New-York tribune., 1841-06-18

pcation GeOmcrca truths III the Conclusion PRACTICAL
and we'll calculated be highly useful The work will prove
Of high vlu and do ait III and successful service the
cause of education.
Murox's HousR.--Nton's house at Horton pulled
down about fifty years since and another-aIpaIeny OF
similar dmensions-built in its stead. The garden and
grounds the and old pigeohou'c belonging to
the former mansion has been preserved In the earaen
dccaycd upplc.,rcc, under which the poet is aid-wit
great probabity-to have composed The ATc0dcS. The
s,ntion of the house low ard nlr.hy. Though the
pubic road concealed by the shrhbery and cluster of
lcdse-row-ems.' We had difficulty in finding the
house. the villagers considered inquiries to be directed
towards arisOcraiic mansion the rnunor-.:ouse
which has recently been destroyed the great regret of the
people, who described noble old residence that had
stood for hundreds Of years The Milton house was the
second in importance in the village. Hiyn. traced the
spot we found the proprietor, Mr.. Cooke hale cheerful
old gentleman engaged in the fields experimenting his hay
makers He with great alacry she" us the house
pointed the pgeonhousc and aFPc-ifee and dwc with
peculiar delight the appearance ot two tail poprS o the
lawn, about hundred feet IN hight which were visible he
said all the way to Slough, Windsor and the on
don road There is hill bcwxt Horton and London
In this secluded spot, shroudcd in cheerful Stac, the poet
had nothing withdraw him from the studies III wici Ec
delighted Mr. Cooke called of his abeycr accom-
pany Us 10 Horton Church. in which, lie said doubt the
Millions often sat- and where the Poet mother lay buried
The honest peasant civil and cheerful as his master
of whom he spoke with the affection OF the odcn time
that still uecrs III these hooks and corners. where
society Is much the hundred years since
His master, ic SAID had suffered much aiicton all h>
family had died beforc him. and their tornbs were III the
chuich There IS fortunately, minds elasticity
ana cyersrringng chcortuncsstc result of happy
and calm elunce The goodness rroyidencc-ha
enables them the heaviest caariiicS that beta,
humanity Horton Church like the village low and an
tique has il ycwtrees and vy-nancd walls. tine char
actcristic ana Interesting Accomplishments OF such spots IN
ancient .oat l. III the Interior The chanccl paved with
rcd br among which the blue i!agstonc the grave
the pos mother i Conspicuous The Inscribed.
Here lyet the body of Sara Milton the wife of John Nil
ton who died the Sd OF Arri 1857 rrascrs Mag MAY
MltroS's MAxuscnlrrs AT CAxnRIper-l,aons Mil
tons manuscripts outlines OF subjects intended
by the poet or tragedies Sixy-two scrpt,l SUBJECTS
;hrytwo from English history, and ike from Sco. hi--
tory. \ century OF Inventions! Such stupcndorS labor
had the Young poet marked himself The Old Tcsa-
abounding in picturesque and striking incidents.
furnished most OF the scrptua plans; only from
TIE Ncw Testament. OAc of these he entities CkriStHs
la;5e', founded the III the Garden His agony
may rccei"e nobe expressions the concluding words
this sketch; and noble they would have been Milton
tae 'u maturity ot his powers had taskes himself his
m:h tc'n9 One OF the poets historical plans wisely
ahnd0ncd-he subject OF Macbeth preoccuped b Shak
speaTc Milton proposed beginning the arrival of Mai
COIN Ct Mac6ui and he adds The Duncan NAV
DC expressed by the appearing Of his siest The splendid
success OF Shakespeare in the early and prc;crnaiurl
o iac play-higicncd by the character OF Lady Macbeth
cFacter superior tragic power and the graudc
creations o the Grecun drila-nu>t have deferred Milton
- '''S teSi'cCt ior me u'hteS ot li!V drama
iFon' The thought of commencing bctore the murder,
probably his classical! taste would lead him to shun
the representation e murder the stage lie did right
I"'Neye IN measuring swords ygith Shakespeare Within
iat circle aone agrst walk bat he. Mtons panoply Of
ie.inng would have npeet his motions and his
power Shakespeare, swift and unencunbered like Ithuel
' 'oreA o: celestial temper, reached the heart At once
M hsPFy institution he achieved what even Aristotle adj
i2, to oe the great end of tragedy-to excite admiration
co'ason and sympathy His moral as lust and COM
pie as 1t Is terrible He trusted classical taste and
the ui'es but 10 his cespd the strong everything
passions OF human natare. shaping actions and DESTINY
beating IN cver breast and agatius every frame. Milton
would have found 1t audience but few S2kspeare has
civilized country melt at his tenderness and
pit kindic rs G,c-, n-d =;uddcr his <ubl;n,i,v
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