Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-22
BURIAL OF TENNYS0N.
Westminster Abbey Crowded-.A Dis.
tinguished Asscmbiage.

Westminster Abbey Crowded--A Dis
tinguished Asscmbiage.
LONDON, Oct. 13.-Throughout the
the night the body of Lord Tennyson
lay in ST. Faiths chapel, Westminster
abbey, the union jack covering the
coffin, and a few trails of ivy laid there
by Hallam Tennyson, lying loosely
over IL. There was no vigil ut tho
bier OF the great poet during the night.
The door was locked when the family
been deposited in the
chapel last evening. So IL
remained until the opening Of the
abbey today. Soon after daylight PEG.
2le began to gather around the door oil
,he north nave, and four hours before
the time for opening the door the
neigh borhood of this entrance was
,hrongcd. Meanwhile holders OF tick.
Its of invitation were arriving and
being ushercd into the broad sanctuary
opening into the abbey and long before
the began the historic
sdifce was crowded. The assemblage
N the abbey was n distinguished one.
The premier Of England, Mr.. Glad
stone, was represented by Hon Arthur
Littleton; the prince of Wales by Gen
sral Probyn, of his household; tho
luke of Edinburgh by his private
secretary, Hon. VIM James Coleville;
tho duke of York, heir presumptive,
by Sir Francis Winton, and the British
government by Hon. H. II. Asquith.
The home secretary. Walter Besant
md many other prominent men OF
letters were present
At noon Sir Henry Ponsonby, tho
queens private secretary. entered ST.
Faiths chapel, and in behalf OF her
majesty, placed n beautiful wreath
upon the coffin.
At 12: 80 the procession entered the
abbey from St Faiths chapel First
appeared the officiating clergy, then
The coffin, which bore only the wreaths
contributed by the queen and mem-
sers OF the family. Immediately
bchind tho coffin walked the poets
son, Hallam Tonnyson, with his wife
md children and some intimate friends
Of the family. The procession passed
through tho clcisters and the nave to
The altar, where the coffin was placed
,pon the t~restles and tho religious
ceremony was conducted. the arch
Sishop OF Canterbury officiating
assisted by the deans and cauons
The pail was an ordinary union jack.
II was borne on the right hand by Lord
Salisbury, the late premier; Earl o.
borne, Lord Roseberry, minister of
foreign affairs; Hon. Arthur Kelvin.
Y. Il Lecky, the historian, nnd Henry
Montague Butler. ID. d., mas.
Ter OF Trinity college, and
n the left by the duke OF Argyle, earl
Dutferin, Mr. White, secretary Of the
American legation, SIR James Paget,
benjamin Jewett. master of Balliol
college, Oxford, and James Anthony
Froude, tho historian.
AS tho body vas carried into the abb
,ey the music by Croft and Purcell
was sung in the professional parts of
he service. As the procession passed
md the bearers placed the coffin the
.hoir chanted the psalm beginning
Lord. thou hast been our dwelling
place in all generations" As the
words. "ln the evening IL is cut down
md withered" came from their lips
.he stiffness of the abbey was broken
by low sobs from the family
Of the dead poet The lesson was
followed by the singing of
Crossing OF the Bar" AID another
anthem with the words of an unpub-
iished poem from Tennyson. The last
inthcm sung was silent Voices"
written but not published by Tenny.
,on, and set to music by his wife. 1t
contains ten lines Of exquisite beauty
closing with these words:
Call me farther silent voices,
Forward TO the starry tracI,
Glimmering up the heights beyond me-,
On aud always on"
At the grave Dean Bradley said the
prayer, tho collect and the benedic-
ion, and the great crowd dispersed as
he notes Of the Dead March in Saul"
ounded through the abbey. There
vas no proc ssion from the abbey At
he close of the services