The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-17
The worlds Grandest Tomp.

We have seen the Tai, the most beau
tiful tomb on earth, the most ethereal
looking building in the world, built to a
stainless woman, in stainless, everlast-
ing marble. There lisa feeling of the
most sublime peace and rest in its tow
.ering domes Of pearly white; and it is SO
beautiful that one submits at once to the
soft chains and gentle bondage which
silently steal over one; criticism being
as idle and out of place as the micro
scope would be out of place near it.
Before its soft majesty and almost super
natural sublimity there is no place but
for admiration. 1t is d issfen't to believe
that it belongs to earth, supt that one is
not dreaming-it is SO lovely, so white
and pure, dazzling like driven snow in
this long reign of SUM-. Is the world be-
hind us, with its rough ways, its tears
and wearisome burdens? And are these
the shining, cleaning portals of a celes-
tial and heavenly rest? Spellbound
and in sile nee we look upon it, dazed,
Tor we now know that in beauty and
grandeur it is the most stupendous re-
suit Of mans dreaming that the world
can show, and the most perfect sngges-
tor on earth of those s'mansions not
made with hands,, 1t testifies more to
his power Y 9 the unseen and to his
ability TO seize upon the infinity of spir-
ltlal beauty than any sight on earth. 1t
seems llnsubstantial Al a vision; yet a
vision sensible to feeling as to sight"
and from whose snowy bosom there
comes, floating on the downy wings Of
silence, a message of gentle peace, q
solemn harmony which mades all ma
tire found it drowsy. If stones ever
breathed forth sermons, these spotless
pnes ofthe Tai do.
One can neither describe its splendors
nor ones sensations ~ one silently be-
holds it. Every part of it, inside and
out, is wrought with the most consum-
mate art. and carved as never stone was
carved before, and its interior laid most
richly with precious stones in exquisite
" beautiful devices. Rajpntano fur
nisled the marble and red o domino.
diamonds and jaspers came ers5rsthe
lPgiiiaub, comedians and agates from
TAlbet, coral from Arabia, sapphires
and iapis.lazuli from Ceylon. ItIspeses
ON tue banksof the Jumna, in q large
and beantifc!. garden full ofesstern flow
ers, brisht.foliaged trees and sombre
cypressas--eSerything to make the
wondrpus white of the marble mo g vi
vid. 1 was built by Shah Jehan in hon
Or Of his tavorite wife, o much more
Than two hundred years ago, costing
nearly ~ 0,o00, and is said to have
taken 21,fgD men seventeen years to
complete
1t first bursts upon our astonished
eyes as We pass under a splendid arch of
dark red stone; a fitting frame. for what
we see farther Oman avenue of dark
expresses and other trees appear before
US, ana down its center a long white
4 fnssfPga1a tank with rows of fountains in it.
Az the end of this ayenue of foliage
ls seen the majestic entrance of the Tai,
anu Its centre dome ofpearly white, ris-
lIg high Into the blue SKY and eli re.
Heeting in the water at our feet. IfIn-
Ola had nothing else, this alone would
be worth making a pilgrimage to from
any part of the world.
Walking at the side of this tank we
came 70 the terraces of white marble on
which the TAI rests, and a world OF
white Is before us. The majestic door
way c%olifronts us, set round with texts
from the Koran in Persian characters.
Entering with W and reverence this
shrine OF art, We find ourselves in a
sott opal light. which seems as
pattaptt ia lHS Wuite marble, WllCE
yves i life, seems impalpabls. We zee
the polished walls of heckless marble
rise high, ending in a superb vaulted
n doMe;;and before us, on a platform in
1.-THE centre of the flooring, rests the
tomb. inlaid with exquisite mosaic. All
y the sabiinest type of beauty, one can
see, and nothing can the world show to
wondering eyes SO beautiful.
After farfying long we leave the in
\ ter1ef, drunk with its beauty. We have
seen sfi,ere lies the woman who has
TeceIveda more glorious sepulture than
has fallen TO the lot of any human being
1 before u, The world, and more glorious
than perhaps any will have hereafter.
and asbailding which by its surprising
loYeliness win guard her rem aims to al
time. Il stands here also a monument
1f Nhat tbs world could once do for it's
deadss.sssunny Lands and seas,O BY
Hugh Wikisson.
Rnskin ssys 4 couple should court
seven years before getting married. M,
Ruskin evidently never loved q Sio0. 600
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