Through the Year With Famous Authors Part 5

--_Bernard Barton_.

BERNARD BARTON, a noted English poet, was born in Carlisle, January 31, 1784, and died in Woodbridge, February 19, 1849. He published: "Metrical Effusions," "Devotional Verses," "Household Verses," etc.

Gather leaves and gra.s.ses, Love, to-day; For the Autumn pa.s.ses Soon away.

Chilling winds are blowing It will soon be snowing.

"Gather Leaves and Gra.s.ses,"--_John Henry b.o.n.e.r_.

JOHN HENRY b.o.n.e.r, a well-known American poet and literary worker, was born at Salem, N. C., January 31, 1845, and died in 1903. He is best remembered for his volume of verse, "Whispering Pines."

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Fear made the G.o.ds; audacity has made kings.

[2] Tears are sorrow's sacred right.

[3] So far had the pen under the king the superiority over the sword.

[4] They say that the best counsel, is that of woman.

[5] Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

[6] Everything ends with songs.

[7]

To-morrow, to-morrow, not to-day, Hear the lazy people say.

[8] "Only a mother knows what it is to love and be happy."

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An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.

--_Whately_.

RICHARD WHATELY, a distinguished English clergyman and educator, archbishop of Dublin, was born in London, February 1, 1787, and died in Dublin, October 8, 1863. His writings include: "Elements of Logic," "A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity,"

"The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion," "Bacon's Essays, with Annotations," "Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews," etc.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

"Florio," Part i--_Hannah More_.

HANNAH MORE, a celebrated English religious writer, was born at Stapleton, Gloucesters.h.i.+re, February 2, 1745, and died at Clifton, September 7, 1833. She wrote: "Practical Piety," "Religion of the Fas.h.i.+onable World," "Sacred Dramas," "The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain,"

etc.

Look up! the wide extended plain Is billowy with its ripened grain, And on the summer winds are rolled Its waves of emerald and gold.

"The Harvest," Call St. 5,--_Wm. Henry Burleigh_.

WILLIAM HENRY BURLEIGH, a noted American poet and journalist was born in Woodstock, Conn., February 2, 1812, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 18, 1871. A collection of his poems was published in 1840.

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

"The American Conflict,"--_Horace Greeley_.

HORACE GREELEY, a famous American editor and controversial writer, was born in Amherst, N. H., February 3, 1811, and died in New York, November 29, 1872. He wrote: "Glances at Europe," "The American Conflict,"

"Recollections of a Busy Life," etc.

The strength of affection is a proof not of the worthiness of the object, but of the largeness of the soul which loves.

--_F. W. Robertson_.

FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON, a distinguished English clergyman, was born in London, February 3, 1816, and died at Brighton, August 15, 1853. His works were collected and published after his death under the following t.i.tles: "Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians,"

"Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics," "Notes on Genesis," "Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton."

Sh.e.l.ley had many merits and many defects. This is not the place for a complete or indeed for any estimate of him. But one excellence is most evident. His words are as flexible as any words; the rhythm of some modulating air seems to move them into their place without a struggle by the poet, and almost his knowledge. This is the perfection of true art.

"Literary Studies," Vol. II.--_Walter Bagehot_.

WALTER BAGEHOT, a famous English writer on political economy and government, was born in Langport, Somersets.h.i.+re, February 3, 1826, and died there March 24, 1877. He wrote: "The English Const.i.tution,"

"Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market," "Literary Studies,"

etc. His complete works were published in 1889.

The incalculable Up and Down of Time,

"Clover,"--_Sidney Lanier_.

SIDNEY LANIER, a celebrated American poet, was born at Macon, Ga., February 3, 1842, and died at Lynn, N. C., September 7, 1881. He wrote: "The English Novel and the Principles of its Development," "The Science of English Verse," etc. His poems were collected and published after his death.