Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-09


lAkr.. aud made Il possible for all the host
that followed TO know their inspiration.
Here At your feet. In old Keswick town,
dwelt, snug aud lies buried Ia crnssthwnite
churchyari. near the mnrmurings Of the
river Crcta he 20 loved, that high solleu
poet Of pcnsive remembrance and medli'
tive calm, Robert s0uthey. Here, too, the
unhappy Coleridgc passed the most fruit
full though still the most miserable, years
Of his baleful slavery to deadly drug. De.
tide him, 10 this wrath procession Of in
tcllectuai genii Of the lake region. appears
that one who, Of all English men Of letters.
existed In the drcamlifc Of madness 81
opium, Thomns DcQnlnccy. Down there
IN one Of krswick = cot thrus Shelley passed,
with his gifl wife Harriet, the only happy
hours II his unfortunate life. sturdy,
irpuociastir. yet true and Christian " here.
Tie. Harriet Nartiicau stands bright aud
clear In the picture among the blossoms OF
Amblcsldc. Good Felicia Hemtns, with q
tlnge " sadness Ia her patient face i near.
sunny hearted, great Drained Professor
Wilson christopher North with his huge
frame and bculgu face, ~ II the very spirit
OF the lovely region shonc from hts kindly
eyes, makes the way SUMMER for his strong,
sure tread. with him sec another one,
firm, calm. tender, noble, one who through
his labor nt Rugby swept forever from
the British educational system the rule Of
brutality and drcad-noblc DIR. Arnold.
And thu. one who IL ilr-t and last, whom
your eyes Of fancy calls from the pastso
confront you wherever your human eyes
may rest, Is Wordsworth, interpreter Of
nnturcto man.
Descending into old Keswlck. this ever
recurring iniluencoof identification Of ev-
erything connected with the lovely region
with this now silent though never voice
less host, Is strong upon you. They walk
with you through these quaint and narrow
streets. They llycl or lodged or were
guests In the many gablcl. trelllsed and
tiny .paned houses you sec. Men like Scott,
Fitzgerald and Tcnnyson have eaten ut the
same tables, and drcamed Of the nature
glories hers In tho same chambers wheru
you and food and rest. Through all this
loving train Of reflection the pleasant rec.
ognltion " the Krswick ~ today steal.
over you. II IA not much different than Ia
the times whom 700 pack ponies passed aud
rcpassed with tbclr Cumbrian mountain
traffic. II Is Just bit newer and brighter
In places on account Of the throng- that
come In summer. You will llnd plenty Of
houses, with legends, In iron set In lntels,
In carvings ON Jaken ceiling beams, or
wrought In ancient stucco. that tell Of
their building IN the Fifteenth, Sixteenth
aud Seventeenth centuries.
Some Of the most curious old Inn yards
Of England are here. Aud a. TO old, old
folk, never saw 20 many In any town, an.
Client or new. ] sat upon the coping Of the
Grcis bridge with one John Rigg. lie II
two Year, older than this ccntnry. lie had
wandered he said, when u lad of twelve,
with Southey aud the lrzt Coleridgc over
all the fclls and through all the dalcs about
kcswick, aud had seen them all, from
southey TO Wordsworth, come aud sing
and go-lnto tho churchyards OF Cross.
thwaite and Grasmerc or away 10 other
lands, NJ anywhere away from Cumbrlan
shadow aud shine seemed 10 his dim old
thought.
Not mora than stones throw from
whore we sat, ON gentle cmincncs In the
northern edge Of Koswick. stands Grctn
Hall. Southey's old home. IL i now 90
oupiod by Mr.. John Kennedy, gentleman.
aud owned BY maiden lady OF ripe ago
aud wealth named Gibson. Just ninety
years ago Coleriigc. who had then occu
pied Grcta Hall, wrote Southey, inviting
him 20 share his home with him, describ-
ing the place as follows "Our house stands
on % low hill. the whole front OF which /.
ono field aud AN enormous garden. nine.
tenths Of which IL nursery garden. he.
hind the house u an orchard aud a small
wood on steep slope. at the foot OF which
Is the river Grcta, which winds round aud
catches tho evening HIGHT ia front OF the
house. In front We have giant camp
mn encampcd army of tcntlikc mountains
which, by an inverted arch. gives u Wow Of
another vale. On our right the lovely vale
and the wedge shaped lake OF iiaSsen.
thwnite, and on our left Dcrwcntwatcr and
l.odorc the fallsaftorward made famous by
southoy'S playful rhyme for his chlldrunl
iull IN view, aud the fantastic mountains Of
IOrrowdnlo. Behind Is the massive Skid.
daw, smooth, green, high. with two chasms
and tent.like ridge In the llrscrn This
description l. now as true OF Grcta Hall and
its scenic surroundings As when IL wns
written. The bceehcs surrounding tho
mansion ART morc majestic; the quaint.
square, two storled, bow Widowed old
place may be- a trihe grnyer, but the rocks
clamor aud caw about the oyefarohlng
trees, the Grnta sings over It's graceful
bend Of shadows, and one can almost i'm.
ngine that up there Ia that famous second
story library some one must stand By the
broad papes OF the high bow window and
drink In tho glory OF the prospect To reveal
IL again to mcn-just ~ then.
Turning from the old home Of southey
the eye follows winding, struggling, half
village, half country street, and IL arrested
by tbs huge SQUARE tower and the low wide
walls OF ono OF the oldest churches Ia Eng.
land. II IN nearly u mile from Keswick
town, but the heart and feet turn Instinct.
lively to II. Crossthwnitc church ii il called.
because Its patron, Saint kentlgern, hero
inst set up the cross on thisvery spot, then
"thwaite" or wood clearing Of Derwent
vale, IN tho year ab3. That was nearly $40
years ago. Portions OF It's walls Aro more
than ZOO years old. IL Ia rich In oonseera.
tion crosses, In n wonderful font given for
the rest Of tho soul Of Sir Thomas OF EN-.
head. In quaint old trloerles, IN efiip,es and
memorial brasses. A great earl lies be-
meath IL chancel i'oor, ana Knight WHOSE
loot was never out OF his stirrnpn sleeps
within It's walls.
Its choir has fifty members; IL. yiear
ltawnslcy II n poet, It's oct0genarlan Yer.
ger. good old John Beckett, can recall IN
YOU more pleasant memories OF Coleridge--
Of whom he says, III q only keopt aw
right, he wanr cleyercst o. lot!"-of South.
~, OF Shelley and Of Wordsworth himself
than can be- found witl.ln Tie IDS .haoIs,,
aud i Is visited often ny the royal family
But for oil these things none Of US aru III.
griins here, Within its hushed nlslos' In
marble lies, and beside H. gray Old wnli.
whose 'Ns
Lilo To heaven was vowed
Through a long life aud pure.