Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

or nesting among the kenush orchhrus
and hop-glrdens, with their rows OF GOV.
tngcs with white-washed walls, dormef
windows. thatchcd roofs and garden
fronts each maze Of fuschias. pinks,
carnations and roses: and All Of them
from an hundred 10 a Thousand years
old.
Who is there to fitly describe or paint
the drOning old villages Of that curious
English region variOusly known as the
Norfolk Brocd s." 'Ihe Broad District
and the Norfolk and SUFFOLK Fens'
where. as at Dlham and huston, many
an old daub-and-wattle cottage may stu
be seen? IL b. land Of laRoons; OF
grassy dykes; Of ghOsty wind-mills as
huge and as numerous as IN Holnnu'
of rich and low lying farm steadings
intcrspersed hv "broads' Of sedgy. shall.
low lakes, of mighty herds Of cattle and
sheep; Of duck, widgeon, mallgrd ana
coOt; OF picturesque inns,oi-cal hali,mu
dc1 among copses Of willows; of ruingi
castles, abbeys and priories whose am
cieut meats are now serving as market
gardeners canals. Of gray old hamiets
set about with clumps Of pollard oaks
aud of ppnsautry as brave and simple
and true as i'm good old Sir John tas-
tolls days-not Shakespeare unclUus
knaye Of the Merry Wives but OF the
real Fastolf who vigorously fought the
the French
The eventide pictures from some Of
these old waterside hamlet porches are
worthy Of the brush Of Turner or "a
Alllot As the sun goes down IN the
forests Of waving reeds, II hnmes Inc
matches Of hamcts on opposite shore.
weirdly lights the arms Of the spectral
wind-mills bringing TO q looming near
ness the grim Norman towers OF far old
en- churches. or glds the iyicd top of
some medieval ruin as with gold. As IT
sinks from sight The waters OF the Breads
are for a moment purple, then Wtchy
black when instantly the stars are SHIN
ing in the depths above and from the
waters beneath with n shimmcnng lustre
cnyelopng all. Then the sougs ana
chirps Of myriad insects; the whirr aud
splash Of lntp-homiug waterfowl; aud the
wiching. whispered soughing Of the
breeze i'm the PUSHES and the reeds.
Up In Cumberland aud WestmOrcl0nd,
what loving wraiths Of memory are con-
iured when busking I'm the glowing beauty
of slmubcrous. ycrdurc-clad. blossom
powered kpswick. Grasmcre, Rydul,
Amblpsidp aud BOwucss, Here iu old
Keswick town dwclt and sang and lies
buried I'm Crossthwaitc Churchyard, near
the murmuriuga Of the Grctu he 50 loved.
that highTouled poet Of pcnsiyc rcmcm-
bruuce aud mcditutive calm. Robert
Southcy. Here, too, the unhappy Cole
ridge passed the most fruitful, though
still the most miserable years Of his bale
ful slavery 10 u doudly drug. and with
hs pin-wife Ilnrrict, Shelly here knew
the only happy hours of his unfortunate
life. In ancient Grusncrc -tlrbsmerc uf
ancient "rush-b bearing fame: GrnRmVrc
with perhaps the oldest and certainly the
Quuintcst church Zoo England. Grnsmcrc
where the brave old dame sOundly wal.
loped the Prince of Wales for marrying
her sheep, Thomas de- Quincy lived In
his drenm.lifp madness. aud, In ST. Os-
wards churchyad sleep Hartley Cole
ridge aud William Wordsworth, beside
the bcautcOus Rothay which lcaping
from scqucstcring meadows, gives back
along The old church wall the dc1thlcss
songs they sung.
That one whose memory gives 10 the
urgan-tonps Of the two cascades Of ltydul
their wonderous hcart-thrilling power.
who Is first and last when your eyes Of
fancy penetrate the past. Is Wordsworth,
who lived ON Rydul Mount. above the
hamlet, for forty suulit years. Sturdy,
icou09astic, set true aud practically
Christian 81 still hereto. Harriet Mar
tincau, stands bright and clear In the
picture among the blossoms of sOngiul
Amblcside. Christopher North. with his
huge frame aud benign face. as II the
very spirit Of the lovely region shonc
from his kindly eyes, makes these village
ways SUMMER for his strong, sure tread.
With him, though later, YOU Will see an
other one, firm, culm, tender noble. ono
Who through his labor ut Rugby swept
forever FROM the British educational
system the rude Of brutality aud dread.
lufly-soulpd. noble DR. Arnold while old
BuWucss huddling between che highway
aud the fen side w swcCtcr still because
you see through lbs tiny cottage puncs
the wrath of good Felicia ucmuus, with
u tiuge of sadness In her pallidr patient
face.
Pleasant indeed IA a weeks idle lotcr
ing among the villages of Surrey Some
Of the most pisturpsquc timhvrcd cottages
of England can bee found among these
ancient hamlcts. SLEEPY old GudAlmug
WIS once % nest Of fullcrs homes, and
numbers OF these hnhiuuons are still in
good preservation. Al Sherr, the former
home of the lGarls of Ormoul and the
noble house Of Audley, aud roundabout
are wuudcrously interesting lanes of cot
uges, besides. there are Noucrsh, with
| It's hnp gables and chlmncys and charm.
| iuglv picturesque old mtll-house; lluslc-
mere with lbs high aud graceful chim-
ncys; ChlldingtOrd, where glass was
| first made in England, with its hnc four.
| tcenth century cottages aud famous old
| Grown Inn; Whitley, with lis church
tower sWrmounted by a spirc as quaint
as that of Stoke Poges. aud It's cottages
which are la every artists sketch-hook
/ Afford most primitive of Surrey villages
with its curious ironw0rk aud moats, and
with scores more winsome old Cranleigh
| whore ut Buynards. Jane Roper, wife of
| the younger Sir Edward Bray, so long
/ kept he head of her father. Inflated Sin
/ Thomas More. which was finally deposit
ed IN ST. Dustan's, Canterbury,
! You will never heed the passing hour
| ", allolt upOn the Avon, You set out IN
| quest ui English Villages wlthin the west
| Cn shirps The matches of the hHmlet
! lgln everywhere along the Avon almost
/ 90 thp rivers brink You will have n,
need for uu inn, With your ycomau com
/ patton YOU will be welcomed ryerywhrri
as might among the village poasantry
| liy aud hy YOU come tn the Wales auIoul
! tho CutsWOlds Then you Will see ham
! lots and villages dOtting he valleys en-
! hpddod m uidens, prrchrd upon th,
! heights. Ia iottings of lush orchards
| waving fields within cheCkcrcd lines O
! hawthorn hedges or denser rows OF lines
aud these In turn backed by banks ri
forrest primcul; all la such drouiul
/ quiet ample content aud smiling opu
icuce that full OF the whey oNullauol
! of It an, YOU again aud again irresistahl
| eXclaim Here Is Already az last1'
In ESSEX one could wander for Who'll,
summer aud never tire Of It's mussl
hooks like ThaXtod, with lis long strag
! Cling street of many gahled homes, iu
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