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hereafter he will not be more distinguished |
than the humblest of US.
From Btach,cood for Nay.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
" Sung lying in the Abbey.-RrvALs.
The Abbey we should visit in mild evening in |
Spring, when the warm sun--emblen OF kindinp |
lf--streams his declining rays through the tracricd
window, and when all the world without is spring |
ing into renewed existence. How awful the |
though, that here within these walls there is no
spring;--
uTho spring returns, but not to them the spring,
pnv, or III" sweet approach Of even or morn,
Or 81 hi Of vrncral bloom, or summers sun
Or hIcks of herbs, or human face Divine"
Here is perpetual winer-hers ,he cold hand Of death
kcrns iowa rnbellions spiriS that brookcd not the
siHr"N1cv Of kings and fnrhids alike monarchs fur
thrr 10 Cypress, or slaves longer to succnnb-all
base earth, roval noble, gentle and simple. Kings
WARRIORS, what they here hut towards and slaves
WHAT'S all that left of the greatest, mighest, aud
best OF them worth? old bones, five pounds FIR
two pence. Above these bones what remains to do
them honor cold stone no'seless block
cherub bubberny, fame blowing n noselcss trun-
psf, an opitaph recording every vitue-they had
not .
And after ALL was it not for the honor of being de-
posted in the lofty aud well proportoned bonehouse,
that the crumOhng dust below these marbles Kept
the world IN hot water! We stamp upon the wall
where lies all that the rats have left of Elizabeth our
queen and the reverbiated sound qivers around the
tons of her SISTER and her victim, Mary of Scotland
Did tho hGartiess old woman dream that she would
rot IN the next cellar !
"Drop upon Fox's tomb tear,
Twill trickle to his rivals bier );
.ndif twill, where was the use OF thos, men keep
inc at such a mortal distance, and lnterchanYlhs
words # hch defiance through lie, when death lays
them here at heads and tails, like begrnrs III 81.
Gles'sl We are here and we TEL! YOU Edward NE
cople.sor; Richard the Second, Elizabeth, and the
rest Of the roya skeletons you Ineane phTos-
pirates OF dukes princes, eld-marshals, OF the led
courtlers, ministers OF state-and you also, crack
skulls OF Poets Corner-that the huiliDle iluNuual
who has the honor 10 address yui-"e even we Inc
warm blood careering merry through the blue VEINS;
our ostcologa kept together ny s'newy lsainon.s,
wrspt IN warm surtous, a eood STOUT nuscIe, ai'u
covered with lis appropriate cutt,cc; abie 10 move
about and 20 whittier we list, take the ar, near inc
lark carol and look at the snnbeans dancing on ,he
rlpplng waters; yea, we cols'ueF o"!scn "o'''"e''
greater, nishler than ye all!
Hank IN yoar ear, Bess, down holow-can you sign
our death warrant We should rather THINK not,
old lady! Where are you lying poets, iuoia'lous
court.rs your pet dogs of humanity your TWO reg
gel .poodcs, yes and your W Sc inenIwherel IS lnal
old inu,i R,rlegh where honest WaislnlhaHi
whsro courty leicester; where gallant Essex, ana
still more gallant Ralelshl Where is Anthony hiuu
who preached d. fore YOU and told you that ags had
furrowed your face, and besprnk!ed your mar WIN
its meal ri Wheie are all the poor wresches you
put TO death, o'ye hear
Lie eli, ye unimpor,an', useless dead-wha' are
yenow more than nneanest dust! Inc present cri-
er Of the court Westminster hal! over the way, IS
Of moro moment in the eyes of men than the whuie
10, OF ye-yss, the live beade oi faicrns
parish is moro gorgeous, and Coroner Walkey often
Or in the mouth of men. What had You IN Lie
more than am now power to abuse t-fal'tiy 10
he hef1oed in the ear wl,h-and pouip 10 contrast
with the dark, dark hole wherein are slowed away
your miserable relics, Bah let me lIve-as long as
can, as well as can and as conentrd os can
lie, me thank God for what have which Is better to
me than all sub erronepu> maJcstes ana Graccs
ever had be yours the preerlle NINE the present
and the future lenses and when death comes loi
his debt, what can ial me wos. than 10 be Ike you
--bur.el and forgotten Where will be then, IN
brief the difference between us no moro han this
YOU rot wlthin, and without, Westminster Alb
hey
iro come down peg or two leaving meditation!
10 Hervey, who understood that sor, OF thing, tn
Abbey, is pleasant lounge IN warm or we shoui'
rather say very hot weather then, II Of the tenn
perature OF an ordinary ce-house, and with par .
cork 80 es muttl n, and 4 scull cap-wtiout "h.c
no who does not WISH TO JOIN company with III
lusrIous dead shohl, enter the fame, we can get 0
very pleasantly; deposng your hat and cane wit
foollsh-farnd whlsAer. frnged man IN black gov
in Poets Corner, you daneIc about, looking at tn
tomb 0. John DRYDEN obsorvingb by the way, thf
the noblrrIan who had the honor Of contributing tn
stone--a Duke of Bucking CHAM, we believe, has la
his name cut in letters as large as those OF Il
great man he PROCESSES to commemorate thus
ike the picture OF Jaciv Tar going to heaven ho'
ing on a b,hop's tail! Wnltcbread, the brewer p
W i bust OF Milton in Crpplegate Church, but
had the good taste not To- lhscribe beneath II pr
W here by Whiteorcad the brewer;' however, wht
aduke does handsome thing, he has right to tai
care that his merits shall be handsomely achnow
eyed.
In that corner behold the chasiest tablet and be-
Inscription IN the church.
oRARE JOHNSON
There is the tablet 10 the memory OF poor Col
sniih the profile of the poet, true ii oernlin prof
bv the way, with the inscription from the pen Of Il
prpat Sam johnson Then there IS the monument
Shakespeare, and Prinr and Gny, and-but batch h
BY this time been collected, and you are desired
move onward, stopping only Ia deposit your "uzz
on the toIb OF some dciunct Abbot, who has the pc
pe'psl clak Of silver rattlngln his ear-pity the goo
OIL s,b crnlat hear IL and You are rec Of the hous
The nj have SAID, conduct you at such
rap rara, that yon have no tineIo admire or thin
over what you see IN fact, each Chapel would occu
with pleasure an enuIc day and that OF Henry VI
yol would hardly thoroughly exhaust IN two; VIII
the gul 'es leave you, however, You can stroll mo
Leisure through the body OF the church; and if y
have sentimental fellow mediator, one who "
not talk but who will think with you, there IL
greater pleasure Of the calm, contemp alive kind, tn
aung from tomb TO tomb and paus TO recall wa
derng recollectlons of the doing IN 10 the flesh of
moulderlnu tenants below. As The effect OF contra
YOU cannot do better than to spend the fore par,
yonr dav in Westminster Hall, amid the rush
witnesses and clients, but hustle ofattorneys
The tedious form, the solemn pate,
The pert dispute, the dull debate,
The drnwsy bench the habbllng hall
and then walk across the way TO the Abbey. ]
vanity OF all human ambitions cannot be more iorc
in wigs growing, arg ing and combating like ri
bantams for fame. You see hOrdes-perfect swa
of The briehess. condemned for life TO look on wi
other men are eating or, what IS an hundred {
worse To listen, while other men nre speaking,
the hopeless thirst of iame.-lou behold awful, c
,nent Judges on the bench, representing years OF N
nioht anxiety and toll, employed in reaching that
We'd elevation, for the hope of fame. Halfa minu
walk brings you 10 a sl.ent city whore kings hero
beauties titles, fortunes, sleep neglec'ed--the 81
of death-no one remembering caring for or tro
Inc their heads about them. We behold in Il
,oInbs how petty is grandeur-beauty how un sig
lv-fame, how obscure fortune, how moan-and
after this, we return TO the legal arena so far fl
seeing any thing admirable or mighty, or great,
hsbold a Hule busy hive Of singing unprofit;
Creatures, humng and droning away their lte Ii
and leaving no more lasting memories behind Il
th,n the drones of the hives Of lesser insects.
Tue TREArY-We see that some of the Can
pansrs dislike some Of the provisions Of the
,rtatv in relation TO the boundary as settled an'
the privileges and equivalents, mutually agreed VI
This objection comes from quarter that render
in our estimation, additional evidence that
treaty has adjusted the boundary controversy on
nv conal terms and IS we have no doubt that the