New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30

farmers admired him chiefly because my Wv ,.
that no wrote Moore's Almanac. ihey 1
uscd 10 say TO him Mister MOORE p''"'0
what the weathers going to De- nL,, n
From Devices to the village U, S-i;rl,,,u1
a;s,oroo NJ about four miles, the walk is dehenoiui.
Much of your path is between green 49, ,o,yn
;s omboycred by ems The exit from 'no W"
;s NV Nortboatc and along the Chppenham ros"-
which like all the roads in this nelghoorhoo'
s,oootb hard and white. little way oue VI
Devices going northwest, this road makes '.1 .,,
ont in the challk-stone, and so WINDS do"h III.
into tho level plain At intervals you come upon
sweetly pretty specimens of the oid H"s
s,o.oh ,oof cottage TIayfelds pastures, ana
market-gardens extend on every hand Eas'w "non
far off visible the hlils Oh ooa Ycry lovely,
which here and there the copses are very is tSc
and nnon one of which cut out in the ROCK - ao
figure OF colossal white horse 10 h"'' com
put there by ict thg 0 of King Alfred.
Soon the road winds over M n' anu With
pass thr ugh the little red village OF nOT be short
encd by a cut across the fields, and TINS inueeu 80
found the sweetest part OF the ]ourne -, ths
your path lies through gardens ana illo t s,b;ch
centre or along the margin oil the Wne a. briyht
waves in the strong wind and sparkes IN le odig III,
sunshine and is everywhere sweely anu U U,"ui nth
touched with the scarlet Of the poppy ana witI ~
hues Of other wild flowers making you 'N'"A "
ShaSespeare's fine description:
Crowned with rank fumsr and farr9% ~Tsa'
With hcmlOck, harock, Dctfles, cuchoono"SA0'
Darnel and all the idle weeds thai w"
In our sustaining corn"
There is one field through which passed, !uso
as the spire of Bromha Church came lnlo vnew,
| in which n surface more than 500 yards SQUARE
was literally blazing with wild howers, whlte anu
| gold and crimson and purple and blue, upon =. %
| growth Of vivid green, that 70 look uPon, ~
/ was almost to be dazzled; while the ar thaU
noated over it was scented as IL with money
sucbles You may see the delicate splre ana iLo
low gray tower Of Moores church some time be-
| fore To IL
pect is not unlike that Of Shal1espeares cnurcn'
| at Stratford. sweeter spot for poets sepui,,
chre it would be very hard to find No spot could
possibly be more consonant and harmonious thaf
| this one is with the gentle romantic spirit OF
Moores poetry and with the purity relneen ;I anu
religious serenity of his life Bromham village
consists of few red brick buildings scattered
along n few irregular little lanes, on rldge
overlooking valley. Amid these humble MONIES
stands the little gray church, like shepherd
keeping his flock. part Of it is very OLD, anu
all OF it, richly wcatherstained and dchcateiy
Drowned with fading moss, is beautiful: upon .in
the tower and along the south side the fantastic
gargoyles are much dccayed The bulidng Is
cross The large chancel- window faces eastward.
and the large window at the end OF the nave
looks toward the west-the latter being memo
rial to Moore. AZ the southeast corner Oh Tue
building is the Lady Chapel, in which are hahg-
ing various fragments of old armor ana ana. nm upe
centre of which, recumbent Oh a great dark tono,
is a grim-visaged knight, clad from top 10 Toe III
his mail. beautifully sculptured in marble thao
looks like yellow ivory Other fomos ,h are names
If Sir Edward Bayntun, 1879, and Lady Anne
Wimot, elder daughter and co-hciress OF Jonn,
Earl Of Rochester who successfully was the VIE
of Henry Bayntun and Francis Greville, and VINO sto
died in 1903 The window at the end OF inc
nave is simple but striking compositlon III
stained glass, far richer and nobler than Is COM
monty seen in a country church. II consists ot
twenty one lights, of which five are lancet SHAFTS.
side by side, these being surmounted WIN snal aS
lanccts forming cluster at the top of the arch;
In the centre is the figure of Jesus, ana afouno
Him are the Apostles The coloring is soft ana
true and very beautiful. Across the base Oh 1Fc
window appear the words, in the glass ltselL
This window is placed in this church Dy the
combined subscriptions Of two hundred persons.
who honor the memory Of the poet Oh su EiUr ,s
and the idol of his own Thomas Moore" III was
beneath this window, in little pew IN the cornel
of the church, that your pilgrim joined IN tpc
service, yesterday morning, and medtatteG.
throughout trivial sermon, on the lovely life
and character and the gentle and NOBLE ana aDiu-
ing influence of the poet whose hano"eu g.a ,aI
and beloved memory make this place perpe'u"'
Moore was buried in the churchyord An iron
fence encloses his tomb, which is Just at the pase
tower and the chancel, on the northern size Oh
the building. Not more than twenty tomDs are
visible this side of the church, and these APP
pear upon level lawn as green ana sparkling
as an emerald, and 10 soft as velvet Oh 'hree
sides the churchyard is enclosed by low wall,
and on the fourth by dense hedge OF ghstenlIis
holly Great trees are AL around the church,
but not too near. massive yeW stands darhiy
at one corner Chestnuts and elms blend their
branches
poets grave vast beech uprears It's dome OF
fruited boughs and rustling foliage Inc SKY
was blue, except for a few struggling masses Oh
Geecy and slate-coored cloud. Not q human
crea ture was anywhere TO be seen, while sIo0u
in this sacred spot, and no sound broke the oap,
bath stiffness, save the falnt Whisper Vi tle "An1
in the lofty tree-tOps and the low twltter VI
birds in their hidden nests. thought OF MS
long life, unblemishcd by personal guilt or pun,
lie error; of his sweet devotion TO parents ana
wife and children; of his pure patriotism whicn
scorned equally the blatant fustlan Of the deni':-
gogue and the frenzy of the revoiutlonSt: OF ms
unsurpassed fidelity in friendship; OF his simple
ity and purity in corrupt Time ana amlu MANY
temptations; of his meekness IN atlctlon; OF the
devout spirit that made him murmur, Oh his death
bed Bessie, trust in Cod of the many beautl-
ful songs that he added to our iterature-eEery
one of which is the perfectly mcodious and apso-
lutey final expression of one or another Oh the
elemental feelings of human nature; and OF th TN,
obligation of endless gratitude that the world
owes to his fine and high and benehcent genius;
And thus it seemed good to be IN this place, and
to lay with rev erent hands the white roSeS
of honor and affection upon his TOMB ,
On the long, low HAT stone that covers the
poets dust inscribed the following words:
Anastatia Mary Moore. Born March l6, ISL,
Russell Moore, who died November 3D. 1872,
aged 9 years Also their father, Thomas Moore.
tonderly beloved by all who knew the goodness
of his heart. The Poet and Patriot of his Coun-
try, Ireland. Born May rs, 1919. Sank to rest
February %, 1882. Aged ~. God is Love
Also his wife, Bessie Moore, who died Septem-
Der, sos And to the memory vi their dear son,
Thomas Lansdowne hrr Moore. Born "a DC
tober, 1918 Died in Africa. January 1916"
Moore's little daughter, Barbara, is buried ut
IIornsey, London, IN the same chnichyard
where rest the bones of the poet Samuel Rogers.
On the stone that marks this spot is written
" Anne Jane Barbara Moore Born January the
4th, 1872. Died September the Sth, ISL ~
Northwest from Bromham Church, and about
one mile away stands Superior Cottage, the last
home of the poet and the house in which he died;
A deep valley interycneS between the church ana
the cottage, but each is built upon ridge, you
may readily the from the other. There
Is road across the valley, nut the more pleas
ant walk is along a pathway through the mea-
dowS and by several stiles, ending almost in front
of the stored house 1t is an ideal home for a
poet The building is made of brick but it Is
50 cor nefnlAr nnNurnnnnd in ivy that SCARCELY "A