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'ao n o tiv # poems* smeh as **iOBi 0*3haxit#r^ an! to tter* # Batur&syr lig h t* 1* M lfM trs^ m l o f o M soonos © m r e ise t l i e gro& iest tm fisi*
Moo on tb s mimt# of imthsnm anthers*, Sim© they liwed
■'• ,-;: <?
fo * tb s a s s t part along th * A tiarrtio seaboard amid ©oantry o f w ide d iv e r s ity o f soeaerjr, tait In many way a c lo s e ly
a kin t o 'to#'ty&s of abjeats w iih wMmbMmm Mm fhm iiiar*
they m m to tor# losto eonstaut to&igto im #rert$tog 1#
tb a ir own seot ions & rociant io fe e lin g fifc? tho beauty that to # th e ir £ to i|r ■$#to#toleiite to 'mmy i t brought h d e sir e
to w m m $iii$h fo r th eir own eosaminlMoa wtot itotofagtsn iw ia g liai. dose fo r bhotodsoo W » m fa iley * the o rea tio o o f a b d ^ ©ft legends im--m d istin o tx y m m im m settin g *
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OM ortanately, in the South, t h is daair# 414, not h seams a r tic u la te ezeept la a vague, general way, but was a thing to be tosge& to r . -there was 4 mutual fe e lin g o t intense pleasure In fin d in g them selves able to copy plaees and tb in gs about wMoh Bams neutered so many- o f M s poems.
A w r ite r t o tto - Southern lit e r a r y Ili&eeenKer sa y s o f th * gjy Jtj IT* S’ *ur' .JliJiMI# a ’ ■■s'lt ijlY' 'm ‘ Mr ■“— ast/ a. «kdt. *aa*
»OQ&a8 0* , joUrO# # ;: J06JSS*
"Buraa’e wont was o f perpetualdevotion to Soot land. He seams to to re been shot op w ithin ism eardinal $ o in ts—to have
gazed as her eastern son and western stars* nn t»*>» highl Snow 8 Qa# hO^ B it Mai©
flowers* Be Xored to r brown elcm&s and misty sk ie s, &s& to r aurfsoe was to Mm
a t t t o l t o i A f l o w t o whloh to# moved £to*
ward M the mossi© temple o f th e mao##* His atojtottt and Imagery were Xoeal* 3to M*fcar the moors* th e straths* tto# tra**- t i t le a s, the toieto^* the m s ti* oustcrne* m& the torvest m m m o f hi# native land mere the themes wtolefe resounded from h is ©ystoX* Painters hare follow ed in h ie wakm, ato engravers have retu eet in to the o& ptivity o f th e ir art every ©hjsab to# toe towtotot****’
M mmm general u g l i e s t it o to to# South ie the CtoSMSsif #ompa*lsto #£ torn Moore w ith B sm st
#e#m ^a#‘WiNiih:#eepipf
IS . Southern lite r a r y Messenger; If e l . 16. Bo. 3 .
S f **
timerb .to # g a x ta i
m aidst trimmed herder# mM c u ltiv a te d ri# fa # * whioh insrlhe t a
M fteM n ,e f XQMnps Bream* *
luran*# flo w e r # a re to e «eui*t&fn .d aisy* th e r t e l e t t o new- maasy sto n e , aM
mafei m sp rin g spontaneously e p e n th e riot* and ranied- f i e l d s o f matone* Moore is * howerer* n e t /le s s n a tu ra l fc#e#aa# he i s f t o p oet <f e ie g t o t se a ie ty * - t o r
la la m s more m heoaue# h# bm s e le e te d tom to t soars© a t -Ms in sp ir a tio n to©
tan gled wildwoocl* th e rt# hness o f moan- t a in so ©aery, and t o t eno hasted stream© or h is a a tif© land* th ey a r t stu d en ts t o l r o f d iffe r e n t p sge* o f t o e g re a t hook o f ttatoM ****
One o f the a a tk ti oh araoterietios o f \tfee tonto*
landw ae a deep enjoyment of ham© l i f e # M #
le r # f o r t o e to ta k a l t o a s t i e s -of to e fmm mme an t t h f
responses o f t o t iadirl& uai# in th e home o it o le gar# the
poetry o f t a l an im portant p la te in th e Soathem heart#
itagr ere to # refereu### to »fhe O otterfe to to * to r l i g h t ,«
#n& none i s nor#: ;sfgnlfto«uat th en th e fo llo w in g ! ^ho fa n « e a s a fan stan d , in du lgen t a# a fa th e r , a generous to o th e r * . and a ' ooaatant frien d * t o th reaten # fr ie n d -' sh ip w ith d is s o lu tio a , h ot has no inA te n t io n a t to # tim o f d is s o lv in g h i#- e t o la l tie # * to f e l t th e o h a r h o f hone# to # p leasu re# o f th e f ir e s id e , t o t th e en tto m en t# o f domesti© l i f e * ' I t 1#
im p assib le th a t *fh# C otter*a to& ostoy lig h t* eould to r e heea w r itte n t o a -man who h af neren f e l t to e p rop riety o f
devotion***"
M * Southern lit e r a r y to sa en ^ en ¥01* 1C* to * ;t , A o ril-*• *
Mm a sim ilar mm 'Mmm «. thought i t *Wmm *tm C •Shunter** l e t ms tm a i/t#
f$h# C otter*# .% tordsir ligb b ** t o d escr ib e $&* m erits i s aboire jsy pett*
.1 siwqr th a t man1# heart* mim read .it
w ithout p erc eiv in g i t s fcreo * Shere . i | a p ish o f f e e lin g in th e d escrip tio n * which -is fan g r e a te r in h erita n ce m th e humbler
mmlMm of
l i f e than m il th e pomp and grandeur which th e world con 14 bestow* low tr u ly in te r e s tin g t o -see. th e f#tfcer* th e mother* dim th e *wee th in gs* a s th e aagio pen o f omr harm p a in ts them: round th e fr u g a l board* j»d'titan the humble p ra ter f o r - W t p rotection * ''I0la th e r ^ ta tn i I s th e fo llo w in g e d it o r ia l I n th e J a gasta " • iB B a g
*1# I s n o t e s s e n tia l to th e happy home that- th ere. should he th e lu m iy of- th e carpeted f lo o r , th e r ic h ly cushioned s o f t , th e s o f t shade o f th e a s tr a l tamp* th e s e e le g a n c ie s g ild th e apartments*
hut they reach n e t th e heart* I t i s neatn ess* order* and a ch ee rf u l h eart which make home that- sw eet p arad ise i t
so o fte n 1# found he he* th ere i s ic y *
a s .real*, .as h e a r tfe lt* by th e cottage; f i r e - e i t e * a s 'Mm- th e moat splendid
sa lo o n s o f w ea lth a n t refinem ent* What a t « e | y p ic tu r e h a s t e l gitrsa ms o f th e return, o f th e c o tta g e r to- M s home* a f t e r th e labors" o f th e day;,
wdb le n g th his- lo v e ly c o t appear# .in view* 'Sssieftth4 th e s h a tte r o f an aged tr e e *
th e exp ectan t wee things* tod d lin g* stagger thro* t o a c e t t h e ir dad* w ith f lu t t e r in g n o is e and g lee* His c le a n h ea rth -sto n e, h is i b r i f i i # wife*© sm ile* th e lis p in g in fa n t p r a ttlin g on h is knee*
S e e s a l l M s weary cash ing ceres- b e g u ile *
and makes &u* u n it# fe r g o t M s lab cr-an d h i# t o i l* fh# lu m r ie s and: elegan ce# o f l i f e are
n o t t o be a sB p ised . Ww* are to be re« o elv ed w itb g r a titu d e to Sim wbo has prw ld eft them' .fa* oar eaje®aH»t*«*“ ’
i; Vol. 1, Bo. 6, Kars* 1839, * . 23.
m 3 3 m
Mmm 'the w lih te
i t s e l f , 1mm l i f e wm# cm a more e s f t a f t f t ' - t B s w » # - ' th e ©am# fe a l$ n g :;;of:- for#. f o r home m e t have th e
ootmtny and would a t any o u t M t b lo o d t m h er* Im poured fo r th b io In** 11 error^ am /fo r g o t t h a t bo w a# r o c p e c t a b ilit y n e v e r waw t u it e ik u lh e n ob le 02? wmf m th e a, fitap-n;. * which fo r g o t| and ♦ or I llu s tr io u s * in trea so n a b le o: a s fo llo w s : wffee celeb ra ted F le ie t e r somewhere says*
*0iv e mo th e making o f a people*e songs*
end. l e t who w ill make th e ir law** and,
la m e has* In th e com position o f h is songs* p laced h im self on an © duality
'Witt* o b i le g is la t o r s o f t i e T O ridlr-F< p&lace* t hey onsiuagt th r ille d * and open b is tone lin g ♦ to ld over a ie W illie l a s n ot -'has-not b een ; a i r o f
Biedi* baa w e lle d
earn n ot J o in in t i e chorus o f la s o* k Pee k of?
sadness w h ilst lis te n in g tar.hifi ‘Farewell
t o jyr* and M s eelebfated^^M ary in ,' Seaton*? l a M l th ese* and many more* which -are fa m ilia r a s very prelrerbs in
oar mouths* th e p oet la s shown sueh a v e r s a t ilit y * , and y e t ©aeh am en firen esis .. o f ta len t~ ~ su eh ten d ern ess a n d d e llo a o y in M s sorrow—y e t* w ith al* so pare and
d e lig h tfu l a rapture in M s m irtbj he weeps w ith so tr u e and f e e lin g a, heart*
and laughs w ith sunk load* and. a t th e 1
mmm
binemm&
unaffeotedmirth,
th a t he fin d s #jmp at to whmrarer M s harp i» strung* the subjects he ohose, the:flrae* natural s ty le la wMoh to treated them* te r # woa Mm th is p r a ise ^ and I t sh a ll endure* the constant and l a s t l y trib u te o f generation a fte r generation."*5
t o i t e u n lik e Walt Whitman, whs proolaimed him-* i i e i f th e ^poeb o f M i maaMM^ t o t was t i t M B l t I g n o r e d t o o e p i h r * f t p l i t e r a r y
§m
$ l e i B u r n t w r o t e f o r l a a n k t i s d ani was read and lured by M l M asses* the iit o t o u it oa ttitu d e towards Bam s i s w e ll illu s t r a t e d in -tfe* fo llo w in g
e d ito r ia l from the
"Who remembeze Qeorge the f h lr it &t points to one goo4 notion that tw
over perfomed? The name
at
Basroai s heasO at every hearth; I t i s fam iliar as a household *ror4, a a i h is undying verse l i e s in every heart, Afttf3Lft1y>ff n n d d M I g h t f i f t g f M l * B U toS#* '
though a peasant* mm a s much su p erior t o Oeerg# th e th ir d a s f i r # guinea# are t o th ree #M llJjigs~~yew* in f in it e ly su p erior t o th a t r a tio * Would th a t th e world had done Mm Jmet io e w h ile m M r e tf* *
M tot B um s wee th e p oet o f a l l e la e a e e 1# evid en t from th e
ffHow u n fortu n ate in M e l i f e * a l i f e
o f t o l l * disappointm ent* f p r e r i f * e a t d e se r tio n ; and y e t , t o some r e s p e c ts,
how u n fortu n ate! fo r he lu r e d and was h#*»
lo red t o sought fame and obtained i t s M s very resid en o e has besom e o la ssi© ground* a r e so r t f o r t t o lo v e r s o f th e
tr u e aid th e b e a u tifu l; tod th e basic#
t o the fw*e&* th e loon* and th e jy r t a r e
•* dS""»
bees irendered a s immortal by M s Terse as Xantbas, Soamander, and S in o is. M s genias i s ooasidered a s an expression o f national character, and revered by Scotchmen as snob. Wherever tb s English language i s spoken, b is b eau tifu l songs, whether o f lo re or war, o f exq u isite -
s e n s ib ility or touching pat bos, hare wreathed fo r *the inspired bard* a never-Sying chaplet o f renown. nB
Howard C aldnsll, w ritin g in K naaell's Magazine. s ta te s tbs-
case In siBW^sS mmm
*#*
“fhe only men wbo see so beauty in Hogg, Baras, Hoore, ana th e bumbler song w riters, are those « o U , ca l cu latin g, mechanical persons who are amazed a t any m anifestation o f fe e lin g , ana wonder a t th e enthusiasm o f th e ir neighbors."6
the. demooratio popularity of Barns i s noted
by
Henry fimrod: "Where, sinoe th e t in e o f H ilton , hastb s reputation o f
waxy
p o st, with, tb s sin g le ezeeption o f Bums, commenced? Sot w ith them l
titu d e . a few o a lti* rated persons explain th e admiration to the popular heart, whiah sohoes i t maoh as an emptym m
echoes a v o le s . Brea the. popularity of tb s songs of Bums tiedmore
we are disposed to a ttrib u te rather to th eaim
t o which they have been married than to the excel lea se -of th e ir .poetry**"One should note t h a t f l a r e d i s making a plea- in t h i s a r tic le fo r appreciation o f th e o la e sio a l sonnet. He admits th e demooratio appeal o f Instil to the- m ultitude; the o r itlo a l opinion o f Burns's Terse .is th e r e su lt o f c o n flic t in tb s
5* H a ssell's Haa&aine; 7 o l, .1, Ho. 1 , A p ril 1857, p . 07. 8 , Southern 'Quarterly SGowicw; f o l , 1. Ho. 1. January
i&y, » ; Hz.• ,,v —
him
whiote * tlio adm iration ttetmateltfas oror tela whol%
#* 1
Stream ; a H etasfi
a w®mm% a t
^0i** rtnlsy Stream