Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

ITS ATTRACTION 235
one would expect to hear " ghost stories," if not to
see ghosts; and if ghosts are to be seen, what more
impressive sight could there be than that of those who
have walkedhere when living,now in mysterious statelinesshaunting
the scenes where they lived and suffered ?
The White King, the lonelv Cardinal who served his
earthly lord better than hisHeavenly Master,Elizabeth,
and meek Catherine of Braganza, and the long line
of the great Harry's wives — we may see them all in
memory or in fancy, and maybe some will tell us
that they still walk the night. Or we may wander
by the great old trees, the oaks and elms in the
House Park, of mighty girth, some of which perhaps
may look back to Wolsey's days, as one fine elm, at
least by tradition, belongs to that of the Stewarts —
"King Charles's swing" it is called. And as the
twilight brings memories of romance with it, and
soon the moon takes up the wondrous tale, we may
murmur with Keats, whose words sound so naturally
in this great galaxy of trees—
" Upona tranced summer night
Those green-robed senators ofmighty woods,
Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars.
Dream, and so dreamall night withouta stir,
Save for one gradual solitary gust
Which comes upon the silence, and dies off,
As if the ebbingair had but one wave."
So by night or day Hampton Court still has its
fascination for artists and for poets. One who knows
almost every stone has drawn it, as long months have