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WEDDINGS AND PAIM IES SUPI'LIKD
Wc are livuiK i" a wonderlully in tere.stins and intensely materialistic- 1 age. roncerninB which there Is a t temptation to speak in trie pant tense. ' Many far-seeinK people are prone to i believe that the niriterialistir tendency I is pa.ssinK. Men are lindinK that mon- ! ey, in and of itself, does nol brinK hap- ' |)ineHs. lie who lives and believes in the material alone must hae his faith shaken at some time or live and die as the beast. Vast hoarded treasure does nol add to wi.sdouK'. Great rithes are ever a severe lest to national and in- I dividual charat-ter and virtue. And , yet the rlKht use of wealth is neces- I sary lo the cultivation of the liner ! Kraces. 11 Is a truth nevertheless ; ihal many a man willi an assured coni- ¦ pelence often wonders where to turn for that contehlment and peace for i which humanity craves. j TliouRhiful people are turning their ! atteniionii today lo thc hitrhest forms ' of expressions. Tliey have been the i same tiirouKli all the lon« history of evolution. l-:.\pre;;sion of thouKlils and ( feeling by the aid of beautiful sounds I liarmoniously arranged termed "mu- i sic," expiession by the aid of some I form of writinK. Literature; expres- ! sion of these same lonKlngs of the liearl and mind by some form of draw- in% of picture wiiiinj,', eiiher by use of ( olors or .simple bkick and white, call¬ ed art or puinlin;^'. Speech beiuK ne:uly Liiiiversal i:; summoned lo aid all other forms of expression.
(Jf tiiese forms the wrillen word of
lil'eialure. is deemed the most coiii-
i i)iete and iiertct. And of the diller-
ieni iiieihods this may take, poetry has
lever held a hi«li place, it is fienerally
1 oiicded the luKhesl. I Dryden asserts, "A poet is a maker, I as lhe word signilies. and he who can- i nol make^ (that is invent) hath his I name lor notliiiif,'." Hut must not the inakiim be good and tlie inlention no¬ ble, hopeful, helpful before the term can be deservingly applied? Coler¬ idge? seems to deline the wonderful rill more happily. "Kor il is the blo;.- MJiii ami lhe fragrance of all hmnaii knowiedrc', human thouk'lils, human liassions, emotions, lanKuafie."
None can estimate the loss to the human race had there been no poets and-no iioelry given to the world. Of course il is fieely admilled thai every¬ one is more or less of a poet, "a mak¬ er." t'hildren are naturally poets un¬ til the beautiful gift is driven intr) such simiile and yi'i beautiful shape tlial o.iheis recognize them as their own and are grateful lo him for their expression.
In all ages the poet has been the seer, the prophet, the singr, and. many assert, llii' saviour of the world. This seems strange in the present age when lie appears to be valued so lightly for during the Victorian period he was held in high esteem, and weilded an ;rilluence for good. The great English naiion would not be whal il is today ' ' '¦ and
waiuiiigs of ils poets. Other nations may well follow the example to ad¬ vantage.
From our viewpoint it seems sin¬ gular that itie t'uritans of early New- England set great store by poetry. Hut they lived close to nature, and poetry and nature were nr-ver far isunder. And tehre can be no doubt that it had ils softening influence in spite of the narrow and hard lines of the Puritan religion
It is the belief of the writer thai Itoelry slipped from its high place in this country by two main avenues, the hrsi and chief being the many and severe physical obstacles lo overcome in the haste with whicii our develop¬ ment has been carried on, the fierce craving for riches nnd jiosition and the keen competition which these de¬ sires engender. Poetry and r'olitics do not mix well together. It requires mood, time and thought to write po¬ etry. The subway and city streets are not conducive to writing.
Tlie second lies in the poets them¬ selves. Those \m4»» could have don-' good work rc-niained silent after a re¬ buff or two. They should havo re¬ membered that a bird sings even with¬ out a human audience Another clas.^ was not true to itself. They tried to [ilease ediior.s and publishers instead of following an ideal. They seemed ito think they must write in a form and style that was void of truth, sense or feeling. The more obscure the lan¬ guage, the more finished they regard¬ ed their productions. II is no wonder
the people refused to call it poetry.
Then came a lot of absurdities, jin¬ gles and rhymes on every Imaginable subject from astronomy to "Casey at the Bat," and worse. And it was all published under the egneral caption ¦poetry."
Within the last few j-ears there has
been f. decided change for the better.
People gnrally are recognizing rnore
and more the poet who had something
to say and did it forcefully. Such
writers as Kipling. Ella Wheeler Wil
cox. Bliss Carman. Eugene Field. Ril-
ey, Stanton and Siedman. have gi\<Ti
! us niessacop so celarly .ind simply
expressed that the people could sinu
I to tlie nieasures they set.
I If we hope to continue as a great
I nation we must ever turn to sweet
I primative things. We must learn to
I see poetry and beauty everywhere.
for it exists everywhere. Burns. Uy-
I ron. Whittier and others taught this
ilesson; humans have wandered from
' their cgntle teachings.
I All great poems have been about
I simple things. Otherwise they would
: not have been great-^or poems. They
' have been framed In words easily un
I derstood. Literature requires two
'elements in its making: well wri'.
'ten treatise and appreciative readers.
i For Tlie .Nassau Post the writer will
I conduct here a department devoted
I to poetry and poetic principle. It
I cannot succeed without the warm in-
I terest of leaders. Some of thsoe flne
old poems clipped years ago will add
to the variety of verse to be presented
here. Send them for publication.
I shall make poetic selections from which those who read may find hope¬ ful, helpful, character building ma¬ terial; gems that can be carried close to the heart or pasted in the scrap book into which few may look.
Will The Nassau Post's readers help me to do this?
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