlings of pathos
and tenderness and brooding music
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but it is the wholesomeness, the ideal
of aspiring faith, that gives to hisj
songs their heartening and irresistible I
appeal. The poet does not vex hisj
I readers with any symbol of philoso-.j
phy, but the essence of a philosophy j
imbues all he sings with a conspicu- i
ous and easy grace.
"Yet this quality is only a pathway
in Mr. Harman's poetry to the crown- !
ing heights of his muse where dwells
the god to whom his melodies and
dreams become an oblation. Love is
that god, but*the poet does not conceive
him as the popular and irrelevant
idol of a light-hearteed fancy.
He becomes the master-passion of the
human heart.
"Poetry that has so much deep
feeling, so many charming graces of
expression in which the rich and var,
ied sentiments of common human experience
are woven all through with
the fragrance and mystery, the de- j
lightful companionship of nature, is
certainly worthy of that wider admiration
among poetry lovers which
it is steadily winning."
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Atlanta Paper Praises Work as Poet, j
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The following article from the At-:
lanta Journal will be read with in:
terest by the many relatives and
'.friends of Mr. Harman:
5 Genius always has its peculiaritit= .; .
* That is natural, and yet few people-! ,
seem to understand. Were this nc ; <
the case, then genius would not b?-j.:
5 different from any one else- ; i5 ;
? would be alike, in a way.
f This is perhaps the reason ^ by
so many people admit surprise ,
? a practical business man, like Kenrv : ;
E. Harman, of Atlanta, has been ^
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fi:-;: aside from the stony ways ol j I
:;adv ind become the author of such ; s
uiiful poems, as he is continually s
.living to the press. He has the v
" ! !>>' Silt of being able, not only to ]
e n. his energy into substantial profit, r
i/u: also to go far afield into thi <
< "t 'd of vision and dreams and bring I i
y.e-'v most beautiful pictures, painted ! v
: i'.n artistic exactness. 1
.v. busy man in a busy world is Mr. r
!;. rman. not only the leading trade n
per publisher of Atlanta, but a poet.
. lose songs are daily read in all part.1 e
. i this country and whose books s
iave had a wider sale than any other r
oet of the south. fc
A peculiar thing about Mr. Har- r
nan's literary work has been that a
t is his plaything instead of the ser- 1"
ous business of his life. As a pub- f
isher of trade papers, having a pow- i:
jrful influence in southern develop- v
nent, he has devoted the major por- v
ion of his time* strictly to the business t
)ut of which he has made a conspicu-pus
success. a
But with an inherent love for things c
beautiful, for the artistic and the r
poetic, he has found time to sing in t
i voice so clear that his songs never t
iail to touch the heart, wherever they r" u
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During the past dozen years, in 0
spite of his exacting business as a s
publisher, Mr. Harman has brought c
out six books of ftoems and one book a
of prone. A complete edition of his
literary work is now about ready tc c
be issued under the uniform title ol *
"Dreams of Other Days," in two large
rolumes. J
The first volume wil contain all of a
the better poems appearing in the fol- *
lowing books: "In Peaceful Valley." s
"At the Gate of Dreams," ''In Dove's *
Domain," "Gates of Twilight" and "A c
Bar of Song," illustrated with over 50 v
full page artistic pictures. I
The second volume will include Mr. *
Harman's prose work of which he has 1
clone much during the past few years. 1
In this volume will appear his last c
nook?"Idle Dreams of an Idle Day," M
published three years ago: also "The;1
Singer and His Song." being studies!'
f leading southern poets and a com-' ;
lete novelette, "What a Woman I
Wants," the romance of a ya<htingfl
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ip in Florida. i ;
A new book <>f love songs, entitled :
"uletide and You," is now in pres.-- ?
;d will be ready for the Christmas
tson. ' | !
i't has been a surprise to many how '
i man, so busy with other things, | '
i been able to. produce so much i (
ished literary work. This is be- I ^
so ho is a close student and enters
; > his task with an overpowerins
: tusiasm.
liar man is averse to discussing 1
literary work and its success, bull*
talked freely on the subject ol | '
rv and its importance in every j '
life. !
"One trouble with our age." ho
"is that people do not give
?h attention to poetry. They
\ stop to think of its practical ap- I
ion in every day life. Because'
s not able to write verse is no
1 why one should not love i
" i are all dreamers, more or less,
lerefore all poetry lovers if wo
idmit it. A tendency of our
is to suppress the poetic im
This comes on account of the
radical ape in which we live,
wronp. We must pet back to
lis to pet the most out of life,
y home should have its choice
i of books from the best poets,
se should be read and studied
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UHBI.
II ARM AX
l" <>ne will start the day by reading
ioine tender poem, its rhythm and
we* tnoss will* soften the eares of the
ntire .day. Anyone can give this a
iradical test and be surprised at the
esult. I'oetrv helps people to be
ome poised, ?alm and contented. In |
his age <>i restlessness, this is just U
Unit we need. Poetry should enter s
ife if one would live up to its full
riensure of hap])iness and eontentnent.
"I have a theory that the world is
oming hack into its own in this recoct.
People have been lashed into
estlessness during the past six years
iv the nerveracking terror of war and
( construction. They are weary of
11 the excitement under which they
tave lived and should naturally long
or quietude and peace. That is comng?and
soon?and then let us hope
re shall come out into a golden age
chen real things will count, and not
iretense.
"During the time of Shelly, Keats
,nd Byron, .and later during the life
>f Tennyson, poetry was universally ?i
ead and discussed in England by the
>etter class of people. It took the =
dace of idle gossip and had a most tm
iplifting effect, for during those years
ri-lo e./l c t >?/v
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1* power. Poetry makes people
tronger, better, more loyal and its
ultivation is a blessing to any people
nd any nation."
When pressed for a word about his
iwn method of writing poetry, Mr.
larman said:
"I do not. hunt for a subject or an
aspiration. These must come naturlly
or not at all. Sometimes a face on
he street or the train will suggest a
subject, a blossom in the meadow, or
he roadside, a peculiar-shaped cloud
>r a bar of music in passing. But
rhen the inspiration comes, it is over>owering
and I must write, write unil
the poem is complete. Real poetry
nust come out of the very soul, it
nust be felt, it cannot be artificial, it
annot be made without feeling. I be-1
ieve the poet puts a spark of divinity |
nto every poem of merit?certainly ! gg
le puts a large part of his own j ?
iroused feeling. ;
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"A poem is a beautiful . thought, j
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Irossed in the most beautiful words I
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hat the wrier is capable of using. As j
1 rule, brevity adds to its beauty. As j
in art <>1* the highest character, ail I
atperfluity must bo avoided. Clear-cut ;
sills', he the lines and the reader's)
rision must see elearlv the picture' T
:hat is printed. When deep feeling J
an he aroused hy the use of choice !
language, the poet's art is greatly on-[
lianecd."
All Mr. Harman's writings, both i
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prose and poetry, are marked by a ^
anished style. His charming studies
:>f Sidney Lanier, Joel Chandler Har- j 9
is, Waln-r IT. Page and other famous
authors show a freshness of expression
and deep personal appreciation
which will make these papers permanent
among our best literature. Of j
late years his prose work lias kept i
pace with his delightful poetry, and;
already lie has fixed his place firmly!
in our literature.
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