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diff --git a/old/14821.txt b/old/14821.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c0d829 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/14821.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1080 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Spray of Kentucky Pine, by George Douglass +Sherley + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: A Spray of Kentucky Pine + +Author: George Douglass Sherley + +Release Date: January 28, 2005 [eBook #14821] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SPRAY OF KENTUCKY PINE*** + + +E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online +Distributed Proofreading Team from digital images generously made +available by the Kentuckiana Digital Library + + + +Note: Images of the original pages can be seen online at the + Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) + + + + + +A SPRAY OF KENTUCKY PINE + + --Placed At The Feet Of The Dead Poet-- + --James Whitcomb Riley-- + + + By The Hand + Of the Man From + Down On The Farm-- + --George Douglass Sherley + + --On The Banks + Of Wolf Run-- + --1916-- + + Second Edition + + + From Ye Olden Printe Shope-- + --James M. Byrnes, Esquire-- + On Ye Long Highway + Called Shorte in Ye Goodly + Towne Of Lexington Kentucky + + + + +The Inscription Two-fold + + + To The Dead: + Reverently Inscribed + --To the Indiana-Born + World-Wide Poet-- + --James Whitcomb Riley-- + + + + +--This Spray Of Kentucky Pine-- + + + To The Living: + Also Lovingly Inscribed + By The Man From Down + On The Farm To The + Dear Lady Here On The + Banks Of Wolf Run + --His Mother-- + On Grateful Commemoration + Of Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday + August 20, 1916 + + + + + + +The Prelude + +--A Note Explanatory-- + + + + With James Whitcomb Riley, + some years ago. This Man From Down On The Farm, + made a Reading Tour, of--in Population--more than + one-half of this Imperial Republic, including + the Cream of the Canadian Provinces. + Of that Tour, at some other time, in some more + leisurely hour, he desires, if able, to make + a full and faithful Record. + This, is but a humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, + placed at the feet of the Dead Poet! + + According to a long established Custom, + the Man, in some way, in private print-- + --for the Relative, for the Friend, for the Stranger too-- + quietly Celebrates the various Red-Letter Days, of the + Dear Lady Here, On the Banks of Wolf Run--his Mother! + Her full Restoration, to her usual Good Health, + is a Source of much Joy, and the cause of much Gratitude. + The many Prayers made for her Recovery must have been of + much avail before the Great White Throne, of Infinite Mercy! + He is also deeply grateful, that the nearness of her + Eighty-Fifth Birthday, makes it possible for him, + to make an Inscription Two-fold, for the Dead, + for the Living--for the Dear Poet, for the Beloved Mother! + The linking of their names together, under this Spray of + Kentucky Pine--culled by a hand most loving--is like + unto finding the other half of a broken Chord, in some + Prelude Elusive: for James Whitcomb Riley, deeply + endeared himself, to the Dear Lady Here, while he and + her son were a long while away, on their Reading Tour. + Out of sheer Kindliness, out of Goodness of Heart, he often + wrote to her, delightful Letters of Good Cheer, filled with + a charming detail, with more than a trifle of over-Praise; + all of which, is most acceptable, to the heart of a too fond mother. + Recently, from his Winter Home in the South-land, he sent to + her, in response to one of these Farm Bubbles, a little + Bit of unpublished Verse, written before his hand had + failed him, reproduced for her--and others--in _fac-simile_. + + Pray deem it not, all too presumptuous, this humble + Spray of Kentucky Pine! + It serves as a Reverent Tribute to the One! + As a Loving Commemoration to the Other! + + + + +The Interlude + +--Holding Two Telegrams And A Plea-- + + +I. + + + When the word came that + James Whitcomb Riley was Dead + this Telegram was sent to a near + Relative an astute Man of Affairs + who with the Head of a Great Publishing + House--a Prime Favorite from + his early Boyhood of the Poet--held + his well-placed Confidence in all + matters concerning the necessary + material Things of Life. + + + The mightiest Monarch of the Indiana Forest + lies prone upon his Native Soil! + This Man From Down On The Farm, + Reverently, sends this humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, + as a Symbol, ever-green, of his Lasting Love, for the Dead Poet: + as a Symbol, made manifest, of his deep Sympathy, + for You, for Yours. + + +II. + + + This Message was wired to a most + Gentle Lady who had meant + so much in so many ways to + James Whitcomb Riley + appealing as she did to the Best + to the Highest in his Nature and who + was indeed a "Ministering Angel" + when "Pain and Anguish" wrung + his brow, racked his frail body + where lingered its Tenant + his Immortal Soul! + + + Tenderly, Lovingly, let the Fair Elaine cherish + the Shield Invincible of her Sir Launcelot! + Some Day--Some Glad Day--she too, will go upward + with the Flood, in the Dark Barge, decked with Flowers: + clasping in her Beautiful Hand of Gentle Service, + the Lily of Fidelity: floating with the Mystic + Tide, to meet again--at Towered Camelot-- + --her Gallant, her Waiting Knight! + For Love shares with the Soul its Precious Immortality! + + +III. + + +The Plea + +--To The Relatives To The Intimate Friends of James Whitcomb Riley-- + + + Let Lockerbie Street, in its Lovely Brevity, + be held--if you will--as a Perpetual Reservation + for the Children of your Great, your Growing City, + holding the House, which for many years was the + Happy Home of the Poet, as a Sacred Shrine. + Let your fine Civic Building, now rising in its + Majesty--like the Towers of Illion--made possible + by his Generous Gift of the Site, made Glorious + by the touch of his hand, on its Great Cornerstone: + let it--if you will--proudly bear his Name. + Let either one, or both, of these Noble Things + be done, for the sake of his memory. + Let this, that, or any other form of a Memorial wait upon + the wisdom of your Choice: but no matter what is done; + how much is done; or how it is done; there is one Thing + which ought not to be left undone. + Every tender, slender needle, rising out of its + Globular Greenness, in this humble Spray of Kentucky Pine, + harbors this One Thought, this Single Plea! + This is the Plea: + + Let James Whitcomb Riley, + skillfully cast in Bronze, simply clad in the plain + blue garb of a Union Soldier Lad a Private-- + let him stand fur all Time, in your Circle, in the Centre, + in the Heart of your City, the beloved City of his adoption. + Let him stand there, under the shadow of that + Mighty Shaft, the Tribute of your Grand Commonwealth, + to her Valiant Sons--the Soldier, the Sailor. + Let him stand there, on a one-piece Pedestal + of Indiana Stone; Simple, Massive. + Thereon carve his Name, the date of his Birth; + the date of his Death; and these Immortal words: + + "Well, Goodby, Jim: + Take Keer of Yourse'f!" + + Read, re-read, and read again, the Poem. + That Poem is an American Classic! + It is the Epitome of Self-Sacrifice + for the Sake of a Vital Cause! + It is the one Idyl of the Middle-West! + It is thoroughly America! + It is intensely Indiana! + Pardon the Plea! + But Prepare the Way! + Turn the Page--read the Poem! + + + + +The Poem + + + Old man never had much to say-- + 'Ceptin' to Jim.-- + And Jim was the wildest boy he had-- + And the old man jes' wrapped up in him! + Never heerd him speak but once + Er twice in my life,--and first time was + When the army broke out, and Jim he went, + The old man backin' him, fer three months; + And all 'at I heerd the old man say + Was jes' as we turned to start away,-- + "Well, good-by, Jim: + Take keer of yourse'f!" + + 'Peared-like, he was more satisfied + Jes' _lookin'_ at Jim + And likin' him all to hisse'f-like, see? + 'Cause he was jes' wrapped up in him! + And over and over I mind the day + The old man come and stood round in the way + While we was drillin', a-watchin' Jim-- + And down at the deepot a-heerin' him say, + "Well, good-by, Jim: + Take keer of yourse'f!" + + Never was nothin' about the _farm_ + Disting'ished Jim; + Neighbors all ust to wonder why + The old man 'peered wrapped up in him; + But when Cap. Biggler he writ back + 'At Jim was the bravest boy we had + In the whole dern rigiment, white er black. + And his fighten' good as his farmin' bad-- + 'At he had led, with a bullet clean + Bored through his thigh, and carried the flag + Through the bloodiest battle you ever seen, + The old man wound up a letter to him + 'At Cap. read to us, 'at said: "Tell Jim + Good-by, + And take keer of hisse'f!" + + Jim come home jes' long enough + To take the whim + 'At he'd like to go back in the calvery-- + And the old man jes' wrapped up in him! + Jim 'lowed 'at he'd had sich luck afore, + Guessed he'd tackle her three years more. + And the old man give him a colt he'd raised, + And follered him over to Camp Ben Wade, + And laid around fer a week er so, + Watchin' Jim on dress-parade-- + Tel finally he rid away, + And last he heerd was the old man say, + "Well, good-by, Jim: + Take keer of yourse'f!" + + Tuk the papers, the old man did, + A-watchin' fer Jim-- + Fully believin' he'd make his mark + _Some_ way--jes' wrapped up in him!-- + And many a time the word 'u'd come + 'At stirred him up like the tap of a drum-- + At Petersburg, fer instunce, where + Jim rid right into their cannons there, + And _tuk_ 'em, and p'inted 'em t'other way, + And socked it home to the boys in gray, + As they scooted fer timber, and on and on-- + Jim a lieutenant and one arm gone, + And the old man's words in his mind all day,-- + "Well, good-by, Jim: + Take keer of yourse'f!" + + Think of a private now, perhaps, + We'll say like Jim, + 'At's clumb clean up to the shoulder-straps + And the old man jes' wrapped up in him! + Think of him--with the war plum, through. + And the glorious old Red-White-and-Blue + A-laughin' the news down over Jim, + And the old man bendin' over him-- + The surgeon turin' away with tears + 'At hadn't leaked for years and years, + As the hand of the dyin' boy clung to + His father's, the old voice in his ears,-- + "Well, good-by, Jim: + Take keer of yourse'f!" + + + + +[Illustration] + + +The Spray of Kentucky Pine + + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + This Man From Down On The Farm--one-while + your constant Companion, in work most + Congenial, all-while your Faithful Friend--rejoices. + and is exceeding Glad, That All Is Well With You! + For no one knew, better than you, + the Wisdom, the Beauty, of Death! + No one the more fully realized + the Folly, the Futility, of human Grief! + You firmly believed, that he, who follows The Christ; + that he, who, in all Humility, bears the Cross; that + he, who, in all Gratitude, wears upon his unworthy brow, + the imprint of the Kiss Divine!--the Kiss of Forgiveness + Complete--you firmly believed, that he ought to be + brave enough, strong enough, to meet the Call, + whensoever, wheresoever, it may chance to come. + You firmly believed that the Call always + comes at the Right Moment: that Incompletion + Here, finds its Completement There: that every + human Life holds--like the Palace of Aladdin--its + unfinished Window: that the finite mind, + hampered by its mortality, is a clog to any + Completion, to any Earthly Perfection. + Therefore, feeling, believing, as you did Here, + now knowing, as you must _know_ There, + this Man rejoices, and is exceeding Glad, + That All Is Well With You! + + O! James Whitcomb Riley + Your Nature-on the surface--was + Simple, Honest, Open, Direct. + It was all of that but--it was More! + It was deeper than Tears! + It was wider than Laughter! + It was more profound, more subtle, + than either your spoken Word. + or, your written, your printed Thought. + You were infinitely better than the + Very Best that you ever did! + High Praise, but True! + Your nature was strangely Complex: + + There was the Man! + There was the Poet! + There was the Mystic! + + The Man could be known--and was--of all men. + The Poet could be read--as he was--and he understood. + He could Sing--as he did--Songs + which caught the Hearts of the + People--from the Cradle to the Grave! + The Mystic! + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + That Mystic Element in your Nature! + It was held under a Strong Curb: + It was constantly held in Check: + But it was never Overcome! + It was a Mood--not a Madness. + It seldom made an Outward Sign. + Then, it was brief, spasmodic, eratic. + It was known to but few, even of those + who came with you, in constant contact. + To this Man, that Mystic Element in your Nature, + made a most wonderful Appeal, deep, strong. + To him, it was the _real_ James Whitcomb Riley! + You were a Mystic, but never a Reformer. + You cheerfully rendered unto Ceasar all things + that were his just due. + You had no desire to overturn Natural Law, + Human Regulation. + You accepted, without question, the Established + Order of Things. + But so strong was this touch of the Mystic + that, it you had desired, you could have, + quickly, thickly, populated some far off Smiling Isle, + of the Fair Summer Seas, with a Band of + Cultured Men, of Cultured Women, ready, + eager, to follow you--that Mystic You! into + the Creation of a New Cult, of a New Religion! + In your Poems there is but a trickle of the Mystic + --a flash a dash--as the falling of a Star! + That Edgar Allen Poe Episode, is the Answer. + You were unduly humiliated by that Incident-- + --and it was but as Nothing + But your Super-Sensitiveness, made you Suffer! + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + Death, hath yet other Compensations! + It has placed you Beyond the Cloy of Fulsome Praise: + Beyond the Sting of Cruel Blame: the One, + may not help You the Other, cannot hurt You! + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + Once, when under the Spell of a Mystic Mood, + you sought--as you had often sought before--that + Wise Wizard of White River. + He met you, when you came into that Peaceful + Indiana Valley--where dwells this Wizard--by the + Flowing Fountain of those Healing Waters. + He knew your need; he spoke no unnecessary word; + he quickly set his place in order, and was ready + to go with you--anywhere. + There had been, on your arrival, a clamor to have + you Read that afternoon--but the Wizard + quietly slipped you away. + Out into the Open you drove, in an old Barouche, + behind a Pair of Good Horses. + It was a long Drive; it was a beautiful Drive. + It was driven in Silence. + After several hours--the spell was still upon you--a + sharp turn brought you to the Banks of White River; + and there--under a Clump of the Sycamore, of the + Willow, in a deep, Shady Pool, an Eddy, undisturbed + by the current of the broad, shallow Stream--a + Batch of Boys, swimming, chattering, diving. + "Stop" you said to the driver; "Come here" you called to the Lads. + They came trooping, dripping, out of the Pool. + A change came over you; flinging off your coat, + your hat, you arose to your feet. + There they stood before you, naked, unabashed, curious. + A complacent smile, flickered across the bearded + face of the Wise Wizard. He must have known! + He must have timed your arrival at that particular + spot, at that particular moment. + But even the Wizard could not have known what was to follow. + Without a word of explanation, you gave them, that + crowd of naked Boys--gave it, as you had never + given it before, doubtless, as you never + gave it again--your + + + + +"Old Swimmin' Hole" + + + Oh! the old swimmin' hole! whare the crick so still and deep + Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, + And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest below + Sounded like the laugh of something we onc't ust to know + Before we could remember anything but the eyes + Of the angels lookin' out as we left Paradise; + But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle, + And its hard to part ferever with the old swimmin'-hole. + + Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! In the happy days of yore, + When I ust to lean above it on the old sickamore. + Oh! it showed me a face in its warm sunny tide + That gazed back at me so gay and glorified, + It made me love myself, as I leaped to caress + My shadder smilin' up at me with sich tenderness. + But them days is past and gone, and old Time's tuck his toll + From the old man come back to the old swimmin'-hole. + + Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! In the long, lazy days + When the humdrum of school made so many run-a-ways. + How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane, + Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so plane + You could tell by the dent of the heel and the sole + They was lot o' fun on hands at the old swimmin'-hole. + But the lost joys is past! Let your tears in sorrow roll + Like the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin'-hole. + + Thare the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall, + And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all; + And it mottled the worter with amber and gold + Tel the glad lilies rocked in the ripples that rolled; + And the snake-feeder's four gauzy wings fluttered by + Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky, + Or a wownded apple-blossom in the breeze's controle + As it cut acrost some orchurd to'rds the old swimmin'-hole. + + Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! When I last saw the place, + The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face; + The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot + Whare the old divin'-log lays sunk and fergot. + And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be-- + But never again will theyr shade shelter me! + And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul. + And dive off in my grave like the old swimmin'-hole. + + + Their little jaws dropped! + Their little eyes distended! + Their little ears stood erect! + + They fairly bristled with an intense attention. + You said the last word, of the last line. + Then--absolute, unbroken--Silence! + Finally--but without another word--you reached + down, patted the youngest one on his wet curly Locks. + The Wizard whispered to the driver "Go." + As the team, in a brisk trot, started away. + you, still standing, coatless, hatless, waved your + hand--in that quick little jerky fashion peculiar + to you--to those little naked Urchins. + With a mighty Shout, they ran back to the Pool, + and gave a rapid-firing Exhibition of the Single + Dive; the Double Dive; and one--a dare-devil--the Triple Dive! + What a Memory, what a Priceless Memory, you must + have given those Boys of Martinsville, that Ideal + Summer Afternoon, in the Long While Ago! + Martinsville! To you of Blessed Memory! + For the sake of an early, enduring, Friendship, + did you not encrust one Jap Miller of + Martinsville with no mean verse? + And did it not run something like this? + + + Jap Miller down at Martinsville's the blamedest feller yit! + When _he_ starts in a-talkin' other folks is apt to quit!-- + 'Pears like that mouth o' his'n wuzn't made fer nothin' else + But jes' to argify 'em down and gether in their pelts: + He'll talk you down on tariff; er he'll talk you down on tax. + And prove the pore man pays 'em all and them's about the fac's! + Religen, law, er politics, prize-fightin', er base-ball + Jes' tetch Jap up a little and he'll post you 'bout 'em all. + + * * * * * + + W'y, that-air blame Jap Miller, with his keen sircastic fun, + Has got more friends than ary candidate 'at ever run! + Don't matter what _his_ views is, when he states the same to you, + They allus coincide with your'n, the same as two and two: + You _can't_ take issue with him--er, at least, they haint no sense + In startin' in to down him, so you better not commence.-- + The best way's jes' to listen, like your humble servant does. + And jes' concede Jap Miller is the best man ever wuz! + + + On the drive back to the little Station, you were + the Man, the Poet, but not the Mystic! + You delighted the Wizard with your genial + flow of Verse, of Story. + When the watchful Wizard, smuggled you aboard + your train--with privacy unbroken you, like + King Saul, returned to your People, refreshed in body, + restored in mind; for had not the Wizard done for you, + as David did for Saul, for had not he brought Peace + to your no longer Troubled Soul? + Did he not say to you, in parting, "All Is Well With You?" + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + It is late in the Afternoon, of a Perfect Summer Day. + This Man From Down On The Farm, + is standing on the Banks Of Wolf Run. + He is thinking of You! + Joyfully, not Regretfully! + A Pastoral Scene stretches before him-- + a Scene of much Beauty! + The Cattle stand, not "knee-deep in June" + but well into the pure rippling Waters of an August + Wolf Run, under the dense shade overhead, where + arching branches inter-lock, casting a net-work + of shifting Shadows on the bosom of the Peaceful + Waters, which seem to murmer, as they + flow, your Name--Joyfully, not Mournfully! + + James Whitcomb Riley! + James Whitcomb Riley! + James Whitcomb Riley! + + Smiling, undulating, across the Creek, + a Blue Grass Meadow gently rolls away, + toward the White, the Winding Pike: + Each blade of Blue Grass--Joyfully, + not Tearfully--seems to whisper your Name: + + James Whitcomb Riley! + James Whitcomb Riley! + James Whitcomb Riley! + + But Hark! The belated Song of a Mocking Bird-- + its Vesper Song--to its enraptured Mate! + This, the Glad Song: + + To You James Whitcomb Riley! + The World was full of Roses! + Every Rose held hidden, within its Tremulous Heart, a + Slender Crystal Chalice of Perfumed Dew, which, + overflowing, spilled its Prodigal Sweetness, + onto the Earth, into the Air, + + For You James Whitcomb Riley! + --For You, and for All Humanity! + And this, the Joyful Refrain: + --Joy, without Regret! + Joy, without Mourning! + Joy, without Tears!-- + --A Refrain which readily, willingly, + finds Grateful Echo in the Heart of + This Man From Down On The Farm! + + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + All Is Well With You! + All Is Well With You! + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + All Is Well With You! + O! James Whitcomb Riley! + +[Illustration] + + + + +Postlude + + --Which ought to have been The Prelude to + this Spray of Kentucky Pine. + Because it was written, published, a little more than a year + before the Death of the Poet. + Therefore, it was a Tribute to him, _Living!_ + + + A Promethean Poet was there. He had touched the + Heavenly flame; he had lasted the Waters of + Inspiration: he had drained the Crystal Cup of Fancy, + finding therein neither Lees nor Dregs, which + bite the tongue, stifle the song, of lesser Men; he had + reverently kissed the coy hand of Fame, when she had + crowned his Worthy Brow, with her Wreath Immortal! + His Poems, homely, simple, sweet--springing from the lap of + Nature--had spread, like wild-fire of the Forest, + into the Four Quarters of the Globe. + He came from the Land, across the River, where, in + these latter days, the People quit the planting of the Potato, + to pen a Poem: pause in the cultivation of the Corn, to + compose a Novel. Some of it is good, very good; Some + of it is bad, very bad: but all of it produces + a princely Revenue far in excess of any return + from either the Potato or the Corn. + Long before the avalanche-like advent of this State- + wide Literary Madness, the Star of this Poet had risen-- + risen before, and still shines beyond, and above them all. + The hand which wrote "Goodbye, Jim"--not classical + in either Greek or Roman sense, yet a great + American Classic--with its pungent odor of Blue Jeans, with + its clean, sweet, clear-cut, fine smell, of its native soil-- + that hand may never again hold the Pen; the man + himself, may crumble--God forbid!--back into the Dust-- + that "Little Dust of Harm"--out of which he came; + but his Poems will not, cannot die. + When those other Writers will have been forgotten; + when even the gifted Maker of "Ben Hur" will be, but + as an empty name; even then, this Poet, + and his Poems, will cleave to the Mind, cling to the + Heart, of countless Generations, not yet born! + + +[Illustration] + +Whatever Is--Is Best + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SPRAY OF KENTUCKY PINE*** + + +******* This file should be named 14821.txt or 14821.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/2/14821 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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