THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE."
Inclosing this tomb is a structure of brick twelve feet high. In front is an iron gateway, opening several feet in advance of the vault door, and forming a kind of ante-chamber. This gateway is flanked with pilasters, surmounted by a stone coping, covering a pointed Gothic arch. ** Over this arch is a tablet, on which is inscribed,
"Within this inclosure rest the
REMAINS OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON."
I was much disappointed in the exterior appearance of the tomb, for it seems to me that in material and design it is quite too common-place.
It justifies the description of it given recently by Lord Morpeth, who visited it in 1811. "The tomb of that most illustrious of mortals," he said, "is placed under a glaring red building, somewhat between a coach-house and a cage." ***
Art should be allowed to contribute the best offerings of genius in enshrining the mortal remains of George Washington.