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Chapter 18

           Andwheredoeshenowexist?Isthisgentleandlovelybeinglostforever?Hasthismind,sorepletewithideas,imaginationsfancifulandmagnificent,whichformedaworld,whoseexistencedependedonthelifeofitscreator;hasthismindperished?Doesitnowonlyexistinmymemory?No,itisnotthus;yourformsodivinelywrought,andbeamingwithbeauty,hasdecayed,butyourspiritstillvisitsandconsolesyourunhappyfriend.

           Pardonthisgushofsorrow;theseineffectualwordsarebutaslighttributetotheunexampledworthofHenry,buttheysoothemyheart,overflowingwiththeanguishwhichhisremembrancecreates.Iwillproceedwithmytale.

           BeyondColognewedescendedtotheplainsofHolland;andweresolvedtoposttheremainderofourway,forthewindwascontraryandthestreamoftheriverwastoogentletoaidus.Ourjourneyherelosttheinterestarisingfrombeautifulscenery,butwearrivedinafewdaysatRotterdam,whenceweproceededbyseatoEngland.Itwasonaclearmorning,inthelatterdaysofDecember,thatIfirstsawthewhitecliffsofBritain.ThebanksoftheThamespresentedanewscene;theywereflatbutfertile,andalmosteverytownwasmarkedbytheremembranceofsomestory.WesawTilburyFortandrememberedtheSpanishArmada,Gravesend,Woolwich,andGreenwichplaceswhichIhadheardofeveninmycountry.

           AtlengthwesawthenumeroussteeplesofLondon,St.Paul’stoweringaboveall,andtheTowerfamedinEnglishhistory.

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