The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-12-29

coronation and sad burials that the walls have
witnessed, and a priest deep In the meanings
sf signs and ~ Rsb9.s Id fad the number OF
the Trinity, the sims of the saints, the SYM
bols oil the virtues the signs OF Tod every
where in the stone Poets often hare tried
to tell OF the Infinite thought and lessen al
the building. and ef tie glory Of the men and
women who have been Esglsnd's light, and
none has succeeded except in part.
The - Poets Cerner,n as Goldsmith dubbed
Ii, attracted us first, after the awe Of the
wonderful shadows Of the arches, jeweled
by the lights from the windows high against
the sunlight, had been felt and recognized.
And iirst 81 Z e poets, we looked for the
SHAKESPEARE Memorial. Ii shows sim Shalls-
pere with a scroll at his knee, wherein is
written these lines from The Tempest:
The cloud-capP'd. towers. The gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temp tac eat globe self,
Yea, all which il Inherit shall dissolve:
And like This insuls!aIfiai pageant faded
Leave not wreck beh.Hd.
Perhaps ShaksFere saw beyond the rest of
as towards the inanite-towards the day
when al the ears of the Abbey shall be as
one day, and Tie kings and priests, statesmen
and poets shall see their God. To us, the
Abbey seemed as near he Infinite as any
thing human or finite that we had ever seen
Dr. imagined before.
The grave of 'MaiSter CHANGER, the houre
Bf English pOetes, " is here and perhaps be-
cause his dust Is here the other Singers were
brought too. Drayton lies at his feet and
% Here Ives. eXpe' ting the second comminse
Of our Sayio T, Jesus Christ, the body OF
Edmond SpnSer, the Prince Of Poets in bis
tyne, who's" divine SPIRIT needs noe othir
witnesSe than the worises which he left he
hiRde him" Beaumont and Fletcher. Ben
Jonson and poi ally Sliaksp, re followed
she body Of SpeB-er 10 the Abbey ana threw
into the grave oce- TO 1he dead poet and the
pens wiih which they were written
1hoa:s Stay is buried at Stoke pogis. but
= memorial i, here OF this poet and his
elegy, scHle-ne said 4 ~ no poet ever went
10 eternity with such hin book under his
arm. : sd story tells of Richard ltin.ley
Sheridan, who died IN great poverty. and was
buried III splendor here. Dickens is buried
here, and 1bacieI7iy his memorial, though
his body is at kcns.l Green.
One Is startled 10 find under ones feet
brass plate WI h the name Robert Browning
thereon; to he actually within a iew inches
OF all that Is mortal Of that splendid pet,
who has given 50 much courage and beauty
to the world. 1enDy~on, who always wore
his singing clothes, lies nearby.
Away OF in dark corner We found fine
bust OF Charles Kingsley, and one OF Thomas
Arnold. Thomas AInOld's is one OF the
finest bits OF sculpture that We had ever
o.. seen. Dignity, hueDc~S, and that size gih
that Is rugged To- Itself and gentle 10 others
Beem ytry apparent in the marble. and a
realization OF the description Of his father
given by Mathew Arnold IN Rugby Chap
eL. For much that Is fine and strong in the
English blood these two meu haze been great
exam les, and " th a relative. Mrs Humph-
Tey Nari, Lnglald has received much profit
from the family.
The lice oi Charles Kingsley is fine in
much the sam way, rs We remember the
Water Babies " Of our childhood. ~ est
ward Ho" OF cur schooldays, and = Hypat a 4"
OF our grown up da,s. We EEL as though we
knew this man, TO whom we are grateful for
30 many happy hours.
Handel, iOo, is buried In the Poets Corner,
and near his memorial hangs "A tablet in
memory of Jenny Lind. OF Handel, Dean
Starley wrote: He who composed The
Messiah and the Israel in Egypt must
have been poet, no less than musician,
Of no ordinary degree"
Addison says of the Abbey Their are
"many poets which have no monuments. and
many monuments which have no poets, )" a.