i-e iu.)Ti , -ji- ' ? -',- j, ft t "- - 5., "i -' - " ijT.n' ' J vix 14 THE PHTSBUBGh DISPATCH, SUOTAT, . ITOTEMHER J, 1991 THE POETOFTHE DAY Estimate of Richard Hoyey Warranted by Launcelot and Gneneyere. A WOEK OF EAEE BEAUTY, In Which One of the Arthurian Le gends Forms the Nucleus. EXCERPTS FHOil ADVANCE SHEETS. The Author. Although of the West, Is a Product of Washington. A TERT INTERESTING PEESOXALITT trBOK X BTATT COBBISrOKDETT.l Washetgtok, Oct. SL This gaj- little political capital, somewhat too much de voted to brummagem politics and social cozeombery, has not been layih, per se, in its production and dispensation of genius. It has bestowed name and fame on men and women of the "provinces," who have blazed the comets of a petty season, and then retired to feast their minds on faded honors in the obscurity of their own homes; bat the "Washington creation, pure and simple, of that sort, is a rare article. It is therefore a peculiar pleasure to note the advent in the field of literary art of a young man who can be truly claimed as a production of the capital, though by birth and childhood he is of the West not of the West, Western, however, but happily embodying the grand imaginations, the gorgeous colorinc and sensuous atmosphere of the blessed Orient, from which all things worthv have sprung. Cosmopolite, admir ably Bohemian, a true son of the World, in touch with the Universe of Things to be fancied but not explained, Eichard Hovey is yet a child of Washington, his first im pulses so far as outward influence goes being receied from that society peculiar to the capital, and which, cranting its lack of many noble tendencies, is yet the closest approach to ideal association to be found in this conglomerate Western land. Ilorey's First Production. Hovey is not yet his entire self in "Launcelot and Guenevere." It is the first book of the young author. Not only that, but it is the early effort, which, am bitious as it is, and successful, as the se verest critics must admit it to be, is yet but the beautiful result ot the genius and toil of the young vears of one conscious of power, and surely destined to leave his im press on the literature of his country and of the world. Hovey is a wonderfully magnetic young man, who impresses himself on his acquaint mccs as Foe must have done when he, like ' "Hovev, wrote merely to write, and all un conscious of the immensity of his audience. But analysis of the personality of the man must come with mature judgment of his woik. and for the present suggestion must be confined to the volume which will appear within a few davs, and from the advance sheets of which this notice is hastily trans cribed. Did Not Choose a New Field. On first impression it might be regretted that the author should have chosen the most widely kuown and most exploited theme of the Arthurian legends to introduce himself to the literary world and the public But upon even a cursory examination of his "Launcelot and Guenevere" it will be found that it bears no resemblance to any of the works of the great Victorian poets save in name, the treatment of the subject being entirely original ard revealing a high order of poetic inspiration and dramatic power. He has drawn torth with rare cleverness the leading personalities of these early medisal legends of Britain from the mystic haze in which time had masked them, itid without detracting from their poetic character or being guilty of psychic anachronism, places them in touch and sympathy with modern thought and feeling. The pla, which is a tragedy, is preceded by an introduction or prelude bearing the title of "The Quest of Merlin," a finely wrought poetic fantasia, replete with mys terious effects, allegory and metaphysical reasoning, which are finally resolved into a Dure and high deistic philosnphy. The tragedy itself, which is foreshadowed in the prelude, appears to be the first of a trilogy of plays intended to cover the legendary histories of King Arthur and Lauucelot du Lac, bears throughout the impress of a superior mind stored with rich lore and learning. Technical Knowledge of the Stae. It is in five acts and its construction shows a technical knowledge of the stage and strong dramatic instinct Gifted with power ot analysis to a marked degree, he has undertaken to delineate, as the paramount object of the nork, three types of love which, in whatever age we may seek and find them, hate been all-potent factors of human action. In Percdure, the poet and brother of Guenevere, he has portrayed the ideal form of love, which in its ruthless de struction must end tragically. In Margause, the Queen of Orkney, the sister of King Arthur, he has created" w ith fine artistry but departing trom tradition a character of perfidy and passion beneath a fair exterior. Between these two extremes, yet immeas urably removed from the one by strength, and purity from the other, is the love of Lavncelot and Guewverc, characters so fine and yet so human that their ery divergence from a moral standard seems to claim an ethical indulgence. The play opens with a scene depicting the approach of Arthur and his knights to Canieliard, where he is to wed Guenevere, who, yet untouched by love, has been in duced by her parents for reasons of state to accept the King's suit. Merlin says of her: The very waywardness That rumor speaks 01 her shows a great soul, That ltels too prisoned aven upon a throne. A Powerful Monologue. Guenevere't character, however, is best mirrored in her monologue just prior to the wedding ceremony and her marriage with Arthur. She has been receiving the advice of her parents and the congratulations of her friends, and when left alone gives ut terance to her thoughts as follows: Why, what a thing is woman! She is brought Into the world unwelcome A mother weeps That s'le lias horn a daughter to endure A woman's late. The lather knits his brows And mu lers, Pish, 'tis but a girl." A boy The very hou ds had bayed fur with delight. Her c .ifuhood is a pett tyranny. Hor Drotbers- cross her; sho mu-tnot resist, Her lather lsuslis to sec the little men to masterful already. Even the mother Looks on her truculent sous with pride and bids Her yield, not thwart them "Ton are but a "111." A gull and must givo way! She must be quiet, Demure not have nor froedom with the boys. While they are running on the battlements, I'laj ing at wur or at tho cliaee, she sits Eatinc her heart out at cnibmidery frames Among old dames that chatter of a world " here women are put up rs merchandise. Oil, 1 hat e slipped away a thousand times Into tho gai-deu clube and scaled the wall And ilea irom them to ficcdom and the hills. And I have passed thu women in tho fields. With stupid faces dulled b long constraint, Sowing their backs beneath the double burden Of Iibornnd nn kindness all alike. Princess aud peasant, bond sla es, by their bes. Ah, tho gray crass up whose sheer preci pices I have so often tolled, to throw myself Panting upon their crests at last and lie For lon wno. afternoons upon the hard, Delicious rock in Unit sweet weariness That follows ufltort. with a silent Joy In oltotaclej that I coald overcome. They never called me girl, those mighty peaks! Tbeyknewno ser, they took me to their hearts As if I were a boy. Oh, the wild thrill That tingled in the veins, "when the strong Winds came howling like a pack of hungry wolves That make the wintry forests terrible Beneath the Norland moon! "Shriek on," I cried, "Kave. bowl, roar, bellow, till you split your throats! Ton cannot mar the pinnacled repose Of these huse mountain tops. They are not women!" Whv, what an idle rage is this! Am I The Guenevere those still grand mountains know? This is a bridal srarroent that I wear. I am another Guenevere, a thing I know not what. I go to a new life. I have ordered a new pair of manacles. Arthur! As well Arthur as another I care not. If I must, I must. To live The old life is no longer tolerable. The new may at least bejoylesaly endured. Iioved Another, Though a Bride. After the wedding Arthur is hurriedly called away to suppress an uprising in Cornwall, and Guenevere first meets Launcelot during the King's absence. The first meet ing proves fatal tor them, and marks the date of the birth of their passionate love. A fine passage, full of sweet imagery, is in this scene where Launcelot answers Guenevere to her question concerning his past: Xav, little that I can remember. I am Strangely unable to distinguish one Good or ill hap out of the blur of things, Battles and tourneys, one much like the other. And lost already In the murmurous past. I feel as if I were Just Dorn to-day With lire before me like this summer air, Hushed, as in waiting for a bird to sing, Who yet delay", and all is fresh aud fair. And hope stands flushing like a rosy boy Upon a threshold which be fears to cross. The rapid development of their love is partly due to the fact that some few years baz' Launcelot had been saved from death bv Guenevere, who, wandering through the hills nnd seeing a strange knight in dis tress, had sent Dagonet, the jester, and her attendant to minister him help. To his ref erence to having seen her before without knowing who she was, she says: Have you soen me, then, before? And you remember it and I forgett Launcelot -I should have died of faintness In the hills if von had not stood by. Guenevere What, were you he Whom Dagonet the Fool savedT Launcelot I am he. Guenevere How strangely are the threads of life Inwoven! Their love is soon discovered by Morgause, the intriguirg Queen of Orkney, who, jeal ous of Arthur and wishing to revenge herself upon him for his indifference to her, is con spiring with the Eorr.an Ambassador io de stroy the autonomy of the kingdom. A Female Uephlstopheles. In Morgause the author has shaped a most in teresting character, and one of the best in the play. In his conception of her he has resorted to an unalloyed realism, strong, at times re pellant, but always artistic. There is a touch often of the Mephistophelean about her, and we have ber in this mood when she is plotting to subvert the kingdom and fram ing with Ladinas, her paramour, the charges to be made to Arthur against the Queen and Launcelot Morgause says: This work of ours Casts Britain to the pit for the beasts of war To glut their Jploodthirst on. What's that to usT This upstart Queen and that false-hearted P"S Who call himself her husband and my brother She lied, my mother, when she said she bore him! And, if be be her husband, what proves that But that he lo a perjurer? If she 'scape, He may be slain; and if they live, the shame Will daub them till they die. In any else I have revenge. I could caroue to-night Till the elves startled in the glens to hear The echo or mv revelry, Come, Kiss met Oh, Ladinas, I am drunk with merriment. Again! Auain! ily blood is flames of Are. Ladinas Tour lips burn and your cheeks are hot. Morgause! My panthercss! My splendfd devil! 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THE BOYS APPRECIATE IT And so do the parents. We mean that large and handsome Story Book which we are 'giving free with every sale of $2 and up in Boys' and Children's Clothing. 160 pages of interesting reading matter, with an illustration on every page. tility in psychic analysis is the portraiture of Percdure's ideal love for Morgause. He remains the steadfast skeptic to Merlin't ac cusations of the Queen of Orkney's perfidy and baseness and answers Merlin with all the sentiment of the poet with all the un consciousness of a noble soul unacquainted with the actualities of life: By heaven, 'tis false! As soon the rosy labor of the dawn Might bring forth darkness! Then turning to the casement of Morgause' chamber he addresses her: Lamp of my soul, beblnd yon lattice lies More mystery, more beauty, more delight Than grizzled Merlin with his lapse of years Has ever dreamed of. There's more credit writ In thy dear smile than all his subtleties. Ah, opal-hearted! now she doth unclothe The solemn sweep of her majestic limbs. The mystery of her awful loveliness; And draws the curtains of ber couoh about her As some earth-goddess of old northern tales Might draw the heavykdrapery of the night. A fine scene is also where Peredurt visits Morgause, and we have here a masterly blending into a harmonious picture of an almost divine devotion on the one hand,and an almost sacriligious deception on the other. Peredure's beautiful song in this scene reminds one in its exquisite delicacy of Browning's "She's a Woman Like a Dewdrop," in the "Bloton the 'Scutcheon, ' He sings: Ton remind me, sweeting, Of the glow. Warm and pure and fleeting, Blush of apple-blossoms On cloud bosoms. When the sun is low. like a golden apple, 'Mid the far Topmost leaves that dapple Stietch of summer Dlue There are you, Sky-set like a star. Fearful lest I bruise yon. How should I Dare to reach you, choose you, Stain you with my touch? It Is much That you star the sky. Why should I be climbing; So to seize All that sets me rhyming In mv hand enfold All that gold Of Hespendcs? I -would not enfold yon, If I might. I would Just behold yea, Sigh and turn away, While the dav Darkens into night. The death of Peredure by his own hands when his eyes become opened to the moral obliquity of the Queen of Orkney, is a deeply pathetic scene, and fitly closes the fourth act. He has killed Ladinas and find ing the ideal which all the purity of his lofty imagination had created was crumbled into dust, he has not strength to outlive the shock. Guenevere Attempts Deception. The fifth act contains the most powerful scene between Launcelot and Guenevere. The latter has awakened from the intoxication of her love; the golden clouds of passion have rolled away and revealed to her the gloomy and perilous path she aud her lover are treading. Her love, like all genuine, is altruistic; she thinks more of Launcelot. more of the dangers she may have called down npon her innocent friends and the welfare of the state, than of herself. The climax of the scene is centered in the pass age where she resorts to the most subtle dialectic belief and honor can inspire her with to break the spell ' she and Launcelot are under. Not every argument, however adroitly presented, Launcdot's rebuttals are able to overcome. At last she draws false hood to her aid, and with an almost super human effort denies that she ever loved him; but at the crucial moment when her wish may be reached, at the very instant when her object is in her grasp, the sustaining power fails her. I must make turning back Impossible. Best know the worst! I Jested I God! I do not love you. Go! T'was an OUR GRAND SE002ST3D FLOOR. D. B. CHILD'S SUIT. OVERCOATS To fit boys of every age and all sizes keeps us con stantly busy. 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The play closes with Arthw'i victorious return and Morgause's accusation of Guenevere and Launcelot before the whole court. So strong a faith has Arthur In his wife's purity and Launcdol's loyalty that he banishes Morgause and dismisses the charge against them in a superbly dramatic passage, show ing the noble character of the man. This is quickly followed by two brief exclamations, made aside by Guenevere and Launcelot, two grief-laden Sashes revealing the tortured souls of the lovers. The King's address to them and their final sentences are worthy to be quoted in full: Arthur My Lanncelot, sit thou by my queen. My lords, This is my friend through good or 111 report My friend. Who injures him by word or deed, Were it but tbe thin film of an idle breath Clouding tbe clear glass of his stainless soul. He injures me: and but that I am King And may not, being tbe State more than my self. Just like a simple knight, and but that he, Our stoutest arm as our most knightly heart; Needs not my lance to right him, Z would elay With mine own hand the knave that did nlm wrong. (Turns to Guenevere, who rises.) And thou, my noble queenl If that! era By so much as the sullying of a thought Dimmed the bright clarity of thine Imaged whiteness Within my soul, may Christ remember It Against me at tbe judgment! (Advances and kisses her, then turns totfce-othan). Good my lords Erase this unnecessary seen From your remembrance. Launcelot (half aside, partly t Quentven and partly to himself) Be less kinglv, Arthur, Or you will split my heart not with re morse Ho, not remorse, only eternal pain Why, so the damned arel Guenevere (ht.lt apart) To the souls in bell It is at least permitted to cry out. Prediction t!ie Work Wan ants. It is unnecessary to dwell npon this work in greater detail. The public must judge for itself of its beauties, its strength, and its tendencies. 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