THE WAIKATO POET.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 574, 25 January 1876, Page 3

THE WAIKATO POET.

'Sib,— Verily a poet Lath arisen in Waikato, and tbe mntitle of Moorohaa descended upon a eon >of the' Green I»la, who bidi fair to cclipie all biH > conipeerf. r l rue, he despite* tbo ordinal y rules ■ of orthograpby metro und «yen rhyme, but what ■matter ? Tbe true spirit of the poet is breathed in every word and Jinc of the production, which, under tho heading of "Onginal Poetry" (save the mark) adorns your columns in Saturday 1 ! iptper. WhenTTennyion shufllca offthij mortal coil, may it be ours to supply a fitting successor >or the Laurenttihip in the porion oi tho -author of 11 Waipa Election, 1876." •It would be an everlasting pity if hit candlo >Tf at hid under a buihel. blay iti light nevor i giow dim, or ceaso to improve the poetic tasto ■of the toulh of Waikato by the production at interval! of •uch choice morsels as this last. 'What a, pity it -was not a little longer, but valuable goods are usually in small parcoli. Wben may we hope to hear again from this modern Byron. Ferhape his nwci effusion might bo made a slight improvement on that which has made your paper of the 22ud,for c r er famous. Ihe last

word is tiuly charactciintic, p'irc l:v it \=\ directly ovor the nama. of tho uitiriur. Mr Cox will, no doubt, feel fluttered at being unmirtalised in verse and mounted on a dunghill. Bv tlio way, is Hmntlton tlic dunghill rof.Trcd to? bocftuxn one of hm mo«t nrdent supporter/i in fhe exuberance of the moment cnused by th« Pieces* of his tnolics at Alexandra, r ferrmgloniy humble *ulf. oxMitimel "*licl»od on hi% own'ilunqlull," so that both Hamilton rod Alexandra can rlaim the doubtful honor of being tlio Wwk-ttj dunghill. J«'o doubt a good dunghill wou'd ho appreciated at B ert-rrove, nnd *h<9 owner tronld. i imagwin, ha morn ut liomo on- the top of it tb<in writing original poetry But'truly Q- E Biete jour giJt docs not ho in writing f oetiy, bo it original or only ltnp-ovcd. When next you write ylcnao add ft diction»rv fxp'aining tho'monmngof such words as perruuial, for thojgh thpy may bo Mmpta ovoryUay turn.a to * Man 6t your raKt condition and intellectual oaparity, to otber mortila of sinullor montal calibre, they are unintelligible, and when we do not understand your words wo aro deprived in • gieat measure of the intellectual treat -which the boauty of your lines gives to the initiated. And another hint, next timo please do not honor my namo with a place in your verse. My natite modesty it completely overwhelmed hy such a diatiacti m. It would liot bo a bad plan to leare out names altogether, especially tho Ono at the bottom of your song j terbutn sap. — I am, &c, Edwakd G AfcMiNN. January 24, 187* [Mooro at ono time was not appreciated ns lie of forwards was. Wo nil know tho dead set made agamst Byron. Poor Chuttefton went to ■ 'dishonored grave through -poverty and flcglert. It is only of lato years Hint the beauties ot the wiitinguof the Luke poctd-rftod especially that of WorddworUi have coma tv be fully understood and acknowledged, and Mr G B Beiie, wo think, can afford to leave his claim to tho rank of poet in tho hands of posterity. It is too often the niisfoituno of genius to writo far a succeeding, not tha present age, heii q itself in a U. nice of it, but it does seem haul thut those whose names the vort>o of genius i'.nnoi t'llisf* bhoul'l bo tho Cret to turn and rend it. — Ei> W. T.]