Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Club, Burns) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns: Of Washington City, D. C., At the National Hotel, January 25, 1859 The Washington City Burns Club celebrated, with marked success, the Centennial Anniversary of the birth of "Scotias Bard." No pains had been spared by the committee of arrangements, to have the Celebration at the Metropolis of the United States worthy of the occasion, and they were well-seconded by the landlords of the National Hotel, at which the entertainment was given. A large portion of those present were either "brither Scots," or of Scotch descent, but it was not left to them alone to honor the memory of one whose fame is cherished the world over. Men of many nations joined in testifying their admiration for him who had "an inspiration for every fancy and music for every mood." The large dining room of the Hotel was decorated with engraved portraits of Burns and of scenes from his poems. Three long tables extended the whole length of the hall, with a cross table at the upper end, for the invited guests. The banquet was profuse, and the bill of fare comprised luxuries and substantials, with ornamented confectionary and large bowls of "reekin punch." Senator Pearce, the Honorary President, took the head of the table, Mr. Speaker Orr, Honorary Vice President, presiding at the other end of the room. Rev. Dr. Balch, by invitation, said a most impressive grace, after which the company sat down, and enjoyed the material entertainment, until called to order for the more intellectual "feast of reason." Senator Pearce, on rising to speak, was greeted with loud and prolonged cheers. When silence was restored, he said: Gentlemen: We are assembled to-night to commemorate the natal day of a great genius and poet of one whose name is a familiar household word in Scotland whose poetry has stirred the enthusiasm of every grown man and woman in that country, and touched the hearts of all elsewhere who love nature, who are capable of feeling depth and tenderness of sentiment or who enjoy the mirth of humor. Just one hundred years ago, within the clay walls of a cottage which his own fathers hands had constructed, Robert Burns was born: "Fair science smiled not on his humble birth." No "boast of heraldry" was his. Few and feeble were the gleams of prosperity which through a life of toil and severe struggles with poverty cheered the peasant bard. He owed very little to education, far less to patronage, and nothing to the accidents of fortune. Yet, while drudging in the daily routine of labors, which may well be supposed to have been somwhat repulsive to one of his susceptibilities, he felt the sting of genius. His own fervid and impassioned imagination bred and nourished in him a love of song, and before he had passed the period of early manhood, he was the author of a body of poetry sufficient in itself for a national minstrelsy. This was not the result of a systematic pursuit of poetry as an art of careful study of the finest models of poetic taste and beauty. The poetry of Burns welled out from the fountain of his own imagination. It was the natural overflow of a mind full of strong feeling, of quick and warm sensibilities, and of bold, original thought. He was not merely the author of beautiful fancy scenes, such as spring from the ardor of poetic invention, but rather the painter of nature and truth daguerreotyping in his mind all that appeared to him attractive and striking, particularly in that lowly life, along whose sequestered vale his own condition and pursuits chiefly led him. But, however he strung his harp, whether in lowly life or amid its higher scenes, his was - "That music to whose tone, The common pulse of man keeps tune."
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