Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-07-12
A WALK THROUGH THE CLASSIC
AlSlESOf WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
The Monumental Statuay-The Graves Of
me Great Departed-The Sleeping
Places Of Kings, Poets, States
men and Warriors
Of England.
The ANCIENT HOUSE or COMMONS.
spec.ai corr,spoaaeuce OF the Register.

~ said, although manifested under
widely different conditions, were the
same III olden times that they are now.
| II Is not in them that We are To seek for
the
Mysterious Chasm Which Hallows An
cient Objects.
There is many venerable, ,weather-stain-
rd church in London, at sight OF which
v,ur thoughts take Il wistful, melancholy
lurn, though you know not either who
uuht 1t, or who worshipped in it,
or what dust OF the dead
Is mouidrring in its vaults. The spirit
which thus instantly possesses and con-
;rois YOU is not one OF association, but is
inherent i'll the place.
Westminster Abbey.
the pride OF every Euglishman, is an
object which every stranger in London
! hasteRs 10 behold and regularly revislts.
Founded more than 1000 years ago,
passing time only adds 10 the interest
Of it's ancient memorials and to the mum.
Der OF the precious monuments them
selves. Ii is at once the burial place OF
many kings, poets, princes, statesmen,
aud warriors oi England, and the sane
tuary Ol their marble etliLies. Their
mortal remuins have long since perlshed
from the earth; gratitude or oStentatlOn
has
Sought to Perpetuate their Memories
by some oi the graudest work OF human
Genius. but many Of these have crnm-
htcd under the operation Ol the slow
tulth ui age; aud il the name they
SEEK to perpetuate has not been asSocl-
atrl with some gr"nd and noble work,
il is soon and Justly lost III oblivion. In
this church are buried amidst genera
ljous ni their mobiles and COurtIerS, four
teen munarrhs of England, beginning
with the Saxon Sebert and ending with
George the Second.
Fourteen Queens Rest Here.
ami many children OF the royal blood
: who never came To the throne. Here,
confronted in naughty rivalry OF sol.
emn pOmp, rise the equal tombs OF
! Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart. ln
one little nook you may pace, with
but half i dozen steps across the graves
ui G. aries the Second, William and
Mary and Queen Anne and her conSort,
I Prince George.
The Princes whom Richard Murdered
| IN the Tower are COmmemorated here,
Uv an altar, set up by Charles the Sec
! 0nd Richard the Second, drpUovd aud
assasSinated, is here entombed 4; and
within lew ieet OF him are the relics
oi his uncle. the able and powerful Duke
| ui Gloucester, whom SO treacherously
ne ensnured. and betrayed to death.
Here, also. huge. rough and grey is the
marble sarChOphaguS of Edward the
First-,lied 1907 which, when opened,
more than hundred years ago, dis
closed
The skeleton of Departed Majesty,
still perfect, still wearing robes OF
gold tissue AMI crimson vel
vet, ami having crown
on the head and a sceptre in the hand.
30 sleep, in ieweied darkness and gaudy
decay, what Cuce were monarchs! And
all around are great lords, sainted pre-
lateS, famous statesmen. renowned SOL
diers, and illuStriOus poets. BurIelgh,
PIT. Fox. Burke, ,Channlng, Newton, Bar
row. WIlbcriorce- names forever glo-
riOus are here enshrlned in the grand
est sepulchre on earth. In the south
| lraNSCvpt, Mhlch -
The Poets Corner.
rest Chauc.r, the father of English
poetry. Speuser, Drayton, Cowley, Dry
den, Beaumont, Prior, DR.. Johnson,
Campbell, Gay, Congreve, Rowe, Ma
cdulrv AMI Dickens. Ben Jonson IS
not here. but-in an upright pos
urr, it : said, under the north
aisle OF the Abbey: Addison is in
the chapel ol Henry the VII; and Bul-
Wer Is IN the chapel vi s.. Edmund.
Carries, Sheridan. Henderson, Cumber-
land aud the once 50
Mighty Duke of Argyle
ar. almost side 10y side; while at a little
Gtstaure sleep Anne oi Cleves, the di-
N'rryd wrte ri Henry VIII, and Anne
Neville, the murdered Queen oi Richard
ili The iutermeufs that have been
effected m aud around the Abbey since
the remote ayes OF Edward the Comics
scr mu>t number thousands, but
Macy Name Has Been ObIiterated
: .rp,u the uayhlr floors over which gen
e~NunuS hayr troi. and the subject itself
2 forgotten. To muse over the literary
e memorial in the Abbey IS also to think
, upon the seeming caprice Of chance
with which the graves OF the Brit
.~u poets have been scattered far
auj Mlir throughout the land. Cover,
F,"'Cayy Iui Ma>SlTger rest in South
, warN sydney aud Butler in st. Pau.s;
. More "a, ttur-Ghurv; Waller at Beacons-
U.'G. Mrinn ia the church of the Grip
p.egt;e; Swrir AT puhltn, in 81. PatricS's
Cathedral: rnrr a. rwirkenham; Gray
al >tuiS, Pegs; Cowper in Uereham
2 CautCt. Gnitsmth III the garden OF the
U-mp,r, EIruS al Dumlries, Scott IN
/ prNbugh Abbey, and Byron In Hook
. nail rNurc&. Statues, however, have
nrru erected 10 al these men IN West
. minister Abbey.
Here IN, Royal Corona,ious Have Taken
Place
since the time oi Edward the Cnnfessor
up ru the cr0wnlug ul Queen Victoria,
wi,a -~rat pomp aud maguiiiceDce; and,
even though th- ceremony had been
p,.r o:m.-i ,.l-t here. II MAS Thought
II .,>@,r, Q, r-.,.,.,' Il .,t Wrstmlu>t, in
.r... l.rr-,.r,,.,. g., 60 ;!rr gtt..t prrsnnasrs
n. tie. iaui IIr al l"r mn>t interest
iug ,lar,~ %: t..r Abbey l. tHe
Cngoler House and AucisLt aoHss Of
Commo-s
Ii waS NI.J "a '-"u, Oh tI!e sIIe t' u I
eatIrr C.apJrr House founded hv r.
war,i the Cuu'rSSur. II MAS the chan 4.
h,r i'm which the Abbot and MONKS IN
the times ol the ancient monastery held
their chapter, or meeting, pr discus
sion and business The A5bJt and the
four cLiei officers oi the convent sat in
the ornamental sta IS, aud the Monks
sat uu The stone seats around. Almost
from the time OF IL first erection
l. vas USED for the sittiugs OF the House
OF Commons. The
House of Commons
came into existence in l36j. and at first
sat in Westminster Hail with the House
Gi Lords; bat in l2S2 they part. Il, and
irom that time for nearly 5JJ years it,
msetings were held IN tue Chapter