Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-13
FORT WORTH LAGER REEiE

Vanity Of Human Wishes down there
ut FOgnall, in the edge Of Hampstead,
doubtless spurrel to deepest conception
Of the subject By his gildy wife who,
housed AZ the Wells, the ancient Hami-
stead Heath spa. constantly qunrrelcd
with her physician about having her
blonde tresses dyed black.
In the Grove at Highgate still stands
the house Ia which Samuel Taylor Cole.
ridge lived and died Richardson last
lngly connected connected his memory
with the Heath by lodging his heroine,
"ClariSsa tlnrlOwe' at the Upper FLASK
inn. Lord Mansfield was once resided NJ
Cpen Wood, used 10 give dinners to tie
poor from f0nr to dive hundred at 4
time, presenting each guest with q half
crown and a qpariern loaf when dinner
was over" Lord ErskiLe once iived
near the Spaniard's inn, rnd this most
famous historic inn Of the Heath, which
Is still standing owes much OF It's norr'
w0rthincss 10 Its oldiimp proprietor N
yiting the "No-'opery' or Guriell rioters
who. after burning Lord MaLsi3is hOusy
! In bloomsbury. came TO destroy his rural
| seat at Caen Wood, into his own cellars
whore they became 50 drunk that III,
! ftscuing troopers drove them IKE ahcel
dc wn The Hampstead bills into lrcnzied
London. Dickens utilized tie Incident
In "Burnaby Nudge" aud he also brought
the immortal pickwick TO Hampstead
Ponds to pursue his earnest aud scientiht
Investigations.
Indeed Il goodly volume could be writ.
ten upon these worthless whose love oil
breezy Hampstead Heath has lett npou
1t one of Its rarcst and sweetest charhs,
Shelley. Hazlitt and Hayden orion mel
here IN the cottage OF Leigh Hunt IN
the Vale Of Health Pope and Murray
were often seen upon the high road
from Old Hampstead to Highga,c, Horn
sey and Barnet. Goldsmith found the
Heath favorable TO bis muse md Sam.
tered much Ia It's thlrkets. hollpws and
rustic lanes Here John Keats lived and
here he wrote Eve Of ST. Agnes.
lode TO the Nightingale" and I'm
dymion." as he subDed out the closing
years Of his life before they took him
TO Rome TO place his ashes nonr the
pyramid of Crst.us The mother of
Teunyson died IN the tiue old avenue Of
lines Wei Walk; aud when the old
Wells We're noted as Spa the Iualiiy.
the London quality" both Of purse and
waters. to gamble aud TO tllrt, AZ LATER
time Thnckery loved to study the folk
ond their manners al the Heath. Dick
ems and Forster used 10 ''nuilie them
selves up" for q brisk walk over it's
wlnd-swept heights and take ''rrd-hot
choH for dinner with glass Of good
wine" ~ Jack Sirnw's caste, thu Span
iarls or other Of It's fine old inus. And de-
seending Highgate Hi from Lauderdale
House the glorious truth Of hlos-ed
nursery rhyme comes home 10 ~ when
we src the very spot. now covered by Il
massive memorial stone. where sat poor
Ilrk Whltilnet0n a. he listened 10 old
Bow bells which rang hin back 10 his
city, toll To be- made thrice lord mayor
Of London"
Il would be difficult thing % say just
when Hampstead Heath Is v IN most
allnring mood 10 the visitor. For myself.
most love TO sit here aud siN clDsr upon
one hundred thousand folk dlspoHlng al
most ecstntically within is runs and hol-
lows, with an abandon aud hliariiy which
for the day scam IN utterly dspel the
spmber shadows OF thpir rear work-a-day
worI. They are 70 quickly here from
London. the transformation from prisNi-
ment 10 thrilling liberty : SO inespressi-
bly, complete. and all the magic Of the
SIM. the wind. the rugged Wilderness "
the Heath, the slumberons spllend0r ~
surrounding raies, Is ~ suddenly and 50
powerfully applied. that a sort Of physical
and spiritual delirium possesses nl.
ireot rough follows from the water
side, from the market booths and from
the factories leap and shout and roll IN
the gorse and sand like nncaged animals
There 4 q smile on every woinnn's face.
The children seem 10 take frpin The vital
king influences something 81 the nature
u winged birds and to sing aud almost
fy In their clroiings and rouinnks The
dogs. and there are as many dogs ae folk
at Hampstead Heath, leap and roll aud
tumble aud pironette and bark with a
shrill, painting shrek Of boundle-s JOY.
a. though the entire snliveniag scene was
being enacted for their own holiday
heaven And | truly believe " mnil has
dcfunct animal life--toss IT. heels, spread
rs legs, sei-saw rs ample ears and Give
firth a downright rIar u langhitF. i
has been through the irresistible spell Of
delight which touches hll WIN larry here.
EDGAR l.. WAkEMAN.