. Ireland in London. in a dramatic attitude, throwing back a cur-tain, unveiling the beauties of Shakespeare,Charles Lamb and others have found fault withthis work as too theatrical for such a place as theAbbey. Garricks funeral was a grand one, andattended by many notabilities of the day. CoventGarden and Drury Lane each sent twelve actorsto represent them on the occasion. Close to Shakespeares statue lies RichardBrinsley Sheridan, to whom there is no memorialof any kind in the Abbey. Sheridan diedin deep distress, and the hollow friendship thabfailed him in his last hours mocked his re-mains
. Ireland in London. in a dramatic attitude, throwing back a cur-tain, unveiling the beauties of Shakespeare,Charles Lamb and others have found fault withthis work as too theatrical for such a place as theAbbey. Garricks funeral was a grand one, andattended by many notabilities of the day. CoventGarden and Drury Lane each sent twelve actorsto represent them on the occasion. Close to Shakespeares statue lies RichardBrinsley Sheridan, to whom there is no memorialof any kind in the Abbey. Sheridan diedin deep distress, and the hollow friendship thabfailed him in his last hours mocked his re-mains with a magnificent funeral, calling forththe apt comment of a French journal on the evenb—France is the place for a man of letters to live-in, and England the place for him to die in. As for the Irish poets, they are not stronglyrepresented here. Only three who had any con-nection with Ireland have been buried in thisfamous spot—to whim, it is interesting to learn,Goldsmith first gave its familiar name of Poets. GOLDSMITH S MEMORIAL. Corner. The three poets referred to are WilliamCongreve, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscom-mon, and Sir John Denham, the latter withno memorial, the former having a bust mountedon a pedestal decorated with carvings emblematicof figures relating to the Drama. Goldsmithsbust and tablet are over the south doorway, in theSouth Transept (a position selected for it by SirJoshua Reynolds), and is an admirable piece ofwork, executed by the eminent sculptor, JosephNollekens, The inscription is iu, Latin,Johnson, who wrote it, having refused to (as hesaid) disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbeywith an English inscription, and this in spite ofan unanimous appeal from His own and the poet*friends. It is iu this inscription that the well-known lines occur, so descriptive of Goldsmith*genius:—Nihil tetegit quod non ornavit(He touched nothing that he did not adorn)-Three Irish Archbishops are buried here—namely, Ussher, Boulter, and Agar. Hasher wa*
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