Moritz Graf Von Strachwitz.

defend many of his utterances . Like many other poets we could name , his writings must be taken " cum grano , " masmuch as his ideas , it must be confessed , are often not a little erratic , and the "lees" are many . and poAverful of the strong and luscious Avine , which , as a " chEd of song , " he calls himself ( eiu ehrEcher Gesehe ) , he offers to the guest at the poetic banquet . His " coronas couviviales" are , it must be admitted ., rather fantastic , if graceful and sAveet-scented . Perhaps , too , Ave feel it riht to saythat he may be properly accounted a pupil of the pure Epicurean School

g , , ( never the highest in poesy ) , ancl Ave cannot , therefore , conscientiously recommend his often exquisite strains for the approval or study of the young , or for any , untd Time has mellowed their experience , and Religion has given to Life its happier direction , its controlling SAvay .

But still , as Count Strachwitz has many admirers in Germany , and his name and verses are almost apparently uiikiiOAvn in England , AVB have thought it Avell to call attention to a ICAV translations from his poetry , Avhich , however imperfect in themselves , may afford a part-idea , at any rate , of the originality and SAveetness of the Avriter . We have often found much gratification from the perusal of his ringing Enes , and think that , had his life been prolonged , and his Muse winged , so to say , a steadier flight , he would have ranked among the masters of German Minne-singers . As it is , his

mingled Epicureanism and Stoicism must prevent his taking the front Ene in that goodly array , as Ave are among those AVIIO think , and think strongly , that the Divine gift of TTOMJO-IS to man must ever be permeated and purified , in order to rise to the hig hest use ancl most beneficial effect , by that reverential and religious spirit Avhich never forgets , Avhich ever acknoAvledges , the unspeakable gifts of T . G . A . O . T . U . And if in the case of Strachwitz some of his lays appear to the sober mind to be too sensuous ,

—too much given up to an unhealthy ideal , —too deeply absorbed by a mere earthly phantasy , too frequently to be tinged Avith a marked and melancholy materiahsm , —stiE , like as in a glade in a forest , Avhere- the green intervenes betAveen the overhanging trees on either side , so he has passages of exquisite , simplicity , grace , and poetic feeling Avhich command admiration , and appeal forcibly to our sense of ad that is true and tender , graceful and affecting . We therefore venture to commend the examples of his animated ancl effective verse Avhich follow to the fraternal criticism and contentment of our readers , tho more so , as notAvithstanding Ms defects , Ave by no means Avish to imply that Strachwitz is an irreligious Avriter .

Stanzas.

STANZAS .

Ml darling , come— 'tis good for both , When at last the Eve appears , When the day , to its departure loth , Has made its eye red Avith tears ; For then the very deepest blue Environs yon lully wall , And sAveetly in its timidity

Murmurs the Avaterfall . Noiseless the wings are flapping As they sAvim on Avith the stirless wind , For Slumber that realm is lapping With its breath both soft and kind . It makes the waves ¦ ¦ smooth as a river ,

It does not ruffle your hair , . It bids not the leaves to quiver , It only kisses each leaf so fair . The flowers seem dreamily to bend , And breathe out voluptuously , There floats the thought of the legend And of mythic chieftains by ;