New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15

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BEMERTON AND GEORGE HER
BERT-BRITFORD AND BUCK
INGHAM-A GLIMPSE OF
sTONEHENGE.
frroM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF rHx THIDUNEl
Southampton. June %.
IN the westering glow OF a June day res'eo
at the Hop-Pole in Tewkesbury and saw, Tor the
FIRST time the noble Abbey which Is at once INC
glory of that ancient town and one OF 'he eraiu-
est relics Of feudal England vast grim 'o"e.'
Hecked with dusky orange tints ana era! VIII.
age rears It's majestic head above cius'er VI
red brick dwellings. In a wide. green plain at the
confluence of the Avon and the Severn. and VS.
ible for many miles around. announces VIII 81
lent but moving eloquence one OF 'ne i'o''
stored OF English historic shrines Oio ie"hes
bury. II not an active town. Is distinctly al ei,-
blem OF to-day; and yet. amid all us roiiiai'''o
and impressive associations. It's lie OF 'he pass
ing hour seems 10 surge and break as AT 'iie o'
of monumental ages. long gone ana nan iols0'
ton various antique buildings of the town have
been restored and several tmbered fronts Vi
rare beautv diversity. among It's habitations.
rsneral prospect Of tinted stucco, req DITCH anu
those staring shutterless windows that look IKE
,,,,ass sves Irnon those picturesque homes the
oua Of tho traveller fingers with deep pleasure
.uo ,arc, hroodng on their quaintness. readily
.o,,,,res IN long yistas Of medieval dwellings,
Nth all abou. them the steel-clad warriors OF
Lancaster and Of York. In days when the wars
of tho Roses were sleeping England In blood ana
grief Tewkesbury. in its general aspect Is "iou-
ern: and yet II is 10 the stormy periou Vi '"''0
bitter wars that 1t carries back the p'sii''
thought The Abbey is far more thah the 'o""'
and the distant Past is far more thah the res
emit Dedicated In 1923, that Abbey was an o'u
church Gor it had already stood there uu'ins
three centuries and halo when the nerCe o"''e
,a.,roer tho armies of Edward " and queen
MARGARET ragged around It. and the house OF Lam
caster IN 1471 suffered such crushing deleat.
yst g apnears now much II must nave APP
neared then Buildings, 1t Is true, press c'oSeH
upon almost every side of 1t. and somewhat mar
ftust a. they do at Lincoln) an erect winch otne'
wise would be that Of superlative statehness' No'
every Gothic giant in the realm OF Ehsianu - ~
fortunate as Salisbury or Canterbury VI WIN"
chester or best of all, Durham, IN char'n oi STU
alton Yet in spite Of commonplace e"'"o"
mont the Abbey Of Tewkesbury dominates It's
contiguous landscape: ard no man who is chpa-
~. 90 s.r,ous feeling can look without reverence
upon that venerable church. there keeping It's
Lang mysterious vigil among the labors. loves
o,-rous and evanescent nothings Of an everyday
world. IT,, -.
A marc r,using wanderer among the relics or
1oro Aso must not presume to tell their story
II Is not needed Yet such a wanderer may eN'oi
their grace and their glory, and may commend
them, 70 other dreamers. like himself. In the
u.tle winding streets of Tewkesbury there was
no crowd as rambed through them at night
fall. and there was but little motion OF persons
or sign Of life; and at evening service !"
chanel OF the Abbey the worshippers were 30
few that the presence OF a single stranger qui'e
augmented the group. IT was solemn service no
doubt but could not much heed IT. for thinking
OF the ghosts that were all around me- ana LOT
thinking OF the gray splendor OF the church IT,
sci, Columns as grand may be seen at Dur
ham-of all the cathedras OF England the most
grim and the most austere-but neither al Dur
ham nor elsewhere Is the View or nave anu
choir more spacious. more celestial. or more pro-
ductive Of reverent awe and not in any temple
Of religion have been effected interments more
pathetic There Just beneath the tower, was Iaid
the beloved Prince Edward. son OF Henry W. OF
whom, on a memorial brass In the pavement IL
,s sadly said that he was cruelty slain whilst
but youth; and there. In a tomb at the back OF
the altar dn one OF the most extensive and com
buried one OF his reputed assassins, George, Duke
OF Clarence, Shakespeare's false. feeting. per
jured Clarence" himself the alleged victim OF
midnight murder in the Tower Of London. In
former days the interior Of the tomb Of Clarence
was sometimes shown, and persons entering
within It behed the bones OF the Duke and OF
his wife. Isabelle, daughter OF the great Earl OF
Warwick the King Maker; but that spectacle IL
no longer afforded. A rude drawing OF the In
terror was however hung upon the tomb. show
ing the likeness OF those relies. In transparent
box affixed to the wall, at some heght,-be-
cause In seasons when the Severn overiiows Its
banks the vaults beneath the Abbey ara occa-
sionally inundated Not distant from those
royal persons rest other historic chieftains the
De Clares and the De Spencers. at various times
Earls Of Gloucester. and several Of them victims
Of the headsnan's axe. One notable DE Spencer
in particular. is thought to lie there,-the youth
full Hugh who was the friend and favorite OF
Edward II. and whom Roger Mortimer, predom-
inant lover Of Edwards queen Isabel. caused TO
be dragged on a hurdle through the streets
OF Hereford. in 1926. and then barbarously
hanged and quartered. OF Gilbert De Clare,
tenth Earl OF Gloucester and last Of his
house. who also lies buried at Tewkes-
bury the traveller observes that he was slain
at the great Scotch battle Of Bannockburn. and
remembers him as a figure In Sir Walter Scotts
poem Of THE Lord OF the Isles" Every foot Of
the Abbey Is historic and when at length re-
luctantly you leave IL. a few steps will bring
you TO 'the field by Tewkesbury." wherein the
battle ragged with it's greatest fury. that the
Severn ran red with blood. Shakespeare, follow
ing. as he customartly did. the Tudor historians.
makes that field the scene Of the murder Of
t. 10 ful nj Ovv
and when walked upon II, at early morning the
sun was gliding It's copious verdure Of waving
shade-trees and shining grass. the rocks were
living over II with many a solemn cav, and the
sleek cattle.-feeding or couched ruminant in
=. roasa 0rouns wore scattered all along It's gilt