New-York tribune., 1880-06-13

Tall 10 Icdcn UOo DOIe, OT grasp tuO ONSoi
a span, must be measured by my, soul. Inc
minds the standard of the mana truth
worth stating now and then, II only lot the
sake of keeping it from the fOrgettuiness OF the
race. did not forget how many poor, sleepy
children had heard repeated these arouslng
lines: a'Tis the voice of the sluggard;
heard him complain. You have Waked me TOO
soon,. must slumber again y; in my
sOmnOlent infancy think that regarded them
with contemptu0us disrespect,, and, when l
was particularly drowsy, as absolutely immoral.
Then that Othel copy of verses beginning
@How fair is the rOse what beautiful
flower PTS there any reason why WOrdsWortn
might not have written it'll am sure that
Then again, as | took a glance toyer the NULL
tudnOus sepuIchres of Bunhlll, and MADE
myself ready to leave them, there came to my
recollection these lines OF Watts when | hau
carried long in my memory, "Methihks
mouldering pyramid, Says all the old sages
said For me these sheltered tombs contain
More morals than the Vatican" For their
careless ease, and grace OF iancltui tnougnI,
this verse really reminds one or Emerson.
And so with last look at the inscription upon
his monument, ain uno Jesu Omina." |
turned away from 1t, and as l went rapidly OUT
ran plump against such q number OF graves
in succession that l wondered whose resting
place might meet next. ,..,
For it is evident that great many deceased
persons who could not be buried conveniently
anywhere else, were brought here for inter
ment. How came they to fetch old Joe RtsOn
here, the most devoted of English antlQuarlos'
Did he ask to he immured, after fighting every
body all his life, where there was persistent 11
SAVIOR of the past in the atmosphere How
came they, either to bring Horne ToOke here
the Rev. John Horne Tooke, to give him his
proper prefix? No doubt he. was sleeping
peacefully enough, after that tactlous IRE OF
perpetual fights, political and chronological. /
bowed respectfully to his quarters. because 1t
was he who promoted subscription for the
American widows and orphans, made such ana,
IN point of fact, "murdered by the Klngs
troops at Lexington and Concord" And mere
rested another gentleman to whom was once
much indebted-I mean DIR. Abraham Rees,
whose forty-fve volumes of CyclopGdia gazed
at with reverence in my youth, as tney stOOq
upon the.shelveS of our public library. Whom,
said, as remembered how used to tug home
two or three Of Dr.. Abraham's heavy quartOs
almost as big as myself, shall encounter next
"in his narrow cell for ever laid"9 And the
next name l saw was that OF William Blake, en-
thusiast, painter, and engraver, whose strange
devices and wOndTOus illustrations ana mystc-
rious, captivating poetry is still loved for their
profound and suggestive simplicity. And here,
too, was laid Thomas Stuthard, the painter !;
and Sir Thomas FOwell Buxton; and so many
others for whose names there IS no space. II
brains were all, how full Bunhill would he OF
them! The very sod ought to shoot and
blossom into books and sermons, into protests
against the Establishment, into demand Tor
the revision of history which CARLYLE might
greet with a sardOnic smile Out oil the gate
| walked slowly, observing that my beadle
in livery, was st Il engaged in his contest with
the wicked little boys. Over yOnder was a
Methodist Chapel in which John Wesley had
preached. Close by, John Milton lived though
the house has been Tazcd. ln the pleasant
Summer weather, the great poet sat ID his gray
coat at the door, or, leaving his solitude and
reflection went in to receive the guests who,
spite of all the political charges, were glad
and proud to visit him. Yes; do not know
pleasanter place for an American to visit than
Bunhill. l never saw q cemetery in which
mind and moral courage ana devotion to duty
and religious cOnscientiOuSncSS were so pre-
dominant over the grandeur of mausoeums.
Tie worldly indeed, is here as it comes every
where. Those London merchants who feared
God and went regularly to sermon, had still
lingering touch of pride in their well-fed con >
stitutlOns. They were not unwilling to have 1t
remembered that they were rich and dis
tingulshed and had filled great places IN the
city. Bunhill is not without its sprlnkllng OF
knights and even of barOnets.- Upon more
than one stone | saw sculptured the aTmOrial
bearings of the once wealthy trader who slept
under it-gules and griilins, hons rampant and
lions cOnchant, and what would have been
argent or azure if tombstOnes were not
necessarily deficient IN complexion. 1t was
evidently hard, even with the largest religious
experience, to get away from their vanItles.
But | was not disposed to be satirical Bun
and encouraging, that | fOrgave the bcadle,
the noisy little boys, the lOafers upon the tomb
stones, the pride OF wealth grown touchlngIy
impOtent, and remembered only that for
righteousness sake" was after all not alto
gether an empty phrase. The MiltOnic
associations were enough TO keep me from
cynicism, to cay nothing of the swift recOlleC
tiOns of Bunyan and OF DE Foe.
went wandering back to the city, studying
streets as streets are only to be studied in
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dozen squares-sOmetimes only squalOr and
hunger and gin shops and tumble down ruin.
More than once, as | made my difficult way
towards Charing Cross, which is the place every
stranger In London must find or be lost got
into filthy alleys and lanes which made mo
nervous. / saw in full perfection of de-
gredatiOn-if that is not bull-the British
rough lOunglng, his long pipe III mouth, al the
door of his miserable dOmiCile, his legs looking
unfinished without fetters, his whole demeanor
suggestive of burglary, petty larceny and
wife-beating, and his eye resOlntely bent upon
the beer shop at the corner. My way was to
walk in given general direction, and just then
had heard of BracOnsfcld, and lOnged to see
the place in which OH the very next evening,
that astonishing person would before the
citizens of London, ontpom one of his
astonishing speeches. l believe that he was
to dis course of Cyprus, SO back again L
worked my way. with a question now and then
to the civil policeman, nntll J happily reached
the old civic edifice which dates from A. ID.
1411, but has been 50 altered that it appeared
to me comparatively modern. The thing to
see was the great hall itself, and | was told
they were preparing it for the banquet which
was to be given. to BeacOnsteld the
very next day. i" Shall ] never be rid of this
BeaoOnsfeld ?" | asked myself. For thus far,
wherever went, whomsOever l encountered,
in eating house. at breakfast, in the rail
way carriage and omnibus. the talk was
still of BeacOnsfied. My landady ad-
%ed 1cdH him 0Tthna with pSHsdby init of h Thfh
whom had letters of introduction had some
thing to say of Beaconsiield. There were pan
falcons in the tailOrs' windows which bore that
revered title. Two bcery men one afternoon,
who could not have spelled the name if offered
quart of fOur.penny ale to do it, ex-
hausted BeacOnsfield and the Cyprus question
and myself in my presence and to my great
edification, upon q. Thames steamboat.
And when l wanted to go into Guild
bon IN ocfOnicino,