. The poets' New England. en the enmity begotten of the war had given placeto calmer judgment. Not the South alone comesunder Lowells lash. He never spares his criticismsupon the shortcomings of Northern politicians. Al-most in the same breath he flings his shafts at JeffDavis and the Southern Confederacy as he makesBirdofreedum tell of his allegiance to the secessioncause; and at the flaws in Northern politics throughthat same gentlemans exquisite reasons why he wontup stakes at present: Long z AU turn tu an grin Bs exe, ef Bll help him grinhisn, Long z ye give out commissions to a lot o pedd
. The poets' New England. en the enmity begotten of the war had given placeto calmer judgment. Not the South alone comesunder Lowells lash. He never spares his criticismsupon the shortcomings of Northern politicians. Al-most in the same breath he flings his shafts at JeffDavis and the Southern Confederacy as he makesBirdofreedum tell of his allegiance to the secessioncause; and at the flaws in Northern politics throughthat same gentlemans exquisite reasons why he wontup stakes at present: Long z AU turn tu an grin Bs exe, ef Bll help him grinhisn, Long z ye give out commissions to a lot o peddlin dronesThet trade in whisky with their men an skin em to their bones,—Long z ye sift out safe canderdates thet no one aint afeard onCoz theyre so thundrin eminent for bein never heard on, these are a few of the reasons. Hosea is more poetic in the second series than inthe first. Some of Lowells most charming descrip-tions of nature are here put into Hoseas month. Forsome mysterious reason, the Yankee dialect seems an. Bunker Hill Monument THE POETS NEW ENGLAND 207 especially happy medium for the describing of springflowers: Half-ventrin liverworts in furry coats,Bloodroots, whose roUed-up leaves ef you oncurl,Each on em s cradle to a baby-pearl, or, such a perfect bit as this: Tore long the trees begin to show belief,—The maple crimsons to a saffern swarms swing off from all the plump they look like yaller gray hosschesnuts leetle hands unfold,Softern a babys be at three days old. One of the most interesting of this series is theconversation between the Concord Bridge and BunkerHill Monument, overheard by Hosea in an eveningwalk, relating to the Mason and Slidell intensity of feeling at the time is strongly re-flected in .this poem, and is pleasanter to contemplatein the form of a dialogue between the bridge and themonument, which might be expected to have con-centrated within their ancient wooden and stony con-
Size: 1418px × 1762px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, books, booksubjectamericanpoetry
