THE TOMBS IN THE ABBEY IN A LETTER TO R.S., ESQ.
ts of doctrine, and per of lending a perfect assent to t corified, yet may time never come to me, ion of irreverent sentiment, I ser iful and time-ification tending t ednesday at estminster, and being desirous of reneance, after lapsed years, ombs and antiquities turned out like a dog, or some profane person, into treet, very congenial to to tening to. It er t music.
You ion at estminster; and doubtless among ters, you must devotional feeling in t mind feeds still -- and may it feed! tiquarian spirit, strong in you, and graceful blending ever ality. You o to tion; you o to your learned fondness for tecture of your ancestors; you o to tical establis, ices -- to speak aloud your sense of to desist raising your voice against till totally done aill tminster Abbey be no longer closed against t, t, or blameless devotee, an injury against s to to see maintained in its impressive services, t our Cat of inspection to t times only, in tendance on te s aken up t, in vain sucers as myself express tion. A to fling open tiful temple again, as t tin,e of life, ive faculty (suc is) in botrance to so mucion ructed by t up to gain an occasional admission (as ainly s of tombs o us (iment) as ood open, as t Park; ime, as t us, for a ser or longer time, as t lasted? Is tly for ourselves detecting t? In no part of our beloved Abbey norance (out of service time) under t ticlimax, presumed to lie in t you can tell t y for enlarged feeling, aste and genius, may coexist, especially in