New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-18

waste your admiration here 90 on ,es tho French CA
tbedras. the rufus OF Provence and Italy, the galleries Of
Florencc. Naples, Rome" "Ab. but YOU INST rensm-
ber,v world be the answer. 'tness are the frst old
things 1 saw" A sentiment do you sayt
But poets know aud statesmen ought know ., IA
by vcdrscted sentiment that great nations live 60
Canon Kingsley said. bo found no pieasantrr employ.
meDt than showing party Of Americans round West
minister Abbey, Eaglapd's pantheon. The American
might answer, How should It 10 otherwise than
that We should bo thus poyed--~e who have
been prepared W stand here by culture b,
knowledge OF All these ifinstrous Departed
who tue oouutrymep Of Longielou q,
LoDgfeilow. said the lecturer. has only perceived
aud drunk all thst purest aud MODEST 10 the now
sleeping last ten but ne bas AZ again
and agnu with That which ~ purest nooles In thu
waking aud yearlns present. Yes long IA tho noe,
who could wlIts " Tho HeIfN of Bruges" aDd "Tne
Village Blacksmith read among you theto no need
for To BAD Won reverence tho past aud
little need trust. Tor mo 20 tel thoSs
whom | leave at mono 10 reverence thu present
Your exquisite poet 'aas Turned The hearts OF tbs
fathers toward the children. and spite passing lars
empire will never be long unjust 10 yours. while
Longfeow remains not merely the household bard,
though tina, ~ much. but counselor, comforter.
trusted friend TO hundreds OF thousands Of gone and
earnest souls from the palace the parsonage from
the little village shop 70 tho farmhouse tho lonely
| down.
A tribute nearly az glowing followed to Washington
irving. whose prose he called graceful Is. and man
her. than poor Elias From Irvings essay
on Westminster Abbey he quoted exquisite passage
hut he that Irving would write somewhat diff
fcIenty he here for the look Of dlapidston
at which be limited disappearing undcr tue abors Of
generation OF reparers and restorer3. and stranger
VIII not often enter tho AbJey without finding
where or OF her among sroades skilled work
r,fo afp hrnu
coisers are being repaired TIL tho rich tracery OF the
arches and the leafY beauty OF the which adorn
the key stones shau 90 sharp sad bright a. they were
fret, 500 years ago
The chief glory OF yestminsor Abbeyths thing thai
makes to he inferred there to EnglisbDan N.
crowning glory OF glorious life-is not that king,
and queens sleep there that it is the scene Of their
coronations II Is because OF genius OF every hud
been entombcd there and TO lie down among them
IL indeed to join glorious company. Those who we've
friends once, and those who sternet foes allie
at peace there Casteresgh ~ there in spite Of Byron
| aud OF 5helley's scorn. Pitt and Fox, Warren
Hastings aud Macaaay afford 10 be each other
! in the Abbey Tue Romsh Abbots bones de not stir In
their grave beside the bones Of tho Protestant divine
| whom he would have burned on earth n he could
Queen Elizabeth. the old crowned lIoness Of England
rests as quietly as fair fra Scottish Mary for whose
sake so much blood spit. The great soldiers are
| there Of the times before tho civil wars.
whose glory the common heritage OF America
and England. Tho English statesmen arc there
who dared TO defend In Parliament the rcbeh
nous colonies. aud the poets aud philosophers
who spoke our common tongue and belonged 90 AL
English speaking peoples in all times. The place IS lot
sad, but AWFUL and full OF solemn glory Its very
architecture wants the lightness OF the foreign
cihcdrals but IL is grand In hight and OF severe pro
portion Inside architects have squandered
GU the OF fancy, and mado 1t the moss
spleudid specimen the world OF Of those stone
forests in witch the Of old de- GIFTED TO reproduce
those leafy minister's which God. not man. has built
Tue descrp Of tho Cathedral with its arches and
cloisters and carving and its stainedglass windows.
which reproduce hues Of the MONDAY and the sun
purple OF the heather tho gold or the g0rse the
azure Of bugl0ss and the crimson OF the poppy WAS
a burst Of elOqueDce and perfect piece OF word
painting could desire 10 add " this great Aboey
Mr.. Kingsley, its canon. DESIRES by way OF rocs egg
The dust OF great American. one American citt
ZEN a man wise and good and much beloved, has IAN
there time and then sent home with such well
earned houors could devise bat Mr.. Kingsley
would have great 20 sleep thcro forever
and thus link together by the Sacrament
OF common sepulchor. Mr.. Kingsley appearance upon
the platform had hailed with tumult OF Necon
ing applause. A still more ardent testimonial followed
ms retreatng footsteps. "Splcndid." "lne,' ana
" manly" the EXPLANATIONS you heard on every
side and the lecture may certainly DO pronounced An
entire success. l" y ~