The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
BURIAL OF TENNYsoN.
Westminster Abbey Crowded--A D
tinguisheu Assembiupe,

LONDON, Oct. 13.-Throughout tho
the night the body Of Lord Tcnnyson
lay in St Faiths chapel, Westminster
abbey, the union jack covering the
coffin, and few trails of ivy laid there
by Hallam Tennyson, lying loosely
over it There was no vigil ut the
bier of the great poet during the night
The door was locked when the family
LETT after the coffin had
been deposited in the
chapel last evening. So it
remained until tho opening of the
nbbey today. Soon after daylight peo-
pie began to gather around the door OF
the north nave, and four hours before
the tiine for opening the door the
ncighborhood of this entrance was
thronged. Meanwhile holders of tick
cts of invitution were arriving and
being ushered into the broad sanctuary
opening into the abbey and long before
the ceremony began the historic
editice was crowded. The assemblape
in the abbey was distinguished one.
The premier of England, Mr.. Glad
stone, was represented by Hon. Arthur
Llttleton; the prince of Wales by Gen
eral Probyn, of his households; tho
duke OF Edinburgh by his private
secretary, Hon, Wm. James Coleville;
the duke of York, heir prcsumptive,
by Sir Francis Winton and the British
government by Hon. II. Ii. Asquith,
tho homo secretary. Walter Be.ant
and many other prominent men of
letters were present.
AT noon Sir Henry Ponsonby, the
queens private secretary, entered st.
Faiths chapel, and in behalf of her
mnjesty, placed beautiful wreath
upon the coffin.
AT 1890 the procession entered the
abbey from St Faiths chapel First
appeared the officiating clorgy, then
the coffin, which bore only the wreaths
contributed by the queen and mem-
bers of the family. Immediately
behind the coffin walked the poets
son, Hallam Tennyson, with his wife
and children and some intimate friends
OF the family. The procession passed
through the cloisters and the nave to
the altar, where the coffin was placed
upon tho trestles and the religious
ceremony was conducted. the arch
bishop of Canterbury officiating
assisted by the deans and canons.
The pail was an ordinary union jack.
1t was borne on the right hand by Lord
Salisbury, the late premier; Earl Os-
borne, Lord Roseberry, minister of
foreign affairs; Hon. Arthur Kelvin,
%. e Lecky, the historian, and Henry
Montague Butler, d. d., mas.
ter Of Trinity college, and
on the left by the duke of Argyle, earl
Dufferin, Mr. White, secretary Of the
American legation, Sir James Paget,
Benjamin Jewett. master of Balliol
college, Oxford, and James Anthony
Froude, the historian.
AS the body was carried into the abb
bey the music by Croft and Purcell
was sung in tho professional parts Of
the service. AS the procession passed
and tho bearers placed tho coffin tho
choir chanted the psalm beginning
Lord. thou hast been our dwelling
place in all generations. AS the
words, SIN the evening it is cut down
and withered" camo from their lips
the stiffness of the abbey was broken
by low sobs from the family
of tho dead poet. The lesson was
followed by the singing of
Crossing of the Bar" aud another
anthem with the words of an unpub-
lished poem from Tennyson. The last
anthem sung was "Silent Voices" /"
written but not published by Tenny.
son, and set to music by his wife. 1t
contains ten lines Of exquisite beauty
closing with these words:
Calf me farther silent voices,
Forward to the starry track,
Glimmering up the heights beyond ms,
On and always on.o
At the grave Dean Bradley said the
prayer, the collect and the benedic-
ton, and the great crowd dispersed as
the notes of the Dead March in Saul
sounded through the abbey. There
was no procession from the abbey az
the close OF the services