New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

went from this place 10 his death AZ rIoa'eh
Field. Hero il was that Sir John Colf nrs.
paused in his fugitive ride from tho fnt'l heid OF
Preston, and here lr Was greeted as a"ord!nc INC
only instance in which thr first news OF ''"1eat
had been brought by the vaEqnished General hi'-
self. Ard almost within sight OF lrrwIck sPI'e
ire those pcrirus Farnc Islands. where, ~ Inc
wreck Of the Forfarshi!c, the hcroisIn oil wo''h"
wrote upon tic historic page OF Scotland IN hiters
OF impcrishablc glory, IL" name OF Grace DariinH'
Imagination, however, has done for this region
what history could never do. Each foot OF inns
ground was known to Sir Walter Scott. ana Tor
every lover of that great author each foot Q! IL
is hallowrd. IT is the Border Land,-t la2d OF
chiyalry and love and sons-thc hnd that he has
cnGca-cd TO ali the worid-and you cone 70 H.
mainly for his sake.
Day set Eoriam's castlrd steep;
Ard Twccd's fair river broad ana dcch
AnI Tc".ots mountain lone.
The village of NCrham lies few miles west
ward of Berwick upon the south bank of tie
Tweed, ard certainly tho wandcrcr seldom comes
upon more scQucsrrcd and primitive settle
ucnt-whcrcn. nevertheless, the civilization l.
ancient ard immovab!y established. Norh2:n IS
q group OF cot ages clustered around single long
street The buildings arr low and are inos'N
rooted with dark slate or red tiles. Some O. t"cn'
nrc thatched, and grass and flowers grow VIII
Upon the thatch. At one eud OF the main HIGH
way is {. Market Cross, near TO which Is Ht'c
Inn. RrA Ond this, AID nearer 10 th@ lWr'd, "hi'h
flows close beside the place, IS It'll" rhnfth' OF
greut antiquity set toward the western emf OF
long and ample churchyard in which many graves
ore marked with tall. thick. perpendicular" slabs.
marx with dark oblons tOmbs tumh!ing to ruin,
and many With short. stunted monOhhs. IN"
church tower is low. square. and of enormous
strength IpOn the south side of the chanccl are
five windows. beautifully urched,-the easements
being dog ,ooth-d, and uncommonly co:nplef"
specimens o: this fine architectural device: and
on the outside surface Of this chanccl WALL i! the
first bay, there are not less than thlr,ytwo cup
marks. This church has been restored the
South Aisle in 1916. by l. Bononi: the North Aisle
in 1852, by z. Gray. The western end OF the
churchyard is thicl,ly masked in great trees, and
looking directly east from this point your gaze
falls upon all that is cf of the stately and storicd
Castle of Norham 1t was built by Bishop Of
Durham in ll2l and restored by another Prince
OF that See in ll;4. 1t must once have b"cn
place of tremendous fortitude md of great en-
tent. Now it is wide open to the sky. and
nothing Of it remains but roofrs5 walls
ard crnmbng arches. on which the grass
is growing and the pendant blncbcils trcinb!r
in the breeze. 1.ooiiug through the c!nbrasGr"S
of the east wall you sec the tops Of large trees
shat are rooted in ;,r vast trend below wbcT
once were the dark waters Of the moat All the
court wards are covered row with Sod and tie
quiet sheep nibbe and the lazy cattle corrh
where once the royal banners foated. anl plunicd
and beitcd knights stood round thc: king. II
was a day Of uncommon bcautv-gollcn With :nr
shine and fresh with pcrfnmcd AIR: and nothing
was wanting TO thc perfection or solitude Near
at hard thin str'am uf pale blue sai"kr CURED
upward from, a cottage chimney. At some DIS
tarce the sweet voices Of playing chil"wn min-lri
with the cl;rp of small birds and the occa>ona'
Gavin. Of The rock Tho lon, ,-a.srs th'' @."w
upon the ruin moved family. but made no sound.
A few doves were seer. gliding IN and ont OF
crcviccs in tie Wondering tIrr. And over all.
AID calmly and coidly speaking The Sdivival Of
Na,urc whcr the grandrsl WORKS 81 nan an
dis' Sounded ,hc riSt,ing of macy l':dnrnc> III
tlic needless wind.
The day was setting over Nori,am as | dr"v"
away-thc nd sun slowly Obscalcl IN graz
bark Of slatc-coored cloud-hut to tlc las:
bent NY gaze npon it, and that picture Of ruined
macrifcrncc can never fade ont Of my mind.
The rood eastward toward berwick Is arcrn
inc, running between harvest fclis, which n"N
were thckly piled with golden shcave~. witt"
over them swept great toths OF slb.c .ooh.
There are nut lew trees III I'S "n"S' uPf- o a.
tered groups OF The ash and the pIanc-t., 'rc'h
tho prospect. For Il long ;Irc the stairl; 'i!n
remained in vicw,-its h,.sr bulk ard scTrhr| l.
line relieved against TIE rel and gold oi tails l.
taking on thc perfect oe:nbiaEc" 81 & r"'"i''I
cathedral, like that of l"I.a. With vas; .'r'ir
tower, AID cEanccl. and nave only. hrra'Sc OF
il. jagged lines it seems 10 tvs prospect as II
shaken by Il CONFUSION of Eaturc, ard ii'' ing
to it's moincntary fall. Never wnS il.nson n'.'r'
perfect Yet rs this vision faced con-" r''nch-
her only tile illusion tina VIII br'rr i;ac-'ht
illusion that magical poetic gcni;is has cast o>c'
those crunbling battlcnenis, r"lu'.''n Tie shat
tcrd towers amt pouring throagi those ancient
halls the CLOWN: tide Of hi" and love. OF power
and pageant of beauty. light and SONG
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