Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-16
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forms part of its composition. erected,
as it happens, to the lady as we'll as
the lord of the same name as the he
roic Santa Filoment, who has just
passed away.
Was an Age Of stIted Periods.
The epitaphs quoted in the guide
book have a distinctive flavor, as II
they were some special brand manu-
factured for the abbey. The old kings
in the splendid old tombs need no in
scription, and have none, but as the
architectural merit OF the tombs de-
creases so does the verbal decoration
Increase, and with the monstrous
sculpture of the eighteenth century
comes the florid and overwrought pc
RODS Of the epitaph writer's. You can
almost tell the date OF any individual
specimen by the literary style. His
tory records, I believe. that the NOR
ais of the eighteenth century were
anything but above reproach in Eng
land but II Westminster is to be ta-
ken as the test that was an age OF he
roic saints and sanity heroes Yet
that these quaint old hypocrites were
not self-deceived is suggested by the
closing sentence OF one of the epi-
taphs of prlod following that of the
most stilted specimen. Reader" II
says, IF on perusing this tribute TO
private individual thou should be
disposed to suspect It as partial or
censure It as diffuse, know that It is
not panegyric. but history"
True Sentiment Not Wanting.
Upon the monument Of Grace Scott.
wife of Colonel Scott. member Of
the honorable house of commons. 1874,
are engraved these words:
He that will give my Grace but what
is hers
Must say that death has not
Made only her dear Scott.
But virtue, worth and sweetness. wild.
overs"
Punning. indeed. was highly es-
| teemed by the ancient eulogists. as in.
stanced in the epitaph to Sir James
Fullerton: He died fuller of faith
than OF fear; fuller OF consolation than
of pains; fuller of honor than OF
days" Yet there are not wanting
specimens OF true and ingenious sen
timent. as that I'm the case OF Mrs.
Mary Kendall. whose friendship for
Lady Catherine Jones was such that
"she desired that even their ashes
after death might not be divided and
therefore ordered herself here 10 be
Inferred where she knew that excel.
| lent lady designed one day 10 rest
near the grave of her beloved and re-
| ligious mother" and also the little
marble cradle over the grave OF the
daughter Of James l.. who died at the
age OF three days. with verses by
Susan Coolidge. which do not wholly
lose their pathos I'm spite OF the fact
that they are placarded on the walls
with the Keep order" and other
signs.
When Abbey Becomes Impressive.
] And, moreover. there are times when
the abbey does regain some OF the
majesty and awe that the early
writer's tell of-of a late afternoon.
perhaps, when the sightseeing mob
! mas gone ana the llght mas grown dim
and a faint but impressive radiance
! falls from the big rose window In the
/ south transept. Then. having climbed
/ to toe little gallery wherein the efi.
! gies are dlspla yed-not to see those
( denominations but to gain therefrom
/ charming and varied vistas OF nave
and pillar. of arches so slender that
] they seem TO sway and vaulting traced
with delicate designs-having got
above the noise Of shufhing feet and
the clotter Of lighthearted tourists.
you hear in the dimness and silence
the impressive strains OF the Largo
/ from the fingers of a belated organist
/ and find rare and appropriate har-
mony IN the music. the light and the
/ spirit Of the place. And you walk out
reverently, thinking that the abbey Is.
after all. sull worth 1hils.