. Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man : towns, mountains, glens, waterfalls, legends, romantic associations, and history : how to reach the island, routes, distances, railways, steamboats, fares, hotel and other accommodation. equence of the absence of the cross or vane as atermination. Its interior is capacious and neatly pewed, thewestern end having a gallery for the organ and choir; whileadjoining the chancel are the Governors chapel and a vestry. In this churchyard, now free from earthly woes,Lie many strangers to fair Monas isle;Here young and loving hearts ha
. Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man : towns, mountains, glens, waterfalls, legends, romantic associations, and history : how to reach the island, routes, distances, railways, steamboats, fares, hotel and other accommodation. equence of the absence of the cross or vane as atermination. Its interior is capacious and neatly pewed, thewestern end having a gallery for the organ and choir; whileadjoining the chancel are the Governors chapel and a vestry. In this churchyard, now free from earthly woes,Lie many strangers to fair Monas isle;Here young and loving hearts have found repose,Whose presence was a benuty, and whose smUeWould aching bosoms of their grief beguile. 56 Guide to the Isle of Man. Swept monuments of love foniT mottoes bear, Tolling of goodness, piety, placid grief neer yields to wan despair :Uiiglit amarantliino wreaths the silent sleepers wear. So Oiiseley wrote of another island cliurchyard, and liiswords are quite as applicable to this, in which his bodyawaits the archangels summons. His headstone tells usthat he departed this life, May 7th, 1874, aged sixty-nineyears. This Gods-acre is evidently a resting-place greatlyin favour with the many strangers who visit Moua. It has. ONCHAN CHDECII. l)esidcs some old-world monuments worth examining. Rest-ing against the north wall of the tower, is an ancient Scandi-navian cross, deeply carved with knotwork on both sides,but witliout an inscription ; and not far from it is another,bearing intricate knotwork, and the representation of twomonstrous animals, somewhat similar to weasels. Proceeding down the hill from the church, the road takesthe visitor past the old Schoolhouse, into the village ofOnclian, with its nursery gardens, occupying some fifteenacres. At the end of the village is anotlier Schoolhouse, ofmore recent erection. Descending the hill beyond the Sliort Walks from Douglas. cliuvcli, and, takiug a path to the right, we reach the beauti-ful retired cr
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