Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-07-19
England.

I-OSDON, june "a, 1919.
Not the one monument of which Pope
declared that ''it lifts its head and lies"
That portion of Lheinscription to which
he thus gave enduring satire has been
erased, the good sense of amore civilized
age prevailing-I say with some force
more civilized, for after seeing and en-
terng the cell in which Walter Raleigh
languished, l cannot refrain from eX-
claiming against the profanity of the
good old times. They are much pleas
anter tolook at through the Claude glass
which Sir Walter has preserved for US.
| thought the prison of the poetic bridge
ut Venice sufficiently horrible, but Sir
Walters will come among them for cru
city. Did such a fate .befall the friend
of our own Virginia? Oar readers may
| suspect from these illusions THAT L have
duly done the Monument and the Tow
er, and why not? L pity the man who is
either SO indifferent that he will not, or
so silly that he does not care to visit both
these world familiar lions. Where
would London be and these omitted?
But it is another monument that won
my admiration to-day. 1t is a gorgeous
structure which is in construction in
Hyde Park, to make illustrious the
memory of the Prince Consort. 1t is as
profuse i'm gliding as If it were to meet
the perpetual smiles of Italian skies. I'm
less Goals grows even scarcer than they
are now, its brilliancy will be soon deep
" shadowed.
Certainly it is beautiful, and its group
of scnlptured memorials of poet and
painter and sculptor and musician and
architect edifying. l am not sure but
that the REGARD reaches from antcdiluvi-
an day to our own time. l don't reeol-
lect an American name there. Is Our
: scroll of fame so unworthy as to merit
such exclusions. 1t is,ambitious in Eng
land thus to girdle the Prince Consort's
honors into the Pantheon. Yes, It is ;
supurb memorial. l confess think il
is very exaggerated expression. Eng.
land must net give such sensure to US
for overwrOught and OverdOne praise
She is net, after raising this memorial
in condition to cast the first stone. Primes
. Albert wrote no great book. He led M
great army. He invented nothing. HI
made no great chapter in art. What Il
there left to do for the immortal memo
; ries of men really great? He was dis
, Greet, careful, kindly, excellent first cit
izen by the accident of marriage. HI
died prematurely, and the costly pile 0
, beautiful marble records the honor du
to his name by sovereigns and people
The glorious line of men whom Englan'
s claims as her own, who have give
= thoeght to mankind, and who to-da
dead or alive, hold supremacy, Nigh
walk past this pile in scoraful wonder
e A fortunate suitor-a kind husband
3 worthy man. Excellent things in thei
y way, but common enough affairs for a
y that.
/ observe in the arrangement of th
s statues that Shakespeare is at Homer
X feet. To the few who can enjoy him |
# his own tongue, the poet that asked n
g bread in seven cities may be transcend
$ ent, but this was not the mind that"eS
hausted worlds and then imagine
new" The smOke-blacked statues {
Pitt and Fox. and those who liked theI
made England a name of majesty b
land and sea and state, might well lea,
theiI pedestals and walk in wonderin
;. procession around this auriferous exa
tation of a quiet citizen well marrie'
q look up and down here and see i
2. statue of James Watt, who has pave
" these streets with geld. Certainly Albe
n, of Coburg justified the proverbial goe
fortune of that house. '"it
l. The Shah is feted as vigorously as eve
N and as the Russian papers scOld, En-,
a land may be disposed to think its no
:, pitalities well bestowed. l saw the Pc
: sian flag floating to-day over the pala
re where he receives superb hospitalit
# IT may be all right. but it is in an eye
the road towards linda. To man tn
! made Persia famous, Thomas Moor
- England gave f300 year. Englar
y llOnored herself in that. SENTINEL.