The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
IN sHAkEspEAnrs TOWN
stratforS, IT'S SURROUNDINGS and Its Men-
orfes-The Church where shakespcare
Lies-Shottery and Ann Hathaway.

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ever appear true and comprehensive Nara
tive OF Dreams think It will be found tha
one OF the most frequently recurring expert
ences OF dreamers Is that they seem to lack thu
power OF close and genial companionship will
| tho voiceless personages whom they meet IL
sleep. No matter how close may be tho bonds
| with the same personages In waking hours
no matter how vivid tho apparent reality o.
| act and doing In dreamland. there Is ever
flmyvcil Of unrecognition even whore recogni
ton seems most complete: and at waking
there Is always the snddening longing to have
seen clearer. to have got closcr and to have
clasped the outstretched hand more firmly.
Something akin to this tender feeling OF un-
| rest and vague consciousness OF unfulnm ent
possesses you In this sweet old town Of STRAIT.
ford-on-Avon. From first to Inst the entire
experience is tinged with the nature and
wrought In the very tissue OF dreams. II has
been your dream at some time to know this
greatest OF all literary shrines. While you are
within It's strange influence you wander and
dream as In the actual region Of dreams.
among dream-born folk who are themselves
dreaming within the dream. After you turn
away all that you can possibly recall seems to
have hadits origin In some far Off age of dreams.
Nyou come to this shrine by railway and its
intermipable changes. giving you glimpses OF
ali sorts of midland towns. from ancient War
wick with its stately battlements to Leaning
ton with its modern glitter. you have reached
pleasing state OF confusion not remote from
the vagaries OF dreams. 1fyou have come to
the place on tho box Of one OF those famous
coaches which spin to various points OF inter-
est throughout the shire. you will havo seen in
few hours countless succession Of the most
beautiful and dreamful countryside pictures
in England. And IL you should come on foot
for the eleven miles. as did. along the hard.
white highway from Warwick. underneath an
almost unbroken archway OF Gins. through the
crisp yet drowsy atmosphere Of an English
midland autumnal morning. there is still sur
rounding you the gamor Of bewitching I'm
reality you cannot and would not dispel.
Tramping over this witching way. what
Hood OF historic memories sweeps In with the
breath Of tho rosy morningl Here upon this
noble eminence. with historic Clopton House
to the right and Hampton Lucy to the left. be-
meath the arching Gins Is caught tho first
glimpse OF the valley OF the Avon. An
hundred lesser gentle verdure-clad emf
nences rise and foil. as II with the throbbing
OF natures heart. in its fair. far sweep. From
away in the northeast winds thread Of silver
1t broadens rs 1t disappears and reappears in
its course toward the Severn. and Is finally
lost completely. where. above q mass OF elms
and lines and red-tiled roofs. rises slender
spire. Tho silvery thread is the Avon. The
mass OF clms and lines and red-tilcd roofs is
Stratford The slender spire Of its Holy Trim
ity Church marks the tomb and shrine OF the
worlds immortal bard
Lettering here the old days. places. and
stirring scenes lit quickly into the wide hori-
zon rim. The three spires OF ancient Coventry
can almost be seen. not far away to the north;
Coventry with its legends of pilGrimagas and
the deed Of fair Godiva which brought free
dom from tho oppression OF her fierce grim
The grand ruin Of Kenilworth. with its memo
RI res 81 b5Srtsts; urn and reyses
e Gray old warwct .or With ar its he Sas
still AS. az mighty as in the furious times of
Iswksbury recall gruesome tale. Only
fifteen miles to the north Iust at the edge Of
Kings and Parliamentary forces was fought in
the seventeenth century at Edge Hi; Not far
aSty wh ns lives is and tss
princes. and famous and infamous as the place
Of Rse@ ar Of MMTy o, soo
cheese ,shaEespeare iike9ed Fsistali for his
the the iy;yy-hid Rugby Of Tom BOWS School School
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