The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-01-09
@isreiiany.
FROM BLAexwoop's MAsAzrsa.
THE BURlEO .dLITE


more ond more acute 90 my corporeal powera
became weaker. j could see ~ the looks Of
the doctor that he dcspsired OF my recovery /,
! and tho soft end whispering sorrow Of cpy
friends, taught mo thar had nothing 10
l hope.
One dsy towards The evening, the crisis
'ook Place. I was sie7ed Wiih . strange and
ndesct'osoic qeivetiog,--s ,oshing sound
wss IN my cers.--i saw around my couch In.
nomstsols strsngc faces; they were bright
ana visionary, and withou, bodies. There
was heht and soicmniy, and tried TO move
out could not. For short tims y terrible
Confusion overwhelmed ms,--snd when it
passed OH, oil my recollection returned win
'oe most perfect dis,inctness, but the power
Oh mo'ion Rad dspsrted. heard the sound
OF weeping al my piiiow--and the voice of
ne nurse say, "lie Is 6ead."---I cannot de-
scribe what tet at these wo, DIS exotted
NY utmost power OF voltiou 10 SIR myself.
DIT could not move even on eyeld. Alter
short pause my friend drew near and sob
oing, and COW uised with grief, drew hi, hand
ever my tace, ard closed INV eyes. The
~otld was ,beD da,kened, but i stii! spuLd
hear, and ioel, and suffer. N
When my eyes were closed, ! heard by
The attendants that my friend hbd loft Iho
Soom, and soon after found, the lnceuukcts
were psepa ing to habit me in tbe gsrments
OF the grave. Their thouya atlessncss wss
more awful then the grict Of my friun1s.
They laughed al ono a0oiher as they turned
me from side TO side, and trea,cd what Ihev 4
believed corpse, with the uaost appalling ri-
beltiry.
When they had laid me out, these wretch.
es retired, tad the degrading Formally OF af-
iected riiouspng commenced. For three dsys
Q number ot friends called 10 see NC. Z
heard them 10 low accents, speak Of what I
was and more than ono touched nae with
his hogcr. On the third cAy, some Of them
talked Of the smell OF corruption in tho
room.
Tho coffin was Procured-.l wss lifted sna
laid in--My friend placed my head an what
was deemed It's las, pillow, end feh his tears
Gscp On uy face.
JEs>~~ al s.hn HAD any ncc st;sr irs.r.., In
coffin, heard them retire and the undertaI
kerr mon placed the lid on The cc!in sn&
scrcwed IL down. There we're Two OF them
presen,--one bad occasion 10 60 away bsIoro
the tssk ives done. hssrd tae iCnow wa.
wss left begin to whistle ss he turned ,no
screw nails; but he checked hi,oseii s.I
completed tho work in silence.
Iwas then left aIonc--evcr, ono shuprei
the room. Iknew, however, that wss NOT
ye, buri led and though dsrkened aud mo,
iionlsss, had sull hopc---but ,his was not
permitted long. The day of in,crment az
rived--l felt tho coffin fitted end borne away<s
I hssrd and felt IL placed IN the hesrse.
There was crowd Of people nround--some
Of them spoke sorfowlulIy I me. Tho
hearsc began 10 novel knew that Il csrri-
ed me 10 the grave. II balied and the {, fin
was taken out-l felt myself carried On shoob-
deis Of men, BY the inequality of the mo,ion
ia pause ensued---i heard The cords OF he
coAio moved~-l isli II swing as dep endcnt by
tbom--it was lowered, and ies,ec ca the bot.
tom of the grsvc--tho cords werc dropped
upon the lid--l heard them fall. Drcvdfsl
was the effort then made 10 exert the pow
or Of action, but my whole frame was imDov-
able.
Soon after, d few hsndfuls Of csrih wero
thrown upon the cofho-,hen there was o.
ns,her psuse--sf,er which the shovel was
employed and the sound Of tho fs,tlIng
| mould, ss m covered me, was far more tire.
meuduous than thunder. Au; coold make
no effort. The sooad gradually become less
| and less, end BY q sufsipg teveioerstion Ia
| the ccfhn, kAew the g'dse, was filled ups.
| and that The sextoO was readifE 10 the earth,
slspping the grave with the nst 0(.his srsdeb
This too ceased, and then all was silent.
1 I had no means Of knowing this ispse 81
time aud the silence continued. This IL
death, tho't I, sod am doomed 10 remain Ia
The earth, till the resurrection. Presently
the body viii fall in,o corruption, and the ep.
icurean worm, that is only satisfied with tbs
fiesh Of man, will come 10 psr,.ke of tsg ban
quet ths, has been prepared for him With 20.
Ilcnode and care. In the contemplation q
this hideons thought, 1 heard low and un.
dsssound 10 the earth over me, and iAncien
! the, the worms and the reptiles oi dea,h were
coming--snd the molo and me RAJ OF the
grave would soon be upon me. The sounA
confused to grow louder and nearer Csnit
be possible ihought that my friends suspect
they hsve buried me too 1000 Tho hops
was truly like light bursting ,h'ocgh ,hs
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