Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-03-12

trouble, and put on my best clotbes-merely |
for the pleasure of looking into her eyes and |
touching her hand.
Lightly rolled our easy little carriage on
our way to Windsor The day was mild,
hut cloudy we had both umbrellas md para
soils with us, that we might he prepared Ell
ther for rain or sunshine. We drove along
n gnrden.l like. cultivated country, here and
there scattered over with peasants cottages
aud pretty country residences Alter an
agreeable drive oftwo hours, we reached the
park of Windsor which appeared to me ex-
tensive aud rich in noble trees, whilst 1t
lacked the romantic beauty aud picturesque
character of the royal parks OF Sweden, as
| Durgarden, lIaga and Rosenberg.
| From the commencement of the mngniti-
cent avenue, commanded by the equestrian
statute OF George III. on n rock, tho Castle OF
! Windsor presents itself in magnificent per-
spective, with its battlemented walls aud
tower, and its futtering banner reposing
firmly aud quietly on its height with back
ground of ethereal space.
The Normans first erected the castle.
William the Conqueror, charmed by The glo-
rous prospect from this height fortified TIE
| castle here by his own strong hand Ana
all the English monnrchs who have resided
there have left some memorial of their love
for that proud and beautiful abode. The
noble, magnanimous Edward ILL.,, born at
Windsor, built nearly the whole of the cas-
tie. The tyrannical, sensual Henry Will,
the husband and murderer of many wives,
built tile gate, which still bears his name.
Bloody Queen Mary celebrated here her ho-
ney-moon with the husband so worthy OF her,
| Philip II. Queen Elizabeth built the most
magnificent of the terraces. Charles !. lived
here, first MS king aud afterwards as prisoner.
Charles II. left here traces of his love for
pomp and luxury of all kinds William III.
aud Queen Anne bcautifrd the park, by
planting avenues of elm aud beech. George
ILL.,, who lived almost entirely nt Windsor,
restored the antique beauty Of the cnstle.
Windsor was his fnvorite residence. There
lie abode in his youthful days, aud during
his whole life, ahounding in storms and VIC
tories; hero hc was confined when the eye
balls oininh and body became darkencd, here
lac might be seen wandering about IN dress.
ing gown and long white beard the blind
eyes rolling reslessly, now aud then striking
on the piano few notes, n few accOrds OF
his iavoritc Handel, but deuf To the sound of
the bell which toed for the burial of his
granddaughter, the heir to his crown, the
beloved of his pcople-denf to the rolling
wheels OF tie funeral procession which con-
ducted her to the grave, which seemed us If
il would not open for him.
Next came George w., lavishng gold aud
| finery upon Windsor, to make it suitable
home for pleasure aud dissipation, more heo-
thcnish than Christian, aud shrinking from
the public eye; untl thus he was compelled 10
purchase, at great cost, a lofty tower which
n curious subject had built close beside the
park for the opportunity of seeing what went
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hood of the charming Virginia Water, where
the monarch was accustomed to row about in
n little bont ornauientod with Mahommedan
symbols.
George w. left at Windsor many portraits
aud statutes Of himself but not single noble
| memory.
| But that did William w. tho sailor king,
rs he is called, aud tho good Queen Adelaide.
They made Windsor n ihvorte place OF re-
sort for the people, whose eyes they did not
shu,i, but whom they loved TO see around
ihen ms parents do their children.
Under Queen Victoria aud Prince Albert
is Windsor less than ever home of pomp
and iestivityf No! but more and more is 1t
the home of human virtues, both public and
private. People do not talk Of the pleasures
oithe royal pair, but they speak of their excel
lent schools for poor children, aud their excel
lent institutions for old servants. People do
not build inquisitve towers in the enchanting
neighbourhood of Virginia Water, that they
may spy out the secret pleasures Oi royalty
but they drive ihither To see the beautiful
farms which Prince Albert has designed,
where happy human beings live Gnd children
play.
We drove through uveneus three English
. miles long on each side of the park, composed
I, Of beautiful trees clns and beeches. The
r view of the castle the whole way, with its
round tower aud ilultering banner, is really
, magnificent, We drove through the little
town Of Windsor, aud then up to the castle.
We first visited the chapel, n beautiful an
lique building, which powerfully moves the
J excited mind 10 devotion, and then, whilst
] waiting for admission into the castle, walked
! TO and fro upon the terrace--Queen Elisa
. betl's work md place of exercise; in truth,
: promenade fit for proud qucenly spirit
The view from this point is so extensive ond
free, that one seems to behold half the globe
at ones feet. Through the vast expaiise OF
meadow, the royal Thames meanders, CLEAN.
ing forth like silver, while the spires OF Eton
College raise themselves commandingly
above multitude Of lesser towers, country
churches, villages and towns, till at length, in
the blue distance, tho hOrison encloses the
rich and immense landscape in half circle
G How Queen EliZnbcth must have felt as she
gazed on this picture!
= Elizabeth Tudor!-I love her not, for she
was not noble woman, however grand she
+ might he us sovereign; but love her pic,
lure in history, love il for the coniras, whc
@ II presents. The proud Queen on the terrace
$ at Windsor, with half the world at her feet
: and then later, during lle last DAYS of he,
= | life heart hruken by Tho treacLprv nf EssaN
}, aud his death on the scahold, sitting silent
Il with eyes riveted on one spot, the fnrel
i pressed upon the closed lips, refusing med
cine, wishing for death, deaf TO ell words
b except those of prayer. How unlike ar,
5 the plctnies! think that love her hest in
r the last, because she died with yet warn
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