Notes in England and Italy . n the act of springing; but yet forever heldfast in stone. It is an extraordinary idea of thesegothic architects to give this rushing-away, activeexpression to the centuries-enduring, fixed stone. Iwonder if it is an image or emblem of the hopelesslonging of the monks to escape from their have a singular desire to break the bonds of theseheadlong gurgoyles, and let them go. They havesuch an impetus in their motion, that it seems asthey would shoot out of all human vision in asecond, if they were freed. Did you ever observethose on the roof of Henry the S
Notes in England and Italy . n the act of springing; but yet forever heldfast in stone. It is an extraordinary idea of thesegothic architects to give this rushing-away, activeexpression to the centuries-enduring, fixed stone. Iwonder if it is an image or emblem of the hopelesslonging of the monks to escape from their have a singular desire to break the bonds of theseheadlong gurgoyles, and let them go. They havesuch an impetus in their motion, that it seems asthey would shoot out of all human vision in asecond, if they were freed. Did you ever observethose on the roof of Henry the Sevenths chapel inWestminster Abbey ? We now came to Deeping Fen, which perhapsmeans, the fenniest of fens. It was, however,adorned with a great deal of beautiful rose-haw-thorn in perfect bloom. * * * England is just nowin fullest blossom—fruit-trees, May-flowers, purpleand white Persian lilacs, like plumes, so soft anddelicate, and everywhere the graceful, j^ellow labur-num, dropping gold; also, of course, the greenest of. PETERBORO CATHEDRAL. 71 grass, as if it had been that moment washed in ashower—so that though the land was flat, there wasmuch about it most grateful to the eyes. I observedthat a great many lambs had been taken for a pur-pose I will not name, so that the dams had but one child apiece, instead of their rightful two. J undertook to wonder how each lamb could know itsown mother ! When we arrived at Peakirk and Croyland, weregretted our tickets were not for Croyland, for, inthat case, we might have stayed there all night, andseen the abbey. As it was, we kept on to Peter-boro. The Eailway Hotel being directly upon thestation, we walked into it. I immediately lookedout of the windows to find a glimpse of the cathe-dral, and I saw a portion of the western fa9ade andpinnacles, and the top of a mighty arch. After dinner we took a walk. Peterboro is avery small town gathered in front of its gloriousminster. It is the cathedral, and nothing else. Wesoon came to t
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