The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-22
YVES Trims TER Able "!
By PROF JOHN {. Outings.


earthly grandeur is fading
away
The cloud capped towers the gorgeous
palaces, sSes
The solemn temples, the great plobe
itself, $500
Yea, lll which It inherit shall iiissolve
And IKE this insnbstantial pageant fad.
Leave not a rack behind. "
The tomb Of Edward l.. the
greatest OF the Plantagnets, is
the plainest of all the royal
tombs. asimple, box-like coffin Of
stone; butt bears the following
epitaph, which is said to be the
most stirring OF those which be-
long 70 the Reformation period
lsdeefgl,ts Prim,is, mqlieas Scoto.
s,iila lic est. Pact,tm Sefca. Z
The lines on the monument of
Oliver Goldsmith. written by his
friend DR.. johnson, have been
thought very fine; in fact. many
have searched for them in vain
among the classics, as others
have done for Sterne's ''shorn
lambsin the Bible. They are as
follows Qai nallum fere
scs'ioe,'di genus non teti0it, nullum
tetigit qtod non ornaUit.r That
is % say VINO left scarcely
any style of writing untouched,
and touched nothing that he did
notadorn.'
Another famous epitaph, by an
unknown author of the seven
teenth century, is that on the
tomb of the Duchess OF Newcas-
tie, asfollows She was a wise
and learned lady, as her many
books do testify, and was the
Youngest sisterof anoble family,
all the brothers were valiant
sapd all the sisters virtuous.
The bustof the American poet.
Longfellow. was placed here two
years after his death, "by his
English adninprs.
One has been recently erected
70 the American writer. Lowell.
who became popular as Minister
10 England. as we'll as a literary
man These two comprise the
shly monuments TO Americans.
but there are a number here TO
individual who have been con-
nected with our history.
In the North Transept stands
a monument ss feet high to the
Earl Of Chatham, the Great
Commoner and the friend of the
american colonies. HIS last ap.
pearance in the House of Lords
was in l17s, when in an almost
dying condition he insisted on
coming to oppose Lord North's
government. After delivering
his great historic appeal in de.
Tense Of the American colonies,
he fell down in his seat from ex-
haustion, and died a few weeks
afterwards,
Here IS a monument to Major
Andre. Adjutant General of the
British forces IN North America.
AS is well known, he was cap
tured while on a secret mission
10 Arnold az West Point. After
q trial by court martial, he was
condemned and hung as a spy.
His monument was erected at the
expense Of George Ill. and
forty years afterwards Andres
remains were brought here and
relnterred near its base. There
lis on the shaft a bas.relief like.
ness OF Washington receiving the
petition in which Andre implored
for soldiers, rather than a
felon's death, and Andre himself
on the way to execution.
On the monument of Handel,
the composer, there is engraved
on the stone scroll before him,
the text with notes Il know
that my Redeemer liyeth, : which
he 50 grandly Illustrated by the
music Of his Messiah =
The marble titles ofthis histo.
ric editice have been worn ,by the
steps of those who. themselves,
after LIES titful fever have
found cenotaphs or tombs be-
meath its roof. The learned
Elizabeth Shakespeare, Milton.
Ben Jonson, Dryden. Scott, Ma.