The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07

"Fables" and "The Begears' Opera,
has monument erected by his patrons
the Duke and DutchesS of Queensbury.
1t bears Il group emblematlcal OF his
Writings farce. satire, fable and pas
toral while the epitaph written by HIM
self is
.I.ife Is a Jest and all things show it:
l thought 50 once. but now l know it
Oliver Goldsmith is brought to the
mind Of the visitor by medallion
representing the Doctor in profile.
Below is long and hattering eulogy
in Latin. Goldsmith is probably best
known by s.The Vicar Of Wakefield
and "She Stops to Conquer play
that is staged today. There is SIM
plicity and endearlng gentleness about
his poems which few authors can ap-
proximate, but in the field of the satire
Goldsmith presents versatility OF
genius which his other works hardly
suggest. There comes to me four lines,
descriptive of the Village Preacher,
which [ cannot forbear writing:
ssAS some tail Cliff that lifts its awful form.
Swell> from the vale and midway leaves the storm.
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread
Eternal sunshine sett : on its head
Just as music and poetry are comp'e-
mentorv, as said in my last letter, so
we find in Poets Corner monument
to George Frederick Handel the great
composer of the "Messiah' ard 'Israel
in Egypt" while by his statue, whose
music She so perfectly interpreted, is
a portrait head of Jenny Lind Gold,
schmidt, the great Swedish singer
We next come upon two we'll sculptor
ed busts one of William Makepeace
Thi.ckelav, the author of ''Nanity
Fair" "Henry Esmond," ''The Virgin
ians and 'The Newcomes' and ThoS.
Darlington Macaulav whose fame as d
historian Of interest, is not the most
trustworthy, Is 50 great hat he is hard
" ever thought of as a poet and yet
his s'Lavs of Ancient Rome are writ
ten with a simplicity ami fire that win
our hearts for who can be indifferent
to the valor of Horatius Coolies or re-
press a sigh that Virginia, young and
beautiful, should have tasted death &c
save her from the desire of Tarquln.
High above these mute memorials OF
Thackerry and Macaulay reaches the
statue of dear delightful Sir Joseph
Addison. Iyet remember those spring
days when | played truant from class
es to sit beneath the budding trees and
the nest building birds to pour over
the pages of the "i,pectator. The
circular base on which the figure stands
has a long Latin inscription which
closes: "Dled in the forty-eight year
of his age, the honor and the delight
of the British nation" AS the first
of English essayists Addisons funeral
attained the pomp Of national respect
His body lay IN state in the Jerusalem
chamber and was borne thence to the
Abbey III the dead of night. The great
Bishop Atterbury met the corpse and
led the procession by torchlight round
the shrine Of St. Edward and the graves
of the Plantaganets to the chapel of
Henry VII. where it was inferred. A
tablet erected to the memory of Isaac
Casau bon, the celebrated scholar, is
most interesting because of two letters
scratched thereon, ~. W., made by
Izaak Walton, author of "The Com
pleat Angler" when be visited the
Abbey in 1868. William Camden the
great Antiquarian, and tator to Ben
Johnson, is represented in half length
clothed in the dress Of his time. A
rather theatrical monument marks
the grave of David Garrick, the
famous actor, who is repre-
sented at full length with very STACEY
pose. A bust commemorate George
Grote who without a university educa-
ton and amidst the affairs of bank
ing house made himself master OF
Greek and published cine history of
Greece, from the Earliest period to the
Death Of Alexander the Great" which
obtained for him the title of historian
of Greece. Another remarkable work
is his ''Plato and the other comp inions
of Socrates He was engaged upon
a similar work on the Aristotilian
School of Philosophers when he died ir
1871. Near Dryden under nameless
stone are the remains Of Francis Beau
mont whose name is always associated
with that Of John Fletcher as they
were Joint authors of "The Maids
Tragedy" ''Phllaster and other plays
which Were very popular. exceeding
that Of both Ben Johnson and Shakes
peare for time. Near Chaucer lies Sill
10 IN Denham who is today known tt
the student of literature as the auth OF
of ''Cooper's Hill much praised b,
Campbell, Pope and DR.. johnson. Ii
front of Shakespeare 5 tomb is buried
the great photographer and critic DR.
Samuel johnson, who, thanks to hl
biographer, Boswell, who thereby per
petuated his own name, is the mos
living and familiar figure of all tn,
men of letters of the eighteenth cen
tury. DR.. johnson has monumen
in old st. Paul's. By the side of thu
Doctor rests Richard Brinsley Sheri
dan, the famous dramati,t and parlia
mentary orator, author 1.-The Rivals
and School for Scandal comedies tina
delight the theatre going public of to
day. Burke declared his two speecl,
delivered against Warren Hasting.
''the most astonishing effort of clio
quence, argument and wit, united, o
which there was any record or tradl
ton Sheridan died in extreme pov
erty but was given magnificent fu
neral. Today no monument or simpl
stone marks his resting place. Close
to Sheridan lies Charles Di kans will
a black marble slab covering his grave
AS one stands looking down on thi
tomb who can but think of the incom
parable master who touched alike 18th
springs of laughter and the wells 0
tears; of Mr.. Plckwick, Wilkins Mi
cawber, Bill Skies or Little Neil
Thus We come to the grave Of the Rev
Henry Carey, the VIII known tranSla
tor of Dante; Thomas Par, born us:
died 1855, after living through TIL
reigns of Edward ", Edward '.
Richard Ill, Henry VII, Henry VIII
Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Eliza
beth James l. and Charles ST