Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-22

ssvo cotriage hire She had .eved and
torimped many years to act 10 a low N
these Old World shnncs.
"Oh." She snid with tears N iov p,li,y
her gray. fine eycs Ito have woftod and
.nvcd my whole lie. with tho tnrcty az
finding II 30 true 10 my heart pictuf,, of a
all, would have indced been a lifelong
plcasurcW
A wealthy fapchnan fton Wyoming WIN
came In n carriage, mind you, and "tlnncdr
everything and everybody from slotieh to
Stoke, not forgetting myself In hia kindly
feeling, because was able to point ont a
few trinlng things be might have over
looked, voiced the samo idea In different
way;
II used to parse TINT stun Of Gray'a
when was boy down In our Mohawk
valley village school illl che Internal 'plim.
norinR landscape " every kind VI ptnm.
mar was eternally fading from my sight.
But II worked mp q regular longing 10
some time come aud sort " stand around
where Gray loafed. Now that I'm here
the whole thing takes hold Of me hard.
My friend. that fellow Gray. rounded nm
things here square,
And 80 ho did. Poetry i. truly reveln.
tion through meloliuus words. But IL
must be- true. not false, reyealmeut.
You will snunter lovingly among the
graves for little. meantime getting nc.
uuainted with old Joseph Lowell. formany,
many Year, the sexton here. and his wife:
both nearly seventy years Of age. but
chirpy -. crickcis and brown and hand as
nuts. They are making biz Of has among
the mounds, as il their right and their only
fee. aside from that from hruls, for which
Joseph gets -Four bob (.lillinV.J FUR IN
biz uns mn two fur the little ms"
The church itself lsa liitie odd tumble
of stone and wood, low mud Wide. with
two low gables facing the east and grad.
unlly merging Into ono peak at tho west
end. It ha. one Of the oldest south
porohcs to be found In England. On tho
north side IA huge, low tower, ncarly as
large a. the body Of the church, from the
top Of whose crumbling Norman battle.
mcnts rises a tall aud very slender wooden
spirc. The entire church to above the base
Of the splre is inasscd and matted with
| ivy, and Is n Inspiring picture Of mellow
antiquity audslalowed rpo.r.
At the east end, iust beneath the yestry
window and but % few feet from the church
wall, Is the ancient low altar tomb VI the
! Grays. On the slab 8, cut the famous IN.
scriptlon by Gray himself In memory III
| bis aunt, Mary hntrobus, and his mother,
| Dorothy Gray the tender, careful mother
| OF many children. OK OF whom alone had
/ tile misfortune to survive herr ia this
most humble tomb Gray lies. Agnin
the friendly hand OF Penn IN seen IN .hc
| tablet opposite In the old church wall, fc.
cOtding tie TACT 81 Grays burial here.
/ John Penn ret this tablet here eighteen
years after Trays burial, and II was the
first rccurl ever made In stone that Thon,.
"a Gray had lived and sung IN England.
The old south porch l. oue ot few IT,.
manning curious cXamples-nlong with
that At GulsGvru Church, where Wouls.
worth Is burrd-oi the very ancient stone
| porulcs attached to county churches la
oldcn times they were the gathering place,
VI villagers. With The room formerly over
them called the Pdrriso the whole, with
the stone aide seats aud Psclnd, formed y
tiny chapel, IN which rustic marriages
were solcmnizgd. Nuu will lingcr long
with II, for IL not only conjurvs oldcn
wr,iths Of this Ill., but YOU are sitting Ia
the very shade OF that view tree" com.
mcmortied In the "Elogy." Its broad
branches reach to tho quaint gable above
you and droop as ~ In bcnignant and loy.
Ing protection upon the halowcd spot.
For where you now sit once vat Thomas
Gray, attunihs his penslve Tyre 10 death.
less song.
The Interior OF this ancient church ~
very quaint and simple. Thrrc straHg,
Ave anglcd arches divide the narrow side
aislvs from the nave, the tlmbcrcd vault Of
which il partly supported by four huge
cr0ssbeams of oak. The pews arc "a.
straight aud narrow aud as grotcsquely
carved ms any have elsewhere found m
England. An ancient btonc font. lined
| with lead and undoubtedly 500 years old
stands IN the center Of the nave aud above
the family vault OF the pcnus. The base
ment Of the tower II wholly occupied by
the manor pew. Its high pnncling and mar
row lattice work nrc very quaint aud odd
It Is provided With settles, ottomnns aud d
fireplace Of ancient design. Curtains screen
the occupants from the gaze OF other wor
shippers II il lighted by tiny splnyed
window cut In tho towers cast wall, and
tho lord uf the manor and his family az
ADMITTED through u prlsonlikc door be
meath outer crumbling steps. up which tn,
change ringers, led by old Joseph Lowell
the sexton, ascend when they doii thcii
coats for the merry work Ia the 100 change,
upon tho chime VI siX sweetly musica
bells.
Aside from the immortal pew the onl,
spacious pew In Stoke Poges Church il u,
Gray family pow, now occupied by the All
husen heirs. who are also owners Of th'
now handsome West End Cottage, mil,
north Of the church, which was Gray
home during his residence ut Stoke Pogcs
IL IL the sunniest, coolest place Ia the llttl'
church and stands In the west end OF III,
south aisle. Above II on the one side Is
double lancet stained glass window with
representation of Christ blessing little chill
drcn, aud on the other, along the south
wall il o huge Penn tablet commemorat
ing the burial within this church o
Thomas Penn, son OF William Penn. OF hi
(rhomasp wife, the Right Hon. Lady JUL
ANA Penn, third daughter Of Thomas ilrs
Earl OF Pomfrct, Of their sons, John an,
Granville Penn, Of the wife Of the lattel
and Of their three sous and four daughters
Somehow there IL here and all nbOu
Stoke POges an indissoluble linking VI III,
memory OF the penslye poet and the Kin
dred Of the grand old Quaker chieftain
| Perhaps TO YOU and ! rs Americans Il
draws more close tho kindly spell which
brOods upon the church, churchynrd ant
silent, sylvan scene Of the "Elegyn Bu
YOU can hardly leave the sweet old spo
until the shadows have fallen, and, yuul
whole being lllled with the tender spirit %
the place, your heart rather than your IN
I articulato lips utter those lines OF graveI
soul in 'lquid song
/ Now fedea the sllmmoring Landscape on tn
sight,
And ali the air solemn stiffness holds.
; Save where The pe,i.o wheel. bis dronlng high