Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-22
: This Monument, In homer Of
THOMAS GRAY.
: Was Erected \, ~. l;p0
Among the fcensry
celebrated by that great Lyric and Elcginc:
Poet.
lie died Ia iisl.
. And lies unuoted In tho adjoining
NhufrhyAfl,
.tndgr tie Tombstone uu which hc pionsly:
/. And pathoilcglly recorded the intcfmcut
. OF his Aunt and lumcnted Mother.

The other three inscriptions AFRO from tho
'0le To Eton College" and the "l.legyn
From your present station at the munu-
ncnt You have only TO turn and face tho
west for az sweet a prOspect-Onc altogoth.
thlddrn N you entered the lodge gnte-as
trrhuman eyes bchcld. Across u lnwnliks
open field ~ clOver--almust musical from
tue hum Of murmuring becs--is seen, to tho
right, the remaining huge gables aud chin
ntys, almost completely covered with ivy, VI
old Stoke Hall. the ancient manor house.
Here once lived the noble families Of tho
Nun,lngdons, the Cokcs aud the Cobhams.
DAVIS chatter about the old chimncys and
gossip In the branches Of tina lofty trees.
Ancient greatness and stntcllness, with
picturesque and even winsome decay.
thnFn the onlooker Ia every view Of old
Stoke Hall.
To the left, and somewhat farther away,
across gently rolling aud velyety lawns,
the bcautlful vista being bounded ON either
.ide by some OF the richest park forestry
ID England, Is seen the dnlzlngly white
outlines of the splendid Stoke Hall OF to-
day. Before IL, and still to the south, u
CLEAN VI shimmerlng blue hints OF an ex-
tensivc artificial sheet of water. Behind
IT, TO the right, is n lofty pillar nearly 100
ieet IN height, surmounted by a heroic ig-
ure OF Sir Edward Coke.
Through marriage he was once lord OF
Stoke Manor. But tho priuccly manor
house which ends the vista, and Whose
white oolonnndes give the impression that
lawn and forest cnchant the ego to rest
upon some far. fair palace built by fairy
hands, was tho work OF the Penn family,
principally OF John Penn, tho Founders
second son by his second wife. An Amer,
leans vivid fancy prompts proprietary or
kindred feeling here, aud you are heartily
glad you can lind In England better memo.
nal OF this great family than the tablet Of
Admiral Penn IN St. Mary Radcliffe
Church, Bristol, or the grass chOked grave
o. the grand old Quaker, William Penn, In
lonely Jorian's Meeting House grave
garth.
squnrcly before you, 10 the west, not zoo
yards away, an exquisite gem OF scenic
reality In the setting Of this unequaled
rural scene, stands old stoke Pogcs
Church, surrounded by its hallowed
thnrehyasl, fadeless In tho memory and
heart OF man for Just four lines OF the ten
ueFest poetry ever penned;
Beneath those rugged elms. that yew trees
shade,
whore heayes the turf In many u uould'rlng
heap,
Zach In his narrow cell forever laid,
Tue rude forefaihers Of the hamlet sleep.
~ no Old World shrine will your heart
% leap and thrill with supremely gratliied
expectancy. There Is citation, indeed in.
toNlcalion, in the perfection Of Your reAli-
tatlon' | am sure your experience Is an
universal one. Expressions falling from
Tue lips of differing types Of Americans In
my presen"e, on different occasions. fully
Illustrate this. One was by prlm Ohio
nialron, who looked upon the old and new
manor houses and then tho little church
anu yard In n matter Of fact way for Il
Time, and then said brlskly to her land
seAs daughter standing near,