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'Ill paK»- :i, \i Ulcd liy p^•^Ini^.^io^ uf .\lis,rs. < lia'lis StTiliiirrs Scm-, and llic youthful portrail by l«rnii-.i.jii „i .Messrs. Houghton, .Mirtlin It Lonipany and l'rofrss.)r Kdwin Mims. in hIiom Lift of Sulnfy I UHur II apptars. Phe lelter of whuli a paur u ri-prudiicrd Mi fac-nnilr »va> lent by Mrs W A l|.,p>.,n, of Macon, (ja.. by wli'm- i-ouric»y aUo I am ciialdeil lo (|iiut<: the poem, ■/" 6. //., and the paisages iliat follow from the Lanier- llopson c.rrespondenic .\lr». Sidney Lanier, widow of the |KK-t, kindly examim-<| the ..riginal .M.S. ami made several valnabli- o.rroctions ami stiK){i-<ition<, I am nnicli indcht.-.l aKo In .Mr Harry .«iil«<!l Edwards, for his thonglitfnl word> ni lntr..diKiion, ;.i,d to .Mr. C. E. Cainplwll, of Macon, whose memory and intiresl have been of constr..,. service I would rccoKni/e «iili t.rai,T,„|, ,!„, cooperation of all iliese friendly aiders. The Umklet is issued under the auspices of the Sidney l-anur Chapter of the fnilid OaiiKhters of the Con fedcmr v . an<l It is nitende<l -hat a portiiMi of the proieeds shall be devt>ted to Lanier memorial purposes under tin control an<l tlin-clioii of this ( 'li,i|iifr. G. H. C .Macon. ( ,,i , .M.n, i;)07 G69799 ^mn^immv^tn^n^s^Mn^ ILiff cinh i5>ong It ;if«' wcri; raiiKlil 1,> a clarioncl. \inl a »iM heart, tlirtil.liinjr in ||„- ,..,.,1 Sli.Mild tlirill its joy ami trill its ir, i. Ami) utur its heart in every (ittil. Then uuiili! this breathing clariomt lypp what the poet fain wcjnUj |„ : 1 '>r tinric of the singer- ever yet lias uholly lived his niinstrcK>. Or .liarlx snnR In. true, true thoiiylii, ilr ntieri> l..,.lir,l forth his life. Or ..111 ..f life and -onu has wrought The perfect one ..f man and wife: Or live.l and sung, that Life and S.iiig Mi.ght each e.vpres. the other's all. Circles- if life or art were long .Sinee li.ith were ..lie. t.. -land ..r f.ill. •S.. that the H.m.kr -trnck the c-.iwd. Wlio shouted it al.out the land: His si'iig uas i')ih liviiig ahmd, His -M>rk. o sinniiii; with his hninl' - .Sidney Lanier. lS6s (Copyright l.y Mary D. Lanier. V«oA l.y permis,i,.n of Messrs Charles .Scrii.ner'. S..T.S. I t^ Sntrobuctioii It i~ one of the mysttrie": tliat we in reality learn n.4liiim vital fr<.ni the piuts except to rcali«-. That which they tdiich within iis is there awaiting the toncli.— planted with the soul, in the soul Or is it the soulr Ihey teach us. hut they teach us to ^e,• farther and hear letter. They awaken the nnder,tanding to it.s own deep-laid invironment. and appeal to the perfection ..f the nndrcamed- of knowledge within ns. Of the little world wr inhabit they make a universe and open every winilow into an eterpity of time and space. We learn without the poet-, hut without iheni we cuiild never rer.lize fully, that the ,oiil is not ini- l.nsoned. We can find our way wnhout them, hut not the harbor. Who are the poets? They are tlie men of the chisel, the brush, the viol and the pen whose work reveals us to our- selves. These, alone, knock at the loor of our third nature, our third selves. For. if we are fashioned after Go,!, made m Ihs image, we are each three in one. When ,e know what is the third in the H..ly TrinitC. we shall know what is third in us. Shall we call it the Eternal Femmine? It will serve. We oidy kn..w that it is at the foot of this throne the poet kneels. It is easier with this i.rni l,. reali/e the .Motherhood in nature: to know that the color ..f the leaves, the blush and perfume of the ros,.. the whiteness of the lily, the son^r nf the birds, the sunrise an<l the sunset, the sohum umrmur of the tidal marsh, stars whose Klittering silence is unheard music, are not elemental facts, but ilie expression of some- thing l,ehiiid,-of that whicli IS the source of all thini;- beaiitiful. tender, good, happy, exalted and peaceful; of iIr- universal .Mother whose hereditary lines are graven in us Here is tlie poefs chosen home, tli,- l.,nd of our half- dreamed dr<ams. the land toward which at some time every man and woman has yearned. .'\nd its gateway lies in every soul. What ha- ihis t,, ,lo with the work tli.it follows? This. I he people «ho knew and loved him as little realized the greatness of Sidney Lanier and his missic i as thev di<l the writings on the r own so„|s "is not this the Carpenter's HliUrobuction ^im'r" was not more naturally :i-l«<l in the ages gotir. iIkih were the l|nr^lil)n^ llial MirnninMi ■! the developing jjeinns ipf our beloved townsman. (lentlenian, nnisician; eliaste, lovable, brave and kcmitimis? ^■e•- . xranled in a breath. A |ii»-l nneiinalled in \nienca ; Hardly. He was to teach ns all k'ttcr Whiii we learned to read our own hieroylyph ies. Lamer'* nie<~axe needeil no translation. It bail Ijeeii niiilerstood. It fell to the writer of these line- to pnpare. a- innior editor of 7/ir .l/ii. .-ii Telegraph. In- home paper. Uinier's obiinary a (juarter of a century Mine. He ha<l a- little idea, with all his boyi-li admiration lor a great man. of the real (.■reatnes- of Lanier, as li.id the average citi7eii. It was only after the bnnian voire annihilated -pace over a wire, a lab • .ratory toy develirped into the w-irld's great illuminator, in- tricate sounds were written on a disc for reproduction, ami Hirele— messages tonclud with con-cionsnes- the -eparated ii.nids of men, that he fully realized the depth, the beauty, the gooi|ne-s of one he wa- woiii to meet upon the streets, l.anier'- mos-age had gone roinxl the world and come back. It was the same message, but the man and the men wli.i caught it better iinderstoo<l th,at while they slept this pale- faced coniradt- who bad slept on the N'irginia hills with the -tarlight in hi- eyes, had risen to hurl jewi-lled -pears into the future and set the bounds of knowledge where they fell. We are -till picking up these jewcl.s In the article that follows Profes,or Clarke has ski fully outlined Sidney Lanier in the environment that produceil him. Hi- reference to .Vlacon is especially ajit and charm ing. a history in few lines, delicately conveying a flavor of the Old South. His reference to Lanier K-tray- the student .iiid the -yiii|iatliet!c Mid appreciative friend of the poet 1 he work, though short, becomes at once an important • hapter in the world's hi-tory of Lanier yet to be gathered and boiiiiil. II.VRRV Sril.WEI.T. F.llWMdiS. > ^omc iAcimmsffncrg anb a Jfeto €aviv Urtters of ^ibnejP Hanier "All. tlid Mill iiiut sou Shellcv plain, Ami cliil In- -inp anil ^peak I.i yon. \iir| illil yiiii spi-ak to liini ajiain? Il.nv -iranyi- it -efm^ ami iii-\\ I" 1<iu:kki I'.uiiUMvc: \l,-iii"r,il'ili,i Thai the South can justly claim Edgar Poe tor her own is (Joubtlul enough. Even if the concrete facts largely favored such a claim, it is still true, as Professor Dowden declares, that " he would have differed little from his actual self had he been born on an Irish hill- side or in a German forest." Both Poe's point of view and his output are so e.\ce[)tional as to be virtually unique. He is not in verity a Southern poet, nor is he even unmistakably .American. To paraphrase a brief but meaningful line from The Bells, its vagrant author IS ' 'all alone." F^robably of Irish descent on his father's side; born in [Boston of an English mother; brought up by a Scotch foster-tathcrinVirginia; educated in England during five critical years of boyhood, and later al the L niversity of Virginia and West Point; a wanderer from city to city, though most attracted by cosmopolitan New I ork: Poe seems to have had ample o[)portunity to be- come anything but a respectably representative Ameri- can writer. If Poe were sui generis, it is true in a sense that every poet and artist is so, yet, paradoxically enough, the flavor ot soil and climate is peculiarly apparent in the work of the most catholic and universal of men. To be an Ameri- ican one must have State affiliation. To be a citizen of the world one must first be able and willing to live pretty (7) ^OMir lAfmiiiisfrnrfs nnb int<n>tly amid a specific loial tnviKiiinurii. lor tiic world IS made u() ol its own miniatuM-^. .And in SiJikv Lanier's lile and work there aie ample evidences ol his habitat. Lnlike 1 inirod ami I layiie, ho\v<'\er, ins iel- low-singers. he was first of all a poet and afterward a Southerner, though the " afterward" follows hard upon. Such greatness as h<' achieved — and it is fjegiiining to be seen that that i;reatn;ss is real was due to several contril)Utory cuises, which may vet all he traced to the single source of his personal temper as man and poet. He possessed, alone among Southern poets, the univer- sal outlook, tending to the timeless anil placeless; he was a student ol lile and ol literature; he was unasham- edly sincere; he was a mastei ol wordcralt, in jioint of music, meanings, individualities and kinshijis. He had more than the melodic power of Poe, tnucli ol the ideal- ity ol Lmerson, the human sympathy ol \\ liilinan. the book-love of Lowell and Longlellow. 1 hat his work is not, as a rule, finished; and that he was, as both poet and critic, too olten oppressed and overborne by his own theories of art. must be recogni/ru frankly, but it must be remiMnbeied as well that other and grs-atei [)oets have theori/ed and experimented, and not always to their ul- timate hurt as artists. VC hen Lanier i ame into his own, he knew his high momi^nt and yielded to it .ill he had and was. It is surelv tinu to stand up and say of this man's Sunrise and / Vie Marshes of Cilijnn that they are unsurpassed in sheer beauty o| lonii and de[)th ol insight among American |)oems. For America vsas in him and the South was in him. The Georgia o| his day was ver\' proud and very con- ser\ati\e,andthoughI^anier r( acted at limes against Ixith its "conceit, as he termed il. and its conservatism, yet (8) €arii' Hfttrrsi of ^ibnrp ILnnirr hf was a Crorgian in h>art and mimJ and l)odv. I'hc Mat oil in wliirli lir \\a^ Ix.rn. tclnuarv 3d, \HAJ, ind which he called his home until the early seventies, was a (|UJ( t riverside town dreaming in the sunshine ol mul- die Georgia, and much riore interested in the graces and jileasures of recipro ,il hospitality than in < mitne-.cialen- ler|)rists c)t great pith .ind moment. \'er\ jealously did the people observe the social and spiritual traditions of their distant British past, >lowly adapting these to the warmer climate ol Georgia, and taking on a clannishness ol view and habit that, buried bem-ath a livelier outward being, still persists, in particular among the older families of the .Macon o! to-day. Indeed, Macon is one of the mostcharacteristically Soulhi rn of all old Southerntowns. foreign alike to the bustling modernness of .Atlanta and liirmingham.and to the dual allegiancesof Savannah and .Nashville. ^ et e\en here the life of the past has become objectively much modified, so that to walk out of the house or office of an alert young citizen into that of an ante-bellum gentleman is sometim's to feel a sense al- most ol bewilderment. The old South is still to be seen in the generous but wistful eyes of many noble men and women in Macon and kindred towns. It is there and will be there until they die. They are in it, and of it, ar.d it is to them a holy place. And hardly less holy is the devotion of their children to tli same ideal, only that to them it is an ideal less closely linked with per- sonal memones and less likely, in their thought, to suff<'r serious impairment by contact with the things that are new. In this .,tately old community on the river Ocmulgee, a town rambling up and down a range of little hills, lib- erally dowered with trees and lawns, and traversed by (9) %>omt lAfininistciucs nnb spacious strccls, Sulnrv L.aiiici i;rr\\ up. a ginllf, hon- orable, seiiMlivi- SnUtlliTIl l)OV, Str'l!1ir|y att.K lictl to his sister, Ccrtudc. iioss dcul; .itul to h.is hrother, Clitford, wlio slill survives hini. I lis lather. Robert Samiison Lamer, has been tlesi nbeJ to me by several who knew hini as among the most ca[)able ol olfuf lauvi rs in old .Vlaeon. ol line physical presence, a well-connected and culture-d man. and a true gentleman. His mother, Mary Jane Anderson, was the daughter ol a N'lrginia planter, and a peuiliarlv though not narrow 1\ religious woman. I h<' laiiiilv life w as gracious and affectionate, and. among the ihildnn, playful. The girl sang at the piano, or romped m lh<' garden ol llieir High street home. 1 he boys lbhe<l and hunted a- well, .ind lile ran verv pleas- antlv. Of Sidney's earlv schooling in the Bibb County Acad- emy, several ol his friends still living in Macon speak with clear meniones. Mr. C^harles E. Campbell. Colo- nel C. M. W'll.'V, aid Messrs. C. i^ Rob<>rts i who now occupies th<' old Lamer home i and Mat K. f-reeman were all among his mates. They unite in describing him as a singularly attractive boy, not so much in physical apfiearance as in an indescribable air of gentlemanhood, ri-minding one of I ennvson's c haraiteri/alion of Arthur 1 lallam in In Memoriam: I Ir villain fiMU-v lUrliiij; li>. |)R-w in till- ivprc^^i.'ii "i ;mi tyc WIi, r. i,r.,\ :ni.! \- ■ ••■ ''••'■' ■■ In truth, Lanier was a boy ol normal lun and energy, but keyed to an ex()uisite personal dignity and purity, a bu\ whose conduct um iringly reflected his character, and w ho was earnesllv admired and beloved by hisyoung ( 10) €arlt» Urtters of ^tbiifp Unnirr 4 comrades. Them he loved as ardently in return, though a certam reticence forbade confidences [)assing beyond the give and take ol boyhood. At tremulous peace with the iiiner self of his young visions, he awaited his time, half-conscious of he knew not what, livmg meanwhile .' jutward life of good cheer and hard work. Mr. Campbell, for his part, who was then and long there- after very close to Lanier, though he did not antici(«te his friend's literary fame, was always aware of him as "a knightly and clean-tongued" boy. The affairs of the Academy were administered by George H. Hancock, afterward a professor in Wes- leyan Pemale College, and by P. A. Strobel, as princi- pals, assisted by Fredenck Polhill, William Hill, and one Ryan, an Irish mathematician of original habits and temper. Ail of these men found in Lanier an accurate and persevering pupil, though fond of frolic and the minor sports. The Academy at length Ion its best in- structors, and most of its students were scattered among local teachers and tutors, while Lanier served for a time as clerk in the Macon [)ost-office, and passed some three years or more of desultory study before enteri.ig Ogle- thorpe University, at Midway, Ga. At this small Presbyterian college, which became defunct in I 872, Lanier developed rapidly on the intel- lectual and s[)intual sides, later in life testifying to the fine influence exerted upon him by Prof. James Wood- row, of the chair of science. This man was, for his day, an advanced thinker and scholar, and was possessed also of a sunny humanness of temperament that went far to cover heretical lapses — lapses, no doubt, indifferently misunderstood by some of his colleagues and most of the college trustees. Lanier was greatly broadened by con- (II ) !S6»omf lAfmiiusfcntfS »inb tail with Or. Woodrow, and became a /eslful reader and exjilorer in several de'pnrlnient> of studv. I lis flute practice, loo. begun in the .Academy days, continued to express the music within hini. " 1 le plaved directly and naturally from the first." says Mr. Campbell, "as one hardly conscious of effort or obstacle." I lis early interest in the flute se(-ms to haye been ai liyely fo'-lered bv his friend Campbell and by C". K. Kmmeji, .uiolher friend who played admirably, and who gaye their initial musi- cal impulse to a number of .Macon yount; men. Mr, Campbell was with Lanier when hebouijht his first "real" flute, a humble but reasonal)ly effectiye inslrumentcosting $1,25. In Macon, indeed, nearly all ol Lanier's closest friends were musical, and many are the memories of boyish concert meetings and moonlight serenades. La- nier soon deyeloped an astonishing mastery oyer the flute, and might haye played the f'led Piper of i lamelin when and where hi- would, lor he could instantly charm any company into silence, tears or smiles. Music and ro- mance were continually entering into him and escaping from him. in his life as on his lips. Seycal of the older ladies of Mac-n recall with affectionate appreciation his gracious manner toward \yomcn, and remember him as a dreamy loyer of girls, who had, as varying symbols of a higher than human romance, "a sweethea:! in eyery port." Into the (juiet ha[)piness of these well-ordered days novy broke the growling notes ol war. Lanier, in common with every other young Southern man of courage and honor, heard the first shots with a curious feeling of mingled awe and e.xultation. Early in No- vember. I 860, the people of Macon drew up a solemn statement of the wrongs of the South, and at midday of ( \l) I <£iiilp Uf ttfis of %>i\M\tv Uamrr Dfc-rnber 1st, "precisely at the hour the ordinance of secession passed in South Carolina," as John C. Butler narrates in his llislmij of Macon and Cenira! Ceors^ia, "one hundred ^uns were fired in Macon amidst the ringing of bells and the shouts ol the people. At night, a procession ol fifteen hundred persons was formed, with l)anners and transparencies, and as they marched, an- other salute of one hundred ^uns was fired, while the bells kept u[) a lively ringing." On January j'^th, 1861. Georgia seceded, amid scenes of great cxcitenunt. and instantly there swept over the State the sounds of fiery orations, sighs of the fighting-passion, and calls for volunteers. I o these calls l,anier and many other Oglethorpe boys were among the first to respond. Ac was not long deceived in his own mind, it is true, concerning the prob- able outcome of the war — it early became to him the "Lost Cause" yet he fought on with surelovalty until captured and committed to prison at Point Lookout. }• rom the horror and bloodiness of war Lanier's w hole soul constantly revolted, but his duty was seen and done. Military service was w ith him a matter far less of physi- cal enthusiasm than of uncalculating allegiance lo a high idea. An anecdote told me by .Mr. Campbell illustrates tl. . Dugnance felt by Lanier to realizing in his own ca- reer a a soldier the ordinary "privileges" of a survivor on a h 'd of battle. It was after Chancellorsville, when Lanier, well-nigh in rags, was passing the corpse of a Federal private. Suddenly the neatncs,s and newness of the dead n-.an's shirt caught his eye. He hesitated for a moment, but, quickly deciding that he could not take the shirt, moved on. Within a few minutes he had repented his scjueamishness. reminding himself of his sore need of 03; i^oinr l^riniiuscrnfrs anb a whole ^artncnl, and urjjiny upon hiiiiscK the ^tron(5 [irobabilily that the Icdcral would not, undrr the cir- i umstancos, he^jrudgc the transfer. H\ the timr he had returned, however, he (ound to his clui^nn that a less tender-tonsiienced male had dexterou>lv captured the shirt en passant. Kroni Dercmher 1st, 1861, to April, \H(,2, Lanier was a member of Mes-, Nunihcr I our oj the Georgia Barracks, canipini; in Norfolk lair grounds, Virginia. I h's mess wa; the model one ol the camp, having ten memhers distributed among eight bunks. One bunk was occupied by Lanier, another by C K. Li.imeJI, a|d a third by W. A. Hopson and C. L. Cam[)l)ell. AlliBf the ten men were on terms of intimacy and goodwill at one time they constituted themselves a "f'lckwirk Club" and took a peculiar pride in maintaining the cleanliness and attractiveness of iheir (quarters. Mr. Campbell recalls hcnv faithful and amiable Lanier was in the performance of the s<>rvices recjuired of him and in his helpfulnt'ss on the social side of the camp life. A good deal of flute ('laying went on, and there were many animated discussions concerning things military, musical and intellectual. Most of Lanier's experiences here, asa member of the Macon Volunteers, were reason- ably pleasant, but when, in I 86^, a change was made to Wilmington, N, C a harder life began. After en- gaging in tfie week's conflict about Richmond, and some minor battles, the comp.inv vvas sent to Petersburg, and Lanier was able to obtain and enjoy a much needed rest. At Petersburg he first saw Lee, regarding him with a knightly reverence, as Sir Guyon or Sir Galahad his Arthur. Early in 1863 he was permitted a fortnight's furlough to be spent in Macon, and, u[)on his return, ( 14) SIDNKY I.ANIKK IN IWK Iv l.<Tmi««icin "f M<-i.sr». HouiihUm, MiHIJn & Vt ■arlr de v,„u |>hol.«ni|.h owiuU liy Mllti.n 11. N im|i«ny, Kn.ni a rihrup* (e»irlP IfttfiB of 4>ibnrp U.iiiirr acl.-d VMlh h,s l.n.llir,, Cliff,,,,!, ,,^ ., s.oul in Milli^jinV C..r|.> in \iri^ini... I |,i. pr.,\.,l ,, not t.,., arduous s.TVKc. .-nlivn.',! will, „,,,ny |4,vsi,,,l ami s,,, lal .livrr- sions I lra(l(|uarl,r~ u,-,,. at I ..rl Rovkin. ami it was hrir Ihal l^mirT uroli- the |„||,,u mj^ ,„,,.,|, |,, "(,. | { * ulios.- ui.-nlitv i> rrv.alr,] in tl„ su<ir«linK (Mv>a«.'- Ironi l.'tlrrs wrill.ii al.oul llw .,,rn.- Iinir. bfir ua-. a VouiiK V ir^inia girl wliosr gr.ur and charm l.a.l u.,n Ihr li.arts ot both ihr vounj? hrolh.-rs and ol tli. ir Irini,] and roniradr, Hopson, to whom 1 .anin p.-mill.-d ihr dim and iad.-d ( o|,v Ironi whi. h I iranM nix- Shr ha.l uriltcn 111 a Ictti r: " Do vou r.-ni.ml..-r th.- ' Hrou n H„d. ' ,„ ||„. I ),,„„„ oj Lxile, wh<.>.- vonn, a> \\r sal on his tr.r m I'aiac'iM was the last sound h.ard In /Vlani and Ia,- as ih. y lied aion^! the ^UiO-} So. (ncnd, do I send niv irv across tlnsc l)road stretches of nioonli(>ht ." In a copy set down a year or two late r in "th- hall, r.d old ledijer that received Mr. Lani.-r's hoards,.! poems, essays, (juotations. and so on" (I use .Mrs. Lanier's words), there are slight variations in the last line of the second Stan/a, and in the lirsl line of the cm Imlini; slan/a. I Co (P. U). Tlioit nxisl rare Uro«n liinj ,mi tlimi' I M,,, i,,.. .Ml lii;uiii-s«i't-( til iiif •'..IlUlh Ihy S.llm ,,f )„Jj.\ ,|pj.|, l,,y;,|n \iiil Inn- , liiyli niyalu .\ii,l |.,vf's sWift-plra.iiiiK loneliness in ij,,,.. 'Mir ,mc Star v..n,|er utl.ritl, f,,rtli lier IikIiI. Hit siIht call |,> niKlit, Ulio, wavcTiiiK lKtwi.,11 III,- I)arl< aii.l lirinlii Onimmtli with tinii,l fli«lit. " l.ik<- ,iiir uIki lusilalelh 'tHixt ttn.iii; aii.l rii.|,l (17; ^oinr iArniimsrrnffs -mb O. invLT HUb a iiiylit .so dark as 1! lint ihou ha~l -tin a '■igh "i l..ve, a, a -lar would send a l„:am, I., Hy l''.»iiwani trom om Hi- vkv ^ •\ii.l liKlii -i liiarl tliafs dark en..„Kl, t„ ,lir l\T',n'",'t!^"''-/""' '"■ "•"" ^'lN'T-Hca,„. i-T iiH- iiiri\ir drc.ini "^ M,;"hki^^^ ^h'V'""' " ^•"^- '"^"'^ ^"•-^- " I'lfiii iiKr l.nt -hall seem Ui,„s,. |.„v,-li«l,l ihrouKl, .nv |),,rk sl.nll .v.r Kl.ani' ^^On.hoo,h,.rs„|,-,;,lu. rnnnus, ,■„„.,,,„,,, |„,e N. (i...vl, ,.m1 -rts; o,„it. v,,,„|,, "'■y/T'-.'l-. till I.„v., i.x<,„i,„e inilh. '■ '"■ "f a iiii.ni cli-ar niaiili,„,,|, Urinisl riK-so verses v.e.. v Mten bv a vouni. man of n„t quite twenty-two, durmg a romantu: mterlud,. m a lile „ growma anxu-ty anJ hardsh,,,. H.nvev.T tentatue he.r oxecu on. thev show the g-nuinenes. of Lan.er's l-lmg for hie and nalur... Ama.-ur .n expression, they are tar Iron, amateur in instinct. ..nd the indep, nden- stanza,.! cast in an apparentiv un,rlate<l Hanilet-hke s rain. ,s vet a witness ,oth. deeper seriousness of th ! o. . .s outlook an<j the high-Lred quality of his humanity. I lii> ^tan/a, indeed, which serves to cor^dude 'A ' li-Cr T^ '''? ''T '''' "' ''"" Bovkin. and pub! I sfied ,n the regular edition of Lanier's poems, was no ^l-'f" I'-selv appended to Mr. | lopson's copy of the p. esen, poem by way of a earned o^ er comment or refer- ence that would be understood and responded to by the PoeU nend. In poin, ..I „me .nd circumstance and s.m,larUyo(phrasin, it.ouldse-™ that both po.>ms yrc addres... to "G. H, " Lamer characterizes ha already published as "a litUe poem which sang Sf (18) eiirl!.lmfr«of*it,„cpjr.arafr som fine Xh " r"' "' '"".^''^'^ ^°^" '^ '^"-- Po^'enty Lam, for a ll,.sp„,,| .„rclv «,,. ,.,vf,i-- pi^; :.'.--;f* •-'"•■'•'■-'" 1- o.h^r/h:v ;t 'nl ^"'^ f^'^'^^"'-^ d° -dge each r, "■ ,.',"•> f"n'n<J me of recruits tryino to march in file ; wh.hever one goes .n front, the h.L'Js, .TcTr^^^^^^^ 09) ^omr iArniimscfncfS nub to step on l„s lu.ls; and one knows not uli,.th.-r to weep for the wounds received th.reby, or to laugh at the awkwardness that caused them. ,. ' ' " * * * Cinna H. and I have become firm Soul-fri.-nds, She IS a noble creature, and has the b.st-cultivaled nund I've seen .n a long time. l\e m.fated he, mto the b,.auties ot iVlrs. Brownmt. and Robert B -oi^.ther with Carlvle and Novalis; whereat she is m a perfect blaze of en- thusiasm. She desires me to . member her very warmly to you, and to e.xpres. V ou her gratification that your only friend in franklin of the female ,.er- suasion ,s cross-eyed and otherwise personally d. !,< lenf smce so ,she added) you will have less temptation to orget your friends in Surrey. I-.ve young ladies visit the cast e shortiv to remain some t.ne; among them. M.ss Alexander, the intimate of Ginna, reputed a per- i^'ct paragon of all that ,s lovely, etc. We anticipate a good tirne. and wish that you were here, very much, to make it better. " .7 , lu in the midsummer of I H64 Lamer was sent agam to Wilmington. N. C where he and his brother Clifford served lor several months as signal officers on the vessels engaged in the dangerous business of runmng S ' .^'"m i- ^^ x'"'^ '" '^'^- '^"f'-^""- ^-"en from Snuthville. N. C. August _Mth of this year, presents a p.ctures.jue account of the life -military and socal- a:ep;!S" ^^'™^'"^- «"'>'-t.nef paragraphs "Ten or twelve Blockade-runners came into Port within a day or two alt.r our arrival here, and were mmediately placed ,n strict quarantine, .t being reported that the bellow fever was raging in Bermuda, and (20) <enilj) ttttns of ^ibiif p Uniiifr even that iher,. were cases on f.oarcl some of the vessels. 1 h>s proeeeding somewhat damped our hopes at first as we d,d not l,ke the prospect of being assigned to dutJ ■n the 1-orts protectmg this harbor, and awaiting the coming of Frost before we could proceed on our voy- cause of alarm alter riding out a Quarantine-term of hlleen days, are being released and allowed to discharge cargo and re-load I he 'Lilian ' wen. out last night; and to-morrow n.ght two of our party, Richardson and Langtiorn, go out as passengers on the ' Mary Celeste ' o bring in two new stea.ners now ready at Bern>ud'a. H IS r.-ported that there are a number of new blockaders .n foreign ports awaiting Signal Operators to bring them in. and it is probable that, in the course of two or three Pfr, f'Al \''^' "'^^"•■"V "f «"■- l"">y will sail from the rort tor tbat purpose. "I had a letter from that blessed Brown-eyed child yesterday which verily believe to be more'beaut, ul ban anything of the sort I ever saw. The letter was forwarded to me by Benson from Petersburg, she sun- pos.ng me st, I there. | transcribe a part of ,t for vour edification: ' I an, g ad .1,,.. ,o. see Mr. Hopson;' b" I do no forget that the moving of the Signal Corps pre- cludes all hope of my soon seeing him again. I do not know how Ae regards ,t, but it is a very unpleasant fact to me, as you know, Nlister Sid. By t'h,- way, did you deliver to him th.- package I sent, tog,.ther with the' his bund e of kind iTiessages ? etc., etc. ' Certainly I did ciidn t 1, fHoppy? "' f .?^?'' ?'r"'"f ' ^"""^ ^°''""'"' ' ^3^<' "!'■' fiere several ol the kind friends that I made two y<ars ago in Wil- mington. They are spending the summer here, and (21) ^^ojiif Krimniscfiirrs .mb pka.sant mIU^c. Insomuch that ,v,-rv day sine,. I have bee. here var.ou.s servants bcnr.ng whue-cov..,. 1 ) ,: of del cac.es or ru,t. or books. u,th not,. „f ,.. n . n.n.s fron, the lad.es. ' nngh. have been seen ' u d '" !>- way toward the S.final Quarters where 5' ''" .vP^ up the 1 roubadour uande.,n, ab. ut t" ^;;>>ou i could no. h!ipt.n::t'i:;;sr H .ns. Ive been wa.'.ng tc hear Iron. her. that I might send you her com.uents th.reon; but the d.a bol.ca „,a.ls are so slow that I cannot w .t any I ,„., for fear you ,n,ght th.nk me under the waves. ^ ^ ' foriSfr tT' ?■';"''. ^'r^""S''''^'''"^»'--' thlt the ! 1 ^^T: ^T' '^''"^^ ''"'^ "'0'n■"^ state that the vessel ran safelv through the blockidncW? r She . owned by the 'Alb.on Trad.ng G t ^ I'l E care a large amount of bonds, bes.des g," .'g h,;: l^' . "I do not know what time I shall leave her,> Tl m>n..nent prospect of an attack on S:;te-by'|;: (22) 1 i €avlv Hfttcrs of ^ibnep ti mm Yankees wll probably induce the Blockad.ng-hrms ,o keep their vessels .n port on the other s.de of the vv e' a far as possible. V^ere ,t not for this. I should getou ^« r> oon. .n a week or so; since large numbers of new vessels are waiting at Nassau Hal>f,v .n^R j r Pilots and Signal Officer^ ^'"""^^ ^°' the"Tllial ' "fi^^'? "'" "°^' °"', ^"'^'^^ Cliff on ly.ng at this port; and Leroy Godwin, his cousin Z daJor^^P ^Th ^^ '"^ Pl'''^''">' ^"" d°^^" here for a >ou about. Oh Himmel! If you knew! You d come. Don t make yourself uneasy trying to guess It; you couldn t do it m a million years ^ I havjn t the remotest idea where you are. and so recl.r ■' Idd'" ^"^""- ^^'r '"'^ - -- ' >•- leteive it, addressing 'care of ft Wi!. ,„ ^/I Signal 0/r,ce, Wilmington N C 'I am i ' '7' f^fr,--,> 11 1 k ', . ^' ' ani staving in the "b irw •:"'' ^""'' y'''"^"- ^^^-g '"vue'dtodo Own S C L."^" " ' "'^S"'^""' f^"«^- ' am, Your Only twelve days later the writer, then for the first "Luc;"" ^rnd r r "•^' ; "^ t^^^^ - •'-d t I o kou, TL ^T ^""^"'^u^' l"'^ ^as earned to Point months of which the memory alone must have sea"d (23) I /. ^, ^. Rl lX_ ttL^ P^ : ,. '/f_ 7 > /' X.-^^ ''-^/..-e ^. ''c /" ^ • > yu^.^^/., ./ ;- ./^Z^^^j/ ??1 ., 'i'Ui^.^^_ <L.^a^.^ cy/^f^'-i. , /?''-6t,,.._...^/xr. /'^ <"- -a^-^- ///,.,. > .y... We^ ^'"yY^/^ •" -.. /:.. -^.^- \._ KAlSI.MII.l: |.A,,K ,,|- l.ETTKIC yUOTED ON I'ACK ZS <e*ir(p ILettcvs of ^,b„f „ i. mirr tp« of foul ci.s. e^:i^': :tri " '•" ^^^-^ ^^ "- "f 'Almost ,„,,,,|,b|,. pa "1 , j'^:,:'"'''- '^■\^ -'-«de th's time da.,.s tlu. f,,l I «; "'n'^^^ -^"ul, and from f;'''^'--law;:;.:;''h^t5''"- Anderson.!,. '>' the disease he w.« ik , '""^"' "" 'f-'"' -^.;fr.-:;4i;:tt;-^:-;>'^''^'-'-nd„.o. fn.nds, .n uho" '7 "'' ^'"^°" ^"'' ^^"'' f^'-^ old boen n.ad,. 1,^1 "T" """"u>"''^ ''^^ ^'-«dy found Ins lather K, :;,'"'■" '" '^ "«'-- town he togHherw,,hh,:; ::l;,t';;'5^t^-C';'y• -Kl Mr. Day. ^vhohadl,.:d^■^'^,„S;"'-:/^"'- ca(l<,n, were nerm.lle.l f > , ? ''"""" 'h'" ^a- f f"urash:^2^d:^X''T'^''''"^^''^^^^• <h<•ir sons „|„.n v,s,,,' h ^ '''"'"' '""'• '-'"d fi^^re ('''■a^ure to iVI.ssD^v """■''•'I ^yarranl to g,v,. n-a.theop!:n:£;.i;r;n';'7t'r'''" --heLanK.rhon:onlh,i;'s,;;t'tte'^¥J^ marriage to<,k pla<e D<- '■niber 19th. I«67. m Chnst Church, Macon. Rev H F'r «""'■'" ('ampb,.|| procured the ll 7^''^ " ''nat.nij. Mr. He tells mMha, L ntr n^^^^ '"^ "Hddle nan e ( ' r T t'VT^ «' ''^'■'^ '™e «nenh,nMnr;;o' Sa::L a'""'''r^'- i-'avid L. Llopton, a kinsman (25) :3&omf lAfinmiscfiirrs anb and a dl^tlnglll^ll.■d mcnilxr ol (lu- Liiil.d Stales Con- gr<'ss Irom MaLinia. I'crhaps LanicrV |,ijt|,<,M. m omittiiif^ It luiw was not a (ully dclincd one, though pos- sibly he l.'lt the euphonious virtue of "Sidney Lamer," simply, as ha[)pier lor him and (or his work. For by this time he had a sure sense of his literarv and inusual powers, and an inward assurance of days ot lultilnient, however remote. The cei-.-..>ny itself was iinmarred. but at the ensuing reception, held in the home of Mrs. James Monroe Ogden. a daui^ht.r ol the Mrs. Lamar iiienlion.'d at)ove. the t-own ol another daughter, one of the hridi sinaids, caught tire Irorn an ojieii grate, the li.ime fjemg almost instantly extinguished by watchful friends. The newly made .Mrs. Lanier, who had already withdrawn, ovetcome with the exhaustion in- < ident to an attack of mala.ial fever and to the excite- ment of th<> day, was fortunately spared the sight of this accident. Even u hen it was made known t(3 her, she writes me, she was "still too v.eak to feel alarm, or even to reali/e the cruelly of having that bright evening made a blank for me." Of tlie happiness of Lanier's after-life, despite the shadows of sickness and poverty, any adeijuate state- ment must speak positively. It was a life of energy; of growing power and performance; of ripening friend- ship's \Mth such men and wom(>n as Bavard Taylor. Gibson Peacock, [^aul Hamilton Havne, and Charlotte Cushman; and of that tender love for his bride she was alwavs his bride— that is breathed m the husband's simple tribut.-v.-rse. My Sprh",. Mr. Campbell tells of the naiv(>, incredulous joy with whicli Lanier once showed lum his newly-arrived son, expatiating in glow- ing style upon the delicate b-autics ol his form and •> •t ^26; tarlv UftttiS of *ibnfP Uamcr •I features. And Lowell once said that the ii.ia^e of the poet's shining presence was among the kindest and Inendliest in his nicniorv. The success of his poem, Lorn, lirst publish, d in I.if.)piiu(>lt's and of his Cantata for the Centennial F.xposition at l^hiladel|ihia, did niu( h to redeem Ins spirit from the clogs and fardels of its hodily frame, and his late too late connection with Johns 1 fopkins gave him op()orlunity to fashion his critical ideas into lecture form. I lis apfieal. however, it must always he remenihered, is characteristically that of a poet, whether couched in critical form, or fictional, or melodic. A great heart, a noble mind, an ex(jiiisilely sensitive lover of humanity and ait and Gnd ; he liv< d a life of growing strength in growing weakness, as the last of his poems must testily. It is the wnter's hope that these bnef reminiscences and gathered extracts may have served to express in some measure the spirit and direction of that life's seed-time in the self-containi d old Macon of "before the war" and the missionary Macon of the Confederacy. (27) 1 . I >Cii '3" T T P()\ a ilou .ipollo met the ^^ Muses and the Ciiaces in swcef sport, mixed with earnest. Memory, the ^rave and noble mother of the Muses, was present lil^ewise. hach of the fourteen spohe a line of ierse. Apollo he^an. then each of the nine Muses sans; her part ; then the three Graces warbled, each in turn; and finally a low, sweet strain from Mem- ory made a harmonious close. This was the first sonnet: and, mindful of its origin, all true poets take care to bid Apollo stride the key-note for them when they compose one, and to let Memory compress the pith and marrow of the sormet into its last lines. •} • » -SiPNKV LaMKK. f^a4:3:J]:J4xADc^i^:tT4i^ iCiirlp Ifttfrs of *>ibnfp Hamrr features. Ami L.well onie s.ud thai the ima«e of th.' port's shminj! |>resente was anions the kindest and liundliest in his memory. The suicess of his [.o.m, Com, first pulihsh.d in l.ippimoll\ and of his ( .intal.i hir the (-Vntennial Kxpusilion at I'hilad. Ipliia, did miu li to redeem his ,s|,irit Ironi the tlogs and fardels ol its ho(hlv frame, and his lat<' too late connection with Johns i lopkins (jave him opportunity to fashion his critical ideas into lecture form. \ lis appeal, however. It must always he rememhered. is charac l.risluallv that of a |)oet, whether couchic) in cntical form, or hctional, or melodic. A great heart, a nohle mind, an ex(juisilely sensitive lover of humanity and ait and God ; h<- lived a life of growing strength in growing weakness, as ihe last of his poems must testify. It is the writer's hope that these hrief reminiscences and gathered extracts may have served to express in some measure the s()irit and direction of that lih-'s sei-d-time in the self-contained old Macon of "before the war" and the missionary Macon of the Confederacy. (27) ^fjr )%>onnft J J l'()\ a Jaij Apollo nut tin- y^ Muse^ and the iiun es in utvcl ■iport, mixed with earnest. Memory, the grave and nnhle mother of the Muses, was present lik'euisc. Each of the fourteen .tpol^e a line of lerse. Apollo hci-an, then eaJi of the nine Muses sani^' her pait ■ then the three Graces warbled, eaih in turn: and fnallii a low, sweet strain fiom Mem- ory made a harmonious close. I his was the first sonnet; and, mindful of its origin, all true poets take care to hid Apollo strike the key note for them when they compo.se one, and to let Memory compr''ss the pith and marrow of >he sonnet into it.s last lines. Sllistr I.^N|^K- ^4X4:43:4X^a:^x?XiaS3^^ 1 • • G6'J79') PS 2213 C59 Clarke, g. h. Some reminiscences and early letters. .1 CAMERON UBRABi