New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20

orecn hedges are full OF white mn leu '''i
flowers. and many sheep are nioohng IN U"e P"Sv
ures or gazing with comic WOODEN s'''' ~
eviuo train The sky continually changes "nu n0,'
il is dome OF darS.gray and silver acioSe "ino",
with astonishing speed, thin heeces VI i'i'
career on the stormy wind. we are conie in.o "
beautiful valley, green on all SUES anu sUi.S
diversified with wind-mius ana coltages anu n'o
800. ohurcbcs. and massive cones Of golden hay'
and clumps Of larch, and lines OF delicae 'ii..I
h;rch and large masses of fragrant hops-Vhe
49, ,,inos ~ which hang 80 near that we can
oImost clutch their pendant blossoms as we pass
-, % aim sunshine is cast over this verdurouS
soore and as the vale broadens you may perceive
:, dazzling variety Of obiects-monor-house ana
oo,,,oo grove and plain, fields that are proNn
49,, eoids TINT are yellow, their white ROADS that
Wind away over hill-tops and are lost in the as
toncA a bright and rapid stream that haslieS
through the meadow, and, grandly GROWING Tue
nooeant and consecratng its beauty, the Stately
and snlendid towers Of Canterbury CaoneuIdi'
Tbere they stand, majestic end glorious, wlVl %
tbousand years Of history upon Their nailo"'u
battlements. serene, predominant, and cnanseieo'
amid the changes Of O transltory ana sa"'e
world. Nothing of architectural crea"on ~
excel in charm the spiritual lovellness VI O""'
cathedral York and ST. Paups and Llncoln sur
mass il in massive grandeur; Gloucester euI p'-'o
IL in romance; Durham Is more rugged anu "hoi '
sovaoev splendid; Westminster is more rich WIN
ootio association and with ecclesiastical ornament
Flv possesses a greater variety of BLENDED archi-
,ecturol STYLES and Of eccentric character DuU
travel where you may, you never VIII oehoiu
church more completely radical with the lnVestlOle
Of celestial sublmity 1t won my heart years
ago and no one of its magnificent TWAS lids
ever allured me from its shrine. -,
There is no pause. Berl1esbourne fasnes oy-l's
velvet plains slumbering under spacious elni' ii'
tc acids of silken oatgrass blazing with popples'
All about AdiShaui the matched cottages auo O"c
sheep in the pastures make a pretty picture Vi
smiling content The harvest is partly mown
and partly standing Rocks and small ' pros
abound. and there are many patches OF "ooulanu
near by. and many vacant plains. Now ana 'neh
we run through deep ravines in the chalk lho
country is hilly as we approach the sea- anu vi
the gentle activities here and there Is seen
manor-house quaint with gables and latuced case
nen+s and hung with ivy. In the ioregrounu
ore fields of clover and looking beyond these
your gaze falls upon wooded wales, In "iiIch U,'
dark sheen of the copper-beach SHOWS ooi0iS
o,,oipst the Green of the elms. little graveyard
cleans for a moment on the hilside-ln mute
totcn that Death also has his part in these scenes
~ fe,tile beauty-and then we dash through inc
Iar,, tunnel and come slowly to pause peneatn
tho noble cliffs of Dover Nothing seems changed
,non this stored shore since those far-dlstant
DAVIS when first I saw it. The sombre castle suii
fr6uyns unon its crae. The great nfllsldes are
solitary in the bleak light. The little cabin ana
the signal standard keep, as of DID, Their lonelS
vioiI on the wind beaten summit OF the snake
sneorc cliff. The massive stone pier, ike giant
arm stretches into the sea. and braves its power
and defrs its wrath. And on the vacant, DESC
late beach the endless surges still murmur then
mvstcrious. everlasting dirge The sea is wlld, as
our bark sDeeds into its embrace; the sky Is iuli
of u,hite and slate-colorcd clouds, broken INTO
frequent riffs of bhe and the distant waves Toll
M in great purple masses crowned with pIumes
of silver MANY shapes Of sails are visible on
tho distant horizon, and the air is so clear that
,yo discern At the same moment the high clihs OF
Albion and the low-lying sandhills of France. 1t
i on hour Of memory and of thought; of dreams
mud of visions; and you forget the common life
that is all around you-the sailors at their tasks,
the vacant chatter of the tourist, the ciohK Oh
,be ENGINES. the swirl and strife OF the waters
and the winds-to muse on old Imperial DatueS
that once ircarnadized these seas, and TO gaze
on the ghostly galleons of the Spanish Armada.
tho ronnons Of the great admirals of Spain and
France. and Holland and England, the stateiy
shius Of Raleigh and Drake, of Collingwood ana
Rodney and Nelson, and, proudly streaming on
tLe blast that flag of Britannia which IS sui
tho ausfere emblem of human freedom, that nag
which has
"Pr,ved thousand years, 49,
The battle and the breeze" '" w.