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Show HOME OF THE HOLi Gii.UL Writer Tt'ia ef Visit to the Shrlre jf Monsilvat. Tile in -il( flinnc of Moll.-ulvnl, (lu lioini' if tlio Ilolv Clrai!, bcnic nwnt Ii i i liuninii Mtnfe to lli'd tc-inoti' tc-inoti' en ut of the world, lon; liniinlcd I'ip inediL'Mil mind. As Hip original'. (Vllir Inle of Sir I'crci.nl slowlv ill" eloped in (lorinnin. Mon-fialv.tt Mon-fialv.tt liiinntt' mi cspnfinl p.irt of tlio liquid, it was inoxiliililo that when in iiodcin times that legend ngain ( k rges in tho crowning ncliicwiiioiit of Wagner's genius, the (irail is still pn-eniil hy a te-ligious te-ligious order lit .Monsiiliiit, in (ioih-ic (ioih-ic Sjmiii. not fur fiom the land of the ?din!i'iuK. 'J'he iiorlhci iters who dreamed of Moiisl.mit in their nioineiitii of fer-ent fer-ent di'Milion or romantic exaltation exalta-tion hud heard a rumor, hut for the most pait they knew little or nothing noth-ing of itA Kernel of fact. Yet the rumor itself is the mo-it potent evident evi-dent o of the world-wide fascination wlmli the ancient mountain shrine of Monh-crrnt excited over the imagination imag-ination .,1' met r more thin a thousand )cnrs, id, indeed, still exerts oven to-d.y. It is in vain that one climbs the heights of Mont-scnat Mont-scnat with memories of Anifortas and tlio "pure fool." When wo hinc made our wav tip, heond even the shrine and the monastery, to the great raxiue which is said to hae rent the summit of the mountain moun-tain at the moment of the Crucifixion, Cruci-fixion, and when wo hae passed the fantastic row of rocky pinnacles to which the name of "Ouaidiuns of the Holy Grail" has been assigned, we h.nc seen all that there is to connect con-nect the real MoiiImtmI with the legendary Monsuhat. Perhaps we filiouM he well content that so sublime sub-lime a symbol has long been borne away to an invisible home, and that the Holy flrai! should hac its sole and immortal shrine in the human imagiiiiilinii. Hau'lock Kllis, iu llniperV |
