NO: LEAD ME TO SOME HEAVEN-CALM NOOK, WHERE PURE DELIGHT HATH FOR THE BARD ALONE ITS SOURCE,-(GOETHE) 292 "OH, TELL ME NOT OF YONDER MOTLEY CREW; THEODORE MARTIN. Knowest thou the track that o'er the mountain goes, Topples the crag, and o'er it roars the flood. Oh come with me! There lies our road-O father, let us flee! [From Ballads of Goethe." The first lines have been imitated by Byron : "Know'st thou the land where the orange and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime?" &c. Bride of Abydos. Wilhelm Meister," Mignon's Song is introduced in Goethe's romance of "Know'st thou the land where citron-apples bloom, A gentle wind from deep blue heaven blows, 'Tis there! 'tis there! O my true loved one, thou with me must go! The rooms do glitter, glitters bright the hall, 'Tis there! 'tis there! O my protector, thou with me must go! "Know'st thou the hill, the bridge that hangs on cloud? In caves lie coiled the dragon's ancient brood, Know'st thou it then? 'Tis there! 'tis there! Our way runs; O my father, wilt thou go?" "Wilhelm heard the sound of music before his door. He opened it; Mignon came in, and sang him the song we have just given above. YON SURGING THRONG, OH, VEIL IT FROM MY VIEW! WHERE LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP WAKE, REFINE, EXPAND OUR HEART'S BEST BLESSINGS WITH CELESTIAL HAND."-MARTIN'S GOETHE. 66 WE ARE SO FEARFUL OF THE UNFATHOMABLE!"-MASSEY. "NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE." 293 imitate only from afar; its childlike innocence of expression vanished from "She began every verse in a stately and solemn manner, as if she wished 'It "THERE MUST BE ISSUES THAT WE DO NOT SEE. THE WHOLE HORIZON OF FUTURITY (MASSEY) Gerald Massey. [MASSEY is one of the people's poets. He was born at Tring, in Hert- a year or two ago, issued another volume of poems, entitled "A Tale of "NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE." IN this dim world of clouding cares, "THE INFINITE IS FULL OF WHISPERINGS!"-GERALD MASSEY. IS NOWHERE VISIBLE FROM WHERE WE STAND; WE ARE BUT DWELLERS IN A LOWLY LAND."-MASSEY. "WE READ OUR OWN IMAGINATIONS FOND FOR THE TRUE FIGURES OF THE LIFE BEYOND;-(GERALD MASSEY) And white-winged angels nurture her; She summers on the Hills of Myrrh. Through childhood's morning-land, serene Till Life's highway grew bleak and wild; FROM ONE BRIEF LIFE ETERNAL SUFFERING."-MASSEY. WE MODEL FROM THE HUMAN LIFE, AND SO FEATURE THE FUTURE FROM THE FACE WE KNOW."-MASSEY. "TIS ALWAYS SUNLESS ONE SIDE OF OUR GLOBE, AND THUS WE FASHION THE ETERNAL'S ROBE; "TIS HARD TO READ THE HANDWRITING DIVINE;-MASSEY) THE VANISHING UPSTROKES SO INVISIBLY FINE!"-MASSEY. GOD MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE, BUT OUR PLAN'S TO MAKE GOD'S IMAGE IN THE MAN'S."-MASSEY. "WHY SHOULD THEY WEEP WHO HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND IN DEATH; ANOTHER THREAD TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE DEAR ONES THAT ARE WORTHIEST OF OUR LOVE 296 GERALD MASSEY. Our royal right on battle-ground Ho! brave heart, for one passionate bound, And take thy place in front! As she rises, calm and grand, The good sword in her hand! Who would not fight for England? And glory in the strife? Her stem is thorny, but doth burst And shall our dear Rose wither? First I' the ring, to meet a tyrant's gage, To battle goes our England, A weary night she stood to watch And her spirit leaps within, to match The noble deeds of old. To battle goes our England, A merry marriage-day. BELOW, ARE ALSO WORTHIEST ABOVE."-GERALD MASSEY. LIFE'S MAZE; ANOTHER TIE TO DRAW THEM HOME, A FIRMER FOOTHOLD IN THE INFINITE!"-GERALD MASSEY. |