New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22
TENNYSON'S BIRTHPLACE.
4 QUIET oLD-rAsHIoNED nook.

QUIET OLD-TAsHIONED NOOh'
From The Pail Mall Gazette.
There is q story Of a traveller in the centre
o. Lincolnshire who asked his way 20 hhueI ~ .
and was met by the 20 him unlnteIls DE cou -,
fa~-4u4ettrn "NavisWudOrDag. Al hlSl "V
th1llrht ne was being Intercepted in some
strange ancient language, but rehectloh r.
minded him that there were three places named
Enderlv some way apart upon the NoIds' llld'
wera distinguished BY different prefXes.
On my pilgrimage 10 Bag Enderby and som
erShv ] wisely asked no questions uul' u US
!ng 20 the guidance Of the signpostS. found my %
seif eret ar did P0liugbroke where several half
grsssv lanes converge by the green hiuOCks
that hide the foundations Of the ruined castle,
% these lanes I chose one whose banks were
blue with fragile harebells. ana AFTER passing
an0the- little village I turned into q ROAD
through q hilly field across which prook ran
merrilv This little streamlet had twice 10 De
crossed before I reached BAG Ehderny, Wn'c.
lies on the crest Of a bill-a small settlement "
houses shaded by enormous ems and chestnuts
gathered round a tiny dilapidated churoh us
crumbiug walls and fiat roof are mourhlui 10
look on. Looking In one saw tnat h''hh8 n
been touched for az least a hundred years Inc
great square manor-pew surrounded by its nigh
fence stiu blocks UP tho chancel-it Is JUS inc
same as when Tennysons father preached mere
once sunday
somersby itself is but a few minutes walk
turiner II lies upon good main road rom
Afford 20 HOrncastle. Down slight descent
one comes 70 the little valley OF the Famous
Brook whore almost in a wood by the road
SIDE stands Tho church where the Tennyson
brothers were christened and heard the first
lessons NJ religion from their fathers lips. II
IS plain little place. with no adornment o..
stained glass or carving, and the only memorial
OF the Tennysons Is a new harm7nium. which
mas recently been placed there 10 lcaC Inc
praises Of the village and yet there Is an over
Po"eIlng interest about d. as one ponders that
SETiy part oi its quiet interior must have lived
i'Aty ln the mem0r, ~ tne great poet NhD Hes
66urlea amid the giories Of kings and statesmen.
- earnest Impressions are the livCliest and
w most iasDng, and it is possih that when
ne heard the church bells ring on
o me vision ~ this quiet building
pa ms mind Outside stands the old
- lNssia ross, The sacred figure is still
.r,bioo usuhguished. Here. ia this ancient
sIo,,, worn with the rough weather and
the ola 80 ~ centuries was a link with
Artbnr - ~ vi romance. when the stories o.
tomb lies tbo <,Iecn' and hard by. in his stone
Two When he died H. IL eocord ,eor of
tho '"Snado,rN 81. nat was the first time that
poets path VI men fell across the
church rog., Old farmhouse opposite the
=. .Gtas. Tor 10 is built in ir,t.a.ta 80 hricl-
- me Idttershau v-i.b ho,tlcr,cntcd
ana - ~ "l4 9rlck is toned m a rich dark red,
the bau7 r0' doorway stands open and shows
Farmer, me-. mon tncy say. the Northern
vi men and things 7'S tO' IL ''
of tho t@5uen of this fine old house Joins that
r. IT,. 'IDdiaee where TennysOn was born
-, III 4' a low. Whitc-wallod unassuming
frorr ''" row OF trees partly shielding Il
-, '"e F'ad-'the seven Gins the pOplaTs
80 can no longer be exactly distinguished
We Whole house is EMPOWERED IN leaves.
saa Inn IL is an od-fashioncd place full OF pas
r aho odd corners. One is shown the lofty
"Aich the poets father built In the