Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . omantic scenery continually openingupon the view by Llandegai church, I passed the monument ofArchbishop Williams, which represents him kneeling at an altarin his arch-episcopal robes. No finer picture of fallen ambitioncould be held up to public view; no juster retribution upon acareer of pride, overweening confidence, and worldly splendour. * Was it for this thy lofty genius soard,Caressd by monarchs and by crowds adored?For this thy hand oer rivals could prevail,Grasping by turn the crosier and the seal;Who dared on Lauds meridian power to
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales . omantic scenery continually openingupon the view by Llandegai church, I passed the monument ofArchbishop Williams, which represents him kneeling at an altarin his arch-episcopal robes. No finer picture of fallen ambitioncould be held up to public view; no juster retribution upon acareer of pride, overweening confidence, and worldly splendour. * Was it for this thy lofty genius soard,Caressd by monarchs and by crowds adored?For this thy hand oer rivals could prevail,Grasping by turn the crosier and the seal;Who dared on Lauds meridian power to on aspiring Buckingham look down ! But it is always melancholy to contemplate great talents, courage,and energies almost invincible, not directed to the improvementand welfare of mankind. No where in my tour had I experienced more pleasing surprisethan on entering the parish, and, in particular, the neat, cleanvillage of Llandegai. Surrounded by noble hills, insulated butagreeably situated, it presented a marked contrast in its modern ^. ^SsK WANDERINGS THROUGH NORTH WALES. 1G5 improvement, and consequent industry and prosperity, to mostWelsh towns and liamlets I had seen, bearing pleasing witnessto the intelligence and public spirit of its wealthy , with its sweep of new plantations, excellent roads, risingfarms, and plain but commodious dwellings, with the fresh stirof life every where observable, gave evidence of a younger andhappier Wales—a title better bestowed, by the combined geniusof science and commerce, than the political ones of the youngFrance or Italy. I stopped at one of the new-built cottages opposite a mill,—thefirst erected of the now flourishing villages inhabited by the fastthriving and peaceful community of this happy district—an exampleof how much wealth, when directed by intelligence and right feel-ing, can accomplish. It gave me pleasure to mark this comer-stone of the future welfare and regeneration of an extensive andpopulous p
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