Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-23


bearing at Ancient Grasmere.
Copyright. 1871. by Edgar l.. wakcrnan.I
AMBLEsIDE, England, May "A German
writer has truly said, There eau b. no
guide TO n lover Of nature but that love IL.
self" No pen painter who has ever lived or
will ever live has lmned or can ever depict
In page or book the beauties Of the In.
glish lake region. There never has been
printed nm adequate guide. and even wcro
the best one that could b. made provided.
The traveller who comes hero TO see with
eyes and heart would suffer greater from
Its insuiilcicnoy than find delight In its cx.
POSITIONS This IN true because In the first
place no ono with pen or brush can produce
on single page or canvas n single picture
comprising manifold expression. Il would
bet human imposslhility to comprehend
In any series OF descriptions or painting.
the myriad distinct and glowing scene.
which tho region furnishes. And even
could this be done. then there would atm
be lacking all those glorious promptlnps 10
emotional enjoyment from associative In.
tsrcst which the beholdcr OF the actual
scene can never have interpreted 10 him by
another. Everywhere j. scenic glory hcro.
But the wild, sweet undcrtoncs that trcm.
bic In every leaf and blade Of grass, that
sound In every tumbling waterfall, that
arc borne on oyery passing btcze, form
the indispensable witchery which thrills
the being where these loving gcnli dwell.
Take simply the few miles, perhaps nine.
from Bownezs north through wlndcrmore'
Ambleside and Rydal 10 Grasmcre, TO II.
lustrate the supcrhuman task you would
have In attempting TO convey TO another
what one secs, recalls and feel. throughout
the entire lake region. You could make a
great volume full of glorious paintings.
winsome descriptions, exquisite incidents.
memories almost as comprehensive a. the
wide domain Of English liicraturr. and
sweet with tender phllosophlsings; aud
then but have barely limited at the ma Nestle
book OF nature and temniscenco which
Hes open for tho enjoyment Of all who
come. Tho village Of Bowncss Is one OF
the qunintest and sweetest old nests In
England. IL IA a drcamful mas OF mex.
tricablo streets, whose houses are almost
wholly covered with roses and ivy. The
east window Of IL square lowered little
church Is one Of tho oldest Ia England.
having beon taken from that once most
magnificent Of all England's ancient mon.
nastic editces, furncss Abbey Tho place
Ia hidden beneath gigantic trees on the
eastern shorc Of tho queen Of tho English
lakes. windermonc.
Climb Brant FELL behind Il. The lake.
Immediately beneath to tho west, stretch.
Ing from tho lower furncSs Fclls, In Ian.
cashirc, 10 Amblcsido In westmorcland,
forms u liquid valley Of blue, set with mum.
bcricss emerald islots, it, mountain shores
merging Into purple depths NJ the far north,
where grim Helyellyn lifts IL curved crest
beyond the sublime ISOLATION OF mighty
Helm Cfng. Tho ocean blue Of Morccambc
Bay giints beyond the puoe sands OF Ian.
caster to the south. Esthwaite aud CONS.
ton Water gllmmer among DO western
fells, and Hard Knot aud Coniston Old
Man form mighty sentinels Ia the back.
ground In the direction Of tho Irish sea. II
"a sublime spectacle Hut along with Il
II the ever welcome element OF soft and
tender beauty. The lower masses OF. lAreh
nrarcst tho waters edge are like gigantic
pillows OF emerald. These merge In grace
full lines into tho more sombcr FIR, which,
hank on bank and wave on wave above, roll
upward In noble fluctuations, often TO the
very crcsts Of lofty mountains, while half
keen cottages pccpinR from mountain sides,
gray old ohnpcl- ncstling In patches OF sun.
light, splendid halls and manor houses
pcrched upon lower promont0rlcs. and
countless pleasure craft speaking the fair
waters Of Wlndermcrc, add to the exulta.
tion Of an exalting solitude that happy
consciousness OF certain, n isolate, near.
meas TO man. But whose pcn eau adequate.
~ tell the calm which prryndcs these won.
drous scencsi II silence can take ON per
nonitication Of yastness aud majesty. you
will be conscious Of all that here. Il has
huch intensity that one feels a sense Of ox.
isting In some upper world from whose
face aud Ornament sound has bccn ban
ished. And II IL 10 impressive aud pnlp
able that nt times all objects seem but the
imagery OF reality. all moving things rs
the unreal mimieTy OF dreams. all persons
but the shades Of men.
feastas you may at natures lavish board
the undertones are ever heard Over yon.
der by Coniston Water, gray and scowllng
John Ruskin, n prisoner In his own home,
lovely brentwood, presses his palo face
against the window panes and stares with
strangely lighted eyes at tho wondrous
world without, but knows II not, for mad
phantaSins possess his darkcned mind. You
can sec hundred dale- and glens which
Wordsworth loved and haunted. Near
brentwood is Tent Lodge, where Lord Ten.
nyson once lived, dreamed aud wrote. Near,
gentle Gerald Massey woocd those pensiye
spirits with whom ho NO wholly lived, and
10 whose actual though impalpable pres
encn he no Incidentally believed. Then u
sturdler lot appear. Just below Bownc-s
10 the left Storrs Hall il seen. II was here
that In lsa5 such giants as the statesman
Canning, the philosopher, novelist and
poet, christopher North" professor VII.
son), the laureate OF England and bard OF
the lakes, Wordsworth. and Scotland's
greatest romanoor, Sir Walter Scott, met
and held high mental carnival. while dis
porting like u beyy Of school boys, and ter
minated the illustrlous occasion by n brill.
liant regatta on Windermere In charge OF
Wilson rs admiral Of the lakes" ltwould
have been worth year OF ordinary mandy
PANTY life to have sat silent among them
and listened during those rare and radiant
days.
windermere, but continuation Of Bow.
ness, IL modern. The London and North.
western railway penetratos to this point.
In the place of Bowness, which Il now left
In dreamful quiet, IL has become the
southern metropolis Of the region, Just ~
Keswick. TO which you can come by rail
from the northeast, is the northern me
tropolis. The situation OF Windermere ia
enhancing II Is stately In splendid Inns
aud surrounding country seats similar 10
the grand mansions along the Hudson.
The place with It's modern suggestions and
countless arriving aud departing coach