The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-11-25

soon SNntrFeNe Tue FftNrO Ms 'l'c NolEt lH'-
gmge fEuropc--nnd, in short, mlked most
freely ard delightfully."- on every subject that
presented itself. 70 be alone for one good
hour, Ms wus felt il richly repaid me, II
nothing else could. Cor veUturlNg over the
1rarkess deep. Before ! took my leave, Mrs
Wordsworth, mutronly benevolent looking
old lady, aud the poets daughter, took seats
with rs. and was soon made 20 feel that
wos indeed in orc Of tho happest homes Of
England.
EordswoMli's personal appearance is very
7-imj.ar to tlo likeness of him you sec prefix.
ed to his works. There is blending Of
rnoughlulness and hcnignity in his counter
nucu that quotes love and admiration ri the
very FIRST glance. The upper part o!Ilis head
i entirely hNld, hut l0ug si!yery locks fall mp
ON his neck behind. Ills features nre strong
~ nlYri;cd yct are c0ntempl0tiyo rather lInn
,nutrgGtic IN their expression. Ills prov ijot
cNirunrdinary amplitude, and Though OF
sculp.ure-iku smouthness, II has much Of
'Il worn severe cast too common 10 men
haauu,cd to deep reflection; his large grey
i1h eyes, kindly and yet pcnsivc, lave calm
rarUrsi in-6geing look, such Il look us belongs
10 eyes TINT can End IN flowers thoughts too
,(iecn for tears3 aud about his mouth there is
y bland and almost playful expression that de-
uulcS - spirit glowing with all the sweetest
tlGariiJus and geniGst charities o! life. Ills
Tie mos charming simplicity. lie is now ~
his 18th your, yet his Countenancc IS I'M
wrinh!cd, and lis frame scarcely bent lie
1ahea much exercise, aud great care TO pre-
serve his health, aud daily nny be seen walk
'ag alUu: tlg roads or over the hills with all
ih3 yigor Of man in his prine. Being
Younger son he iuhcritcd 10 property, but
hag succeeded, through his wife, l believe, to
grll estate, and also now derives n pension
L., I,.,- I,,,fy n,,,,, rpl -
4nNucicnre and feels none Of that res angus
II Go%ai which weighed with sad effect upon
the cnrrgics Of his brother genius and bosom
communion, Co.eridge. No is the idol OF his
own Grosidc, and is rcrcrcd and loved rs u
father by The whole country around. Noih-
ing is wanting to give TO the llo OF tins gIo-
rioua old man all that slcrcdncs5 and ioTeli-
ness thai ought TO belong 10 the great poet Of
humanity, !Ac favored Interpreter ofuuiyegsal
n7'grc.
Maar mr. Wordsworth lives Hartley Cole
rllge, Tia oIhas: son Of tho great philosopher.
1Ie was oncc an accomplished scholar, and n
poet Of no COMMON or@Gr. lie was the OBJ
vet OF his fathers special training and once
blde fair to DC the worthy heir Of his tiuher's
genius. But dissipated habits have paraIysed
lis intellect, aud shorn him Of his physical
strength.
= mile beyond Rydal is Grasmore, whose
charms evoked such delicious strains from
the Tyre Of Mrs I!emans. 1t is enriched by
mountains, and from the midst of its bright
waters 'iko an emerald cllspCd in crystal,
yises green-swarded isle Of the most e%quis-
i;c beauty. On the shores Of Gr0smerc,
Wordsworth lived for many years, and here
jlc composed many OF the productions which
have made his name immortal. Here, too
Coeridge, resided when ho wrote that re-
4nqrkabe series of papers, entitled The
,I= n
7he Con tss;ons Of an English Opium Eater,
lor some time made Grnsmcro his home.
Holding on my way norihward, pursued
'rro -rI1gV1y TIcHeUlh si!CJdnS "P""'"'
some 5000 feet, aud the walk Of Il few miles
brought me to i[eswick, an ancient market
town, sitnated on the banks of Derwent and
nnder tho shadow of the Skidduw's towering
peak. The scenery around the town ii Of
tue most remarkable variety and rchnesS.--
AT the northern extremity of the village, on
the banks Of ,he Greta river is Gret0 Hall, for
forty years the residence the late al south.
ey, The house is plain yellow stone build
ing, situated in the midst OF trees, Oh a gentle
cmi0rnce, some hundred yards from thn
road. Ii is n SPOT Of no great outward pre-
tensions, but single gluuco at it is enough
80 stir the most sluggish depths Of The soul.
Here it was that ore of the finest intellects OF
the age displayed its nlightest energies, won
its most glorious triumphs and here thnt
sane intellect was shrouded in darkness, aud
for yenrS lay poor helpless thing in lis clay
tabernacle till death pierced the gloom, aud
the ransomed spirit sprung to eternal day
The Hall, for some time after the death OfIhe
laureate, remained untenanted. and its once
beautiful garden suffered greatly by the pous
thefs of visitors who carried away flowers
and shrubs as memorials fragrant with the
associations of former days. For the last
two years Greta Hall has been occupied by a
rich young buck, just out of his minority
from the south of England. Though unmar-
r!ed and living alone, he keeps four or five
servants, and lives in dashing style. For
months after he first took possession of the
premises, he kept in service band of music
whose business it was to play for his enter.
something of u contrast to the 'feasts of rea.
son and flow Of SOUP Of those other years
when Sonihey and Coleridge here kept in
fellowship their household gods.
Southey died worth Gl2, 900, almost alto.
uather the produce of his literary labors.-
He sleeps Ivy the side of his first wife, in the
burying ground of the parish. a plain mon
nment, without inscription, has been erected
over his grave. In the parish Church has
been placed a recumbent effigy of him il
white marble beneath which is a poetica
eptaph by Wordsworth, of such surpassnc
beauty that can hardly resist quoting it, 4
plain marble tablet, bearing simply the name
and age of the poet, has also been erected L
the memory ofSouthoy in Westminster Hall
Caroline Bowles, the well known authoress
and the second wife of Southey, is now liv
ing in Hampshire, in the South of England.
List OF Acts Passed Oct. Session