Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-05-19

memory, and bid adleu TO this venerable toni
for the present, hoping we may from its lesson
have received no harm, but on the contrary
found many " footprint by which we may
be profted We here see monuments which
remind us that such men as II Milton, Sha kes-
.pere, Chaucer, Butler, Spencer and johnson
together with Garrick Handel, Barrow, Hender.
son, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Campbell and Southey
have each, in their appointed season, heeu
called to &C hang their harps upon the willow
and suspend their anthem and their song till
they can in one harmonious whole raise their
voices higher, louder, loftier than before. To
describe the monuments, and give the inscrip-
tons of :hcsc, and vast number beside, would
be almost impossible, but having all faith in
your patience. 4 will venture to describe few,
ana give their Inscriptions. The following are
inscribed on Campbcll's monument
'' This spirit shall return to Him
Who gave 1t heavenly spark;
Yet think not, SUP, It shallbe dim
When thou thyself art dark!
Mott shall live again, and shine
In bliss, unknown to beams Of thine
By Him recalled to brea tn
Who oaptiv. led captivity,
Who robb'd the grave Of Victory,
And took the sting from DEATH"
The statue1represents the Poet in his academic
robes of Lord Rector, and the relieved figure,
with the torch, the triumph Of immortal Hope,
as described in the following lines
I" Eternal Hope when yonder spheres sublime
Pealed their first notes to sound the marchof time,
Thy joyous youth began but shall not fade
When all the sister planets have decsyed;
Wien wrapped ia fire, the realms of ether glow,
And Heavens last thunder shakes the world below;
Thou, undismayed, all o'er the ruins SMILE
Aud light thy torch at Natures funeral pile!''
The design ind workmanship of Shakeppare's
monument are extremely elegant. Tho figure
attitude, dress, gentecl air, and fine composure
are all most beautifully expressed, and on the
scroll appear those splendid lines from 1.-The
Tempest "
THE cloud-capp'd tower, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe tself,
Yea, all which it inherts, rhall dissolve,
And like the baseess fabric Of vision,
Leave not n wreck behnd.'
He died in l6l7, and this monument was
erected by contributions one hundred and
twenty five years after.
While many of these monuments are chiscled
with long cpitarls of prose and poetry, OF
both, others may b. noted fer their short, YET
equally marked AS un example, that to Ber
johnson, is 80, Rare Ben johnson " What
a history implied in them.
The visitor in London should not, by any
consideration neglect to visit this ancient rptt
ng-place of the dead No place can repay sc
richly, none car afford 50 many subjects for III
ter consideration, which SHALL all at once
please, exalt and benefit Its monuments are
silent, yet they speak untaught, but still they
teach and with such tones do they speak, ant
such power tcach that none can fail to be in
structed, for their range is go extensive tina
the most learned, can yet learn. and those who
have bathed in the deep waters Of science, liter
aturs. or the arts can here find deeper waters
till ~ colume Of athous1ad ysars is here open
for perusa, and that one can peruse it in vain
is impossible. The fgnrc Of Thomson leans ii
left arm upon pedestal, holding book in ont
hand, and the Cap of Liberty in the other
Upon the PEDESTAL in has relief, are the seasons
to which a boy points, Offering him a laure
wreath as the reward Of his genius. At thu
left of the figure is the tragic mask and the an
cient harp. The whole is supported by pro-
jectng pedestal, and in panel is the following
inscription james Thomson, Etats 49
Obit q August, l74s. Tutored by thee, sweet
Poetry exalts her voice to ages, and infuses the
page with music, image, sentiment and thought
never to die"
The emotions one feels 10 he bids adieu Il
this Abbey, can easily be imagined by any one
who has ever visited the graves of fond friends
for no one can visit tins place, and not consider
that he is among the remains of friends
friends whom we arc reminded of on almost
every hand by the works which they performed
and improvements they made, and which will
continue while timo endures friends not for a
day, but for all time. G.w.E