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A scending the
Ramparts,
the scene b etw een
H am let an d his F a th e r’s G h ost w ill o f course be
the first thing th a t occurs to th e m ind.
W h a t a
p ity th e poetic feeling should be d isturb ed an d
dissolved b y v u lg ar m atter o f fact! H am let, a la s!
w as no
prince
of D enm ark , but, according to Saxo
G ram m a tic u s, son o f a p irate chief, th e gov ern or,
in conjunction w ith his b ro th er, o f Ju tla n d .
T h is
c h ie f m arried th e d au g h ter o f the D an ish king, the
issue of w hich m arriag e w as H am le t, or ra th e r
Am let, signifying M adm an.
T h e view from the p latfo rm o f th e great tow er
is very fine.
T h e
Chapel,
w hich h a s lately been
resto red , should be visited.
Marienlyst
, (M ary’s delight),* in the vicin ity
o f E lsino re, w as till lately a ro y al chateau, alth o u g h
n e v er in h ab ited by ro y a lty ; it is now the p ro p e rty
o f th e C o rp o ra tio n , and let to a p riv ate fam ily.
T h e g ard en s are p u b lic , an d from the p a rt a t the
b ack o f the c h ateau the view s are lovely.
B u t if
th e trav e lle r expects to find "H am le t’s G rav e” de
sig n ated b y stones b e arin g R unic inscriptions, o r th e
situ atio n o f the a rb o u r w here the old K in g w as
sleep in g w hen his b ro ther
" I n the porches o f his ears did p o ur
T h e leperous d istilm ent,”