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T. B. KINGSBURY, Editor. ilO, 185& VOL. 1 NO. 18. F K 8TE0THER, Proprietor, f I 4t M Hill. IV T, JITNTTC . J. - : : I . ,(--,,. '-.-, ,;u '----4 i;V -.-if : !- For the Leisure Hour. ' Flora McDonald. . . BT II. L. SPE5CER.. Few names upon the scroll of fame Are higher placed than thine, Fair daughter of the classic land , " Of Nitu and Ajr and Tyne For all the radiant Virtues which la woman's breast unfold, In thy romantic history r. Admiring wo behold. . Kach flower that springs by rock and rill . Reminds us of thy name,; . Ave, every blossom that unfolds " -Perpetuates thy fame, t ' And Ion as (lowers shall bud and bloom. And long as birds shall sin?, Thy name shall be a household, word Thy feme a sacred thing. ' '!.''.-' On Scotia's wild and heathery hills, And oer tho ocean blue, j Wherever noblo thoughts are born ; .And hearts are warn) and true, , Wherever virtuo, fortitude. ! And truth and hope are most, .Thv name, as it hath ever stood, . . Must stand among the first. Sweetho thy slamber in the land ' So honored by thy birth While wo preserve thy memory And emulate thy worth, i ' The record of thy faithful heart The Intend of thy grace, ' The waves that wash the shores of time Cau never quite efface. ! ' that process of purification, not' only in the diction, but the essential spirit of Poetry which Cowper, his immediate predecessor, had begun. Let it be remembered that for nearly a century, thai is, from the reim of the popular wits of Charles the Second's time, to about a decade after the death of Pope, there had grown up, and, prevailed, what De' Quincey aptly calls, " a 'scrofulous taint in our diction, ? the result, we think, of an artificial tone of sentiment which originally took its rise from the frivolities of Court Society, and the flippant and unstable elements of a falae convention. This " taint " did jnot confine itself to the " diction" of poetry. It gradually spread until its essential spirit be came so weakened, and inane, that poetry which is properly synonymous with passion, jmventiori, originality, and the boldest imagination, took the form of Delia Cruscaism. j We ask jouj selves how it is possible that the country which produced Ben Jonsony and Marlowe, should not onljr have produced, but tolerated such versifiers is the High Priest of Nature. He stands amid querit lanzuaffe of the critic before Quoted :! as I improvement But we are diirressinz from the the sublimities of "God's revelation of the we rans thniifrfctfu,r vifh m of bielms- l thread of out narrative. I i lf j l universe, w and with a deep sense of the sacred- jestie fabrics of his genius, they seem to., wear 'Nothing explicit is handed down to us of thet ness of hi3 mission, delivers his oracles to man- the look of Eternity. Atod when we piniider cUof Governor Drummond' authority, arid kind I ' 1 if the vast depth of delight we owe him, lihcncv consequently compelled to leave a blank" Nothing which God's hand has touched j and inspiration he poured into poetrv,and his Mice- f tne interval that transpired between his formed, and which has not been mutilated by ryofitfrom the bondage of a hundred dndfofty I stallation as governor and the period when Wie the malignity of man, appears to him low,- or mean. The Universe is a grand bieroglyphical book, and by fervent 'contemplation, he: has learned to decipher it -; His poetry ministers to the aspiration for a more ample greatness and exact goodness, " by transporting us to! the years; when we think bf the . consecration he the ithe h of has shed on- our present existence, and splendor of the vistas he has opened beyjon grave his desire to brina Vie harsh domai 1 4 1 r J -. - the Actcai. in closer vicinity to the sunny fend J produce an explosion, which was to burst with of the Ideal, his kindling strains fork freedom j terrific and unexpected violence upon tho head-s again recognize him no longer as governor, but as an active, ardent, and enthusiastic participa tor in Bacons celebrated rebellion b Virginia. Secret canses had been! long cooperatine tb very brink of the fountain of what is great and and ricrht. his warm svmnathv with ill khat of Berkely and his official compeers; The conV Y((A Tf in lllo" laco A-vnTfAl m ' 7 Via .. waII. I 1 ' 1 ' It 2 L . J 'i "'f .lGflfnfBArftVil Knan mmV. Am .Mltt . - 1 ' I A 1 ' ill- b"- " j voo vAaiitu uiwuuo, to uau emv&ies ana ennooies our-oeinir, ana me swav I " 1"v"1 icuciutnui rriecieu dy inr too minutely upon things which we deem trivial, he has displayed over Its1 holiest and tendiresti populace, the onerous taxation imposed upo6 lftt us remember that Ac is the chief worshipper in a temple, to which w; have been admitted, as it jwere, only in-the capacity of spectators j and that the humblest flower whose j cup bears the incense of the dew, is as dear to him as that gorgeous " City in the clouds, " which in ! the life ; when we consider affections, and the many i mazes of beauty land tne people resisted, the arrogance of the nobit. grace with which he has! brightened out daily ,Ji contemned : matters were approaching i incse, ni8i iauits ana j juiuuiujuHuas ue ui uie iuam ipring9 r errors eeem to dwindle into absolute insignifi cance ; reverence; and love leap to our lips,!and warm from benison - i as Mr. Hay ley But it did tolerate, and to a very flush and pomp of his inspiration ho thu3 certain extent, admire them. Unnatural im- j impressively describes: agery, excruciating sentiment, imbecile common place delivered between a yawn and a convul sion, were the characteristics of the Poets who affected to belong to a "guild" of which the manly, clcsr-toned Cnaucer 'was the Father, and Wm. Cowper the only (legitimate) living re presentative 1 They loudly proclaimed that Pope was their Master, and yet we i examine their works vainly to discover a single trace of the heart! and brain springs the Wc copy the following thoughtful, discrimi native and just critiquo from the June number of KusselCs Magnzine. Ed. Wordsworth. For none of the Poets of modern England mny we o confidently predict a great rever tionary fame as for Wm. ; Wodsworth. His claims Jire not ' yet settled. True, the . storm . of denunciation and hcorn whuh greeted his first appearance has died away. Hut it has been succecdrd by a ?pccies cf attack, which in being more subtle and logical, in, of coiUHe, more effective. This, in many instanceji.l has been tne t by a blustciing laudation quite as uncritical in spirit, nnd injudicious in. assertion as wero the tirades uf Jeffrey, and the " Edin burgh " clique. On one bide, we see the ma- rtaMivwriitg caution of a repulsed, but not utter- ly defeated party, on the other, the haste and recklentM which belong to a premature con vu-tion, of victory. If either the Critics or the Publid were content calmly to study the works of the Poet wlio.so geniu.-. they are w) rcjidy .to , Uihoush, we siioulu soon arrive at featialaetory J conclusions, but' unfortunately,' all questions connected with Wordsworth and his writ have, from the first, assumed a controvei ton, and truth. n hsual in t!mu r: sp often been sacrificed, to the mere pomp and cum.Htancw of argument Our oljfct at present is not so muih to coi. fute the otjections, and retort the sneers of Wordsworth's detractors, as briefly, and of course, most superficially, to glance at the characteristics of his genius. To those ultraists who rcfue to concede that he was a man of greatand peculiar genius, we do not address ourselves. They occupy a position of antacon "gs, sial has cir- his profound common sense, his penetrative witJ his vigorous, though conventional system of Art. In a word, the poetry of Encland was rapidly degenerating into the drivel -.of dotage. Fortunately, about this time, the greatest Re? volution which has ever shaken the institutions! of modern society to their foundation, intro- i duced new elements of thought and speculation not only into the politics, but the literature of Europe. Tho old order of things passed away in flame and tumult, and society, no less than philoophy, nppeared to be re-created upon a wholly novel basis. U The influence of the French Revolution upon tho government, the law, the literature, the en- tirejmode of thinking in Great Britain, cannot, even now. bo adeaualelv estimated. But. it was . immense, and all-pervading. ! Another agent, specialiy affecting poetry and its votaries, became simultaneously active. We refer to tho revival of " what is vaguely called the tran sccndentul ghilosopluj." "Between the French Revolution, " says an acute writer on this sub ject which was the child of French Atheism, und this philosophy, which reacted against it, thre seems, on the first glance, to be little connection : yet, no one can examine the ooelrv oTjie time, without perceiving that these . two influences almost interpenetrate! each other in their effect upon the national mind. Thev are seen in all hiih imaginative literature which at all reflects the spirit of the age." tfpon none of the Poets of the nineteenth century did the causes, to which we have allud ed, jwork so powerfully as upon Wm. Woids wprth. The utter defeat of his hopes at first passionately nourished that the consummation 0? Ihe great movement across the channel, " ill aiucilUldllll" V.UIIU11.1UU VI man everywhere, only Jed to the more com- " The appearance instantaneously disclosed Was of a mighty City-f-boldly say . i i Alwilderoess of buildiris: Birikina: far And self-withdrawn into: a wondrous depth! ar siuKing into splendpr-rwithout end 1 Fabric it seemed of diamond, -and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted, here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed; there, towers begirt TTiih battlements on tlielr restless fronts Bore stars." 1 i f x i "Blessings be on Hisrl and eternal praise..! Whs gave us nobler loves, and nobler earesi! ' Selections from the Works of the English 'Authors, i oiT Away to the Dists&l Swimy he apeeds- II is path wm rnrcjed snd sore; fl hrough Uegled juniper, beds of reeds, , jThroogh many a fen, where the serpent fetdaj vna man never trod terore. And. when on earth he wink to sfetp: He lay where the dcadlv vine doth weerf Its venomous tear, and nightly steep - j.ue ut&u wiui oiisienng uew. And near him the she-wolf stirr'd the braJta; . . A it . V .t. . nuu mo cupper-snkike oreaiaea in nis ear; Till he starting cried, from his dream awake, un i wnen snail I see tne ausXy lake. . Ana uie wmte canoe oi xnr Gear i ; ..- ; j . . ' He saw on the lake, a meteor bright ! Quick over its surface p!ayi Welcome,"' he said, f4my dear one light r And the dim shore echoed, for many a night; . The name of the death-cold maid! - ism which we look upon as equally hopeless pletc development of the spiritual forces of his in ir-ruuuuai, icnoes oniy oi mar. sen-suuici- nature. He came early to look upon Poetry as a more subtle and permanent reformer than any material agencies, however imposing and power- And he seems to have thought that its in- ful. cnt criticism with which, during the first quar ter of the present century, the Scotch Review ers dazzled to blindness the public judgment, they must won cease to exercise any influence upon thinking men. But to those who, ac knowicuging woraswortn genius, maintain that it was rendered in a great measure ineffici ent by an obstinate adherence to absurd tlieori es of diction who think that his .passion for Nature was frequently carried to the verge of touched by the hand ot the true Diviner ! aucviation, nnd that the rod degenerated at limes Into the mechanical verse-maker we would offer a few suggestions growing naturally out cf the analysis proposed. . Wordsworth's nature was pre-eminently sub- jectiTe. All his intellectual operations were allied to intense self-consciousness. The forms and hoes of Naturo presented themselves to his mental eye under every variety if modification, resulting from the sway of individual moods. So far he resembled Byron, but the individuality of the latter was morbid, capricious, unwhole some, and continually running into a vicious tgoism, whereas the distinctire feature' of Wordsworth' was, Us normal activity, and un sullied freshness of temper Hence the breadth and universality of bis sympathy with the material world. It was with pleasure equallv ' intense, however different its spring, that he gaied upon tho sunset splendor of Berr Nevis or the modest beauty of ' a prim-rose by the river's brink." Stripped of the metaphysical - obscurity which he himself has thrown around it, his theory of poetic art is troo and noble. It is founded upon a belief in the general dignity .of humanity; in the inherent, ineradic able beauty both of th spiritual and . material. , wondi! And irhe carried his views to extreme, , descending, os in some of his Ballads, to what was puerile and low, this was but the fanaticism of a great Reformer cf one who brought the forces of a clc&i imagination and unequalled intlfht, to carry on, and well nigh (o complete Elsewhere, he speaks of having found in Nature, . . r :;....;!!'.: ; f' " "A Presence that disturbs him with the joy. Of elevated thoughts ; a; sense sublime Of something tar more 'deeply interfused, ! Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns And the round ocean, and the living air. And the blue sky, and in the mind of man; " A! motion, and a spirit that impels All thinking things all; objects of all thought, And rolls through all things." Now, as one of Wordsworth's profoundest critics has remarked, "in this sense of something far more deeply interfaced, " in the feeling that behind the forms and hues, and sounds of tho material universe', there lis something more than ' meets the external senses, ' something which de fies analysis, undefined, and ineffable, which must be felt and perceived oy the soul in: this intense spiritualism, mingled with the mildest and, sweetest humanity; we see the influence and acknowledge the power of Wordsworth." xuueeu, ue may ue saia . lo.nave mauguratea a new era m philosophy as well as in poetry. The disposition " to look beneath the forms to! the spirit, not only , of Nature, but of institutions, and modes of faith, is now; everywhere observ able. We do not pretend to affirm that; this spirit would not have manifested itself,' had Wordsworth never lived, but we say that .he contributed in a large measure to give it motion and intensity. ' : ' ' ' ' ,' S-. j When our Poet leaves Nature to mingle among men, and to discuss the themes connect ed with the life of society he brings ; the hale vigor, and the keen sharp clearness of f the mountain atmosphere with him. ,Look at 'his Sonxets dedicated to Liberty! They are; the indignant utterances of a man who accustomed himself to the largest freedom of thought, 'and ' i ... "... ... . . , , acxion, regaras tne enslavement of subjugated or dependent nations with, an amazement, , at first akin to pity, but soon intensified into con tempt The "notes with: hich he would arbuse them to the assertion of their, violated rights, ring clear as the sound of silver trumpets, stirring TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OP TIME, .. i '.' ' - II ; -; -I: : . . :-U ! lt'!-ii.ja.-.i.-; .:-' " Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying 1 I And this same; flower that smiles to day, lo-morrow may be dyiug i I V The glorious lamp pf heaven, the Sun, mi . i i i.i '- . . i - 4.ne nigner ne s a geiung, The sooner wi 1 his race be run, And nearer he's to setting J lit. i That age.is best whiehjis the firs When youth and iblood are warmer j But being spent, tbe.worse, and worst Time3 still succeed the tormer 1 r IV. falie fraus Then be not coy, bat use your time, And while ye may, go marry 1 ; For having lost but; once your prime t You may forever tarry. - Herrick. TIIE CAPTIVE BEE, OR THE LITTLE FILCHES. As Julia once a slumbering lay, It chanced a bee did fly that way, : After a dew, or dew-like shower, I j To tipple freely in a flower; !-A ' For some rich flower he took the lip Of Julia, and bejran to sin : ' i - But when he felt he suck'd trom thence Honey, and m the quiutesence. 1 He drank so much he scarce could stir : So Julia took Ithe pilferer : t " And thus surprisedas?fllchers use, r He thus began himself tT excuse : Sweet lady-flower 1 1 never brought Hither the least one thieving thought: xut lamng mose rare ups oi yours 1 For some fresh, fragrant, luscious flowers 1 thought 1 might there take a taste, Wherer so mnch syrup ran at waste : Besides, know, this, J neversting " The flower that eive3 me nourishing : But with a kiss, or thanks, do nay t 11- 1.1: il.l t ' ' 4 . T iur noney mat x Dear away. This said, he laid his little scrip ! Of honey 'fore her ladyship ; . And told her, as some tears did fall, That, that he took, and that was all. . At which she smiled ; and bade him cb And take his bag ; but thus much know When next he came a pilfering so, He should'from her' full lips derive Honey enough; to fill his hive." ; r ! ;..r. '" HERRICK The first Governor of North Caro BT SEATON GALES. Drummond was appointed by Sir link nx; fluence might be so directed, as to act with tne blood into burning and rebellious turmoill j Wn universal efficiency. 5 Everything, Wordsworth " 1S as if some old Roman of the age of the Berkely, Governor of, the , county of Albbr- argued, has its poetical or imaginative side, and Brst Brutus should re-appear in all the strength marie, in the Province of Carolina," in the sipi there is no human soul destitute I of some chord ofhi, will, and the dignity of bis unfettered tember following the isettlement of iiurarA's of feeling which will not give forth music, if manhood m the midst of his degenerate jeoan- Neck, (the oldest jn i tho; State,) which! evict 71 7 I J l7Z - - ' Wh0 trymen. Astonishment giyes place to indigna- took place in Ann! 1663." Hft; w an .knt i.e ear y nry oiine B.i : I ' ... . . I . 7 a 9 I 1 A n I I n n n. k w . . . trill zianv that th.. m Mr. 1 I tinn inri'irnatinn tn m ciirl,1r. A. 1 1 i I a -m ? . . j L ' ; . ' 1 . . ! . I I ..... j-iij mo om giauu nuwesuuie j v etwusu, luiuijr. wu vU i to V irginia irom icscouand, and, judging from 1 v truth olovfitinrr tn Via Pa mnA r.nVin I bailie I Wa mat !ma n'ino tViat in .c-a nl ik....ii.J.- . ':! 'ji " 1 " - . v .. 4 I fOSHf inir io humanity t It was not in his creed that 1 the Roman, the discovery that his call WA Till- I Cf llim fiOome ovan in Inn! i1-tr m r 4 I i. i- . , " . ' I - . ; mM.mM w VIVU 1U lUaii UdiA Bt. W 1 1 f 1 1 IIIK I I - - . ' , - , . D I -T-T I I anni- usurping disposition of the Stuart: family In fected even the New World 'with its fatal maja ria, to have cherished, within his bosom the germ , , ci'ruu'.Ufc pfiriu uaucroii remarKSjoi him, that " that he was a Presbyterian, a. man of prudence. and j sagacity, and. deeply imbued with the passion of popularliberty" and Cj Wordsworth failed, but in his application of heeded, would strike lumi with a sort Vof j thtf creed. . I la brought a general truth, and the hilating shame. He would sink i into the im- positive iormuia expressing it, together, and potenee oi aespairi , Jot so with the Poet His instead of acting in accordance with the former, summons is for all time. J. Nations may decay, he set out to demonstrate the literal applies- but Liberty is immortal And so, when he en- bility and truth of the latter I "When a man counters a People unworthy of her inestimable has said that " everything has its poetical side, ' boon, the poet invokes, not her abidance, fcut he certainly does not commit himself of proving that there is a hidden "o""-" i" - i r-..-w. """ jiuiwuku i wiiiwu uc cmerea upon ms auminisuauon are a battered garden-wheelbarrow, or in the tatter- many of these Soxsets to Libertf, calculated peculiarly worthy of nbtei The Comftitatioiis ed breeches of some dirty sheep-boy! Such, I to re-awaken and reammate it I v- , - however, is the precise obligation which Words- j Were we to lose the Excursion, and every other work dramatic, and lyrical, which emanat ed from the genius of Wordsworth, his Sonnets', which directed every movement . of the insurl gent party. Naturally imbued, as we have said. with a loftiness of purpose, he 4knew hi rights, and, knowing, dared meintain them.' Deeply prejudiced, against the assumptions of royally, he was ever. ready and anxious to im pede the progress of its rising innovations. Hij .actions were prompted, by no cold,- sordid, cal culating spirit of ultimate personal advantage rather, by that pure, disinterested, active philanthropy, which: would sacrifice selfish cohli siderations upon the jnsulted altar of thecomf mon good. He kindled with; his own hand$ thj devouring element that' was to consume to ashc "of the home of his joy ft that it might not affori"! shelter and protection to them who were wick?.' edly warring against the rights of us all.. In! deed his whole carrer forms one of those anoml sin human existence, "when 'every day i it wun leemmg wonders and strance de jigns. It is an o'er:true ta!e,w full of thf startling romance; of reality, the daring of hero?, ism and the. vicissitude of fortne. lAnd, as thertj ' . t" ' . I . ... - ' i -.3 can oe no story, at the present day, calculated to allura the popular sense, unless some fair) heroine is a conspicuous character, so, in thtl instance can the prevailing appetite be graiified? The annals of chivalry, may be ransacked, and there can be found no display of femaleXpridJ and independence; superior to that winch manij f fesled itself in Jarah Drummond, the wife of our first governor.' ' Warmly espousing the cause of her husband,' she exhibited an unwav ering constancy of purpose,, and ; affectionate icgaiu luriicr - iiege iora, as aamiraoie -in nerself as it; was; creditable - to her sex. She was emphatically one pf those, A j ' ' I ! -1 With devotion as humble as that which brings V lo his idols the Indian's offerings ; j r f Yet proud as that -which the priestess feels, When she nurses the flame at theshriDe where ; ;!J I' she kneels. 'I j "j ; ; J ; ;,. , : . In j every scene of I that violent commotion ' : . .' I ' J ... 7-1 Drummond was a zealous aetor in every phas of its agitation, he was the genius who rod on the Whirlwind and directed the storm. 9rf All are acquainted with the issue of that rebel lion. But Governor Drummond's life was dcsU tined to meet with an ingionous termination.' After the close of ithe rebellion, he wa3 aopr hended and brought before Berkely, who," in: thy language of lacerated pride bade him we! come to death. The patriot proudly avowed the part he had acted- was tried at one o'clock oii the twelfth of May,1 1679; and hung at four o'clock on Ihe same day. : Thus, this brave and fxtraordinary man breathed his last in mid-air2 .!! " ! r - - . , ... suspended. - Shameful and unmerited fate of a wonderful man! The tyrant Berkely was so- far like odious Caligula of old, inasmuch as br; a single blow he ;cut off the hopes of a larget majority, of the Ancient Dominion ( . kSuch is an epitome of what Is knoW of Gbr j Drummond. As will bo observed the sketch M necessarily very imperfect so contracted is our; common wealth. I Those wbo'are' better versed in our can, supply deficiencies while to those qoamted altogether witli this subject, tlus incomplete, outline - may , convey' somewhat' or interest. ; Yet, though his. name is so: India-; Till he'holWd a boat of the birchenbark; Which carried him off from the abore ; For he followed the meteor spark ; The wind was high and the clouds were dttK; And the boat returned no triore. , " : . I i But oft; from the Indian nurttet'd i'camp; This lover and maid eo true Are seen at the hour of midnight damp; To cross the lake wiiha fire fly limp, . And paddle their white canot I ; Immorta'ized as -is this clear. lake by (hit heart-afiecting association, it. Is doubly so In retaining the honored name of North Carolfna's first Governor. A polished mirror, it Will i'tf reflect -hia fame in rays as ; bright as the dew drops that weep on its own crystal boiom; and long after quarto and folio shall have been can kered by the consuming worm, will that still water murmur gentle 'cadence in echo to the as sociations of the past, j ; For the Leisure Hour.". Commencement Exercises: This communication was received last week; but too late for. publication. It affords us ' pleasure to now insert it, for we know" froth the ! ... ...'.. - but speaks justly,1 although his account of the proceedings to those not in attendance, might appear somewhat cdtur de rose. Ed. Mb. Editor: Dunn j 'the past week bur town has been more than usually alive with entertainment. I do not' remember to have been more pleased on any rimilar occasion, than . while attending the closing exercises of the 4. . last Session of the Oxford Female Col.ege." On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, a large and attentive audience was in attendance at the College Chapel to hear read the compositions' t of the young ladies. I M'any of the productions', would have' reflected credit upon scholars' of ' far llnpp vir i T bVA tr revrAA mwvt - - i : - o o reading as one of the highest accomplishments" of an educated young lady, and one which,-by too many, we regret to say, is shamefully neg lected. To this branch of instruction I would' suppose that special care had been given,- Were" I not assured by tho chaste and omaCe style together with the extensive information' and thorough scholarship which waa evinced in each composition, that equal care had been bestowed on the solid as on the ornamental branches. I would like to epeak more particularly of some .which impressed me as being very superior ; l&a't forbear to make distinctions. I th ere fore' cien tion only two, .simply because the one wis" the first and the other the last that we heard' read. The first, on " Children's Rights was read by Miss E. A. Cooper, of Oxford, a little girf hardly higher than the table' at which she stood. It was both piquant and amusing, - The other on f4LeaTes,w was Jread by Miss J. E. Ellis, cf Johnson county.!. The subject wis treated in a' 1 scientific manner, showing the excellence, and beauty of the Creator's works as manifested' hi' the vegetable department of Naturfc" It was handled with an ease and familiarity, which; of the mselvea would have proved the fair author ess to have been thoroughly conversant with the various branches of Natural Science. ' ' ' i - On Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock; the Clio it fj 1 it . i .". l ' ' .V A "?ct? "f ?re6 set4 Ua me Pxslonc Pae Society was addressed by Cev; W; M. Wterste.- remamsone memento of him, stamped by a .ddrefik.ft U lv.nnhT? " . . ' . . . r. - - those who were present at its deTfreryy or tt worth virtually admitted, and hence the prepar ation, of those dreary Ballads and nursery rhymes, (for they are no better,) which were" hailed with such shouts of derision by Jeffrey, and his critical compeers I This,' as we said before!, was but the fanaticism of the Reformer Let uk study the works which really represent him, and analyze the impression they "-produce.-In our owti case and we claim to speak, the sentiments of a large class of careful readers this impression may be . thus, summed up :" Wordsworth is pre-eminently the Interpreter of the Spirit, not in its passion and activities, but its serene contemplation and holy trust, through the medium of natural forms "which above all other recent Poets, he possesses the genius to invest with the loftiest spiritual meanings, i He ture's hand, which even the hard hand of time caunui. uwueraw;. i uere is a oeauuiui iae iq i ,urt. t.. ,us ivvv ' ouum, i coriw 4 with the ability of this gentleman; it Is a need task for me to tay anything. Those, how- who were not present, I tdvise 10' procure most teand and af&tbg poems. which488nd . - enUve perusal The suljeet of Shaftsbury and Lovke had just been devised; ;WijJiA.u? ie;poe - 1 f Self Culture," -1 think .was happily ebovm, the people were immersed, completely lost sight lo:7 lJ2J l(f bif andthe large and intelligent audience teemed of, amid the prerogative of landed proprietarils md on the death pf a girl helovvedand yunDedddenghtediwitfr the ladd, eloquent and the titled nobility ; trial by jury was buJa wh. uelyppeannS from his friends, nUsterly style with wUch the speaker trav nominal concessionndpopular enfranchisfe- WfL???? aJir?f;A?:h M ersed the "field of meUphjsics, and Impreteed ment was made an hnnossibnitv " How eloomV quelly said, m his javmgs,- that she was not pen his fair hearers the responsibility which Paper by remarking that his "claims then the era-ow utterly nnpropitious the a4e aeau' DUt E?e.l, e. .xiisuwi i wa-p, u is snjv dwUeU npln of cultivating the will respects were hot as yet -completely to the development of principles such' as Drum- f? hehad wardered tntft that dreary wilder-Kbe j?as the ittUtioiC and the conscience setUed. Let us qualify it now by saying that mond entertained ! And here we mly consider nss V Inger? Dee ,on in, V At S o'clock, I. M the sermon 16 the Gradr we refer solely to America. Jxi Great Britaia that it (annota of pro vina source of 'Wnelt rSxi fiating Class" was preachedby the Rev.- ThcmW the reputation of Wordsworth is hardly open to j and of Measure, to' trace a!retrospect of the be- j-They made her a grave too eold and damp fC Skinner. Ilis text, taken from the 6th chap. n Ti j ji. - ?j. : I T - r " ' x - 'n n' - . m 4 I : : h nr n caiiI tn warm nrt I ma ; . . ' vav i i ucauuu i f jouki yen, tacrc. ib is uan y j gmuiugs 01 auy couniry. aeu ecuon srrateiuUV'l . 1 1 - " accumulating the materials of consistency and I springs from the conteoipIaUbnmah feels his strength, llow could it:, be otherwise ? For ideas regarding his capacity for self-government half a century he labored in fl the full assurance, enlarged, after the analysis ' and , contrast,1-, that his works would be u npopular and jn the History, you know, ; has. heen defined to be (and especially those to Liberty,) would an jmpenshable monument to his fame.1 form We begun this in several res : :r' ; b illltli rme et KhtnbiliuJ. T Um AndsheYgouetotheUkeoftheDismalSwampa -. Where all night ronz by a fire-flv Iamb. : . :Sr.-. " . . ' . - - - . full assurance that, they" would be immortal.'' I philosophy teaching by example, and the d- Did the Poet deceivej himself ? We cannot 1 uion 'is a most correct oao, for-a proper think so. " A3 we pausej" to borrow, the "elo- study of the past is the Ipnly road to i futuie She paddles her white canoe. -. And her fire-fly lamp. I soon shall 'see, -. fAod her paddle-1 soon shall hear ; - Long and loving rur life shall be, z, : -; And 1 u hide the maid in a cypress tree, ! V hen tne footstep of death- u bear I " occasion ana the abuity and, eloquence with which it was developed, and. the hrportantflr eniorccd, of firmness of purpose, and integrity ct cnaracter, as illustrated m the person of the brave bid BroDhaL.waa hirhlr intereetiB? and a o . o i a a a. t J ai . 1 1 inbvrucuTB io an ; oui waa raicuiaiea G?'y ft:.
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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June 10, 1858, edition 1
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