The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-10-04

promised an increase of honor to bis
name and family, died before him. He
aad long, unknown to his father, been
SINKING in the most deceitful, and most
fatal OF diseases, when. the folIowipe
scene took place, SO feelingly described
by his late biographer, and affecting to
every heart.
lie became rapidly worse /: and con-
cealment being longer impossible. the
melancholy truth was at length commu-
Inicated. just week before the fatal .
vent occurred, 10 the father; who, from
this time, till the fate of his offspring
was decided, slept not, scarcely tasted
TODD, or ceased from the most pathetic
lamentations, seeming to justify The pre-
olction oil the physician, that had il been
communicated TO him sooner, his own
death might have been the result.
10 the closing scene itself, there
were some circumstances sufficiently af.
feeling. The poor sufferer passed The
night preceding his dissolution in very
restless and agifated state, thooeh tc-
signed to that decree which was So soon
10 separate him from the world; but in
the morning, hearing the loud lameuta-
tons OF his parents, in an adjoining room.
and anxious as tar as in his power. 10
relieve their agony by seeming betl, p
than he really was, he rose with soo,e
assistance, and leaning on the arm Of
ire faithful hots k eper and The bue.
band, tr ceeded 10 the door of the roon,
Ia which they we're sitting, desiring his
supporters to quit him, before they came
within sight Of bis father and mother =
Kind OF atfectionate imposition meant to
impress them with belicfof his oa;,-
ing strength. He even made y;eoron.
eaort' to tread the room with firm
sep. walking across It 10 the window
anQ !9epce towards where they sa, in
The deepest distress, viewing him viii,
intense anxiety, hut unable 10 utter :.
word. To some efforts which he made
TO console them, excessive grief still
prevented any reply; Speak 10 me nv
dear father, said he, in pathetic tone,
speak to me of religion, speak to me
OF morality, speak to me of indiffa rent
matters, for derive much satisfaction
from what yousa Shortly afterwards.
hearing some noise without doors. he
inquired whether it was rain, adding i'm
M dial air - 10 I..-- russ
hog through the trees , and then re-
Peated IN solemn manner three lines
from Adams hymn 10 the morning.
which had been fayorites with his uncle
Richard, and were repeated By him
GaoFe than once just before his death -
His praise, ye winds, that from four quarter.
blow,
Breathe soft or loud, and wave your tops. We
pines,
With every plant in sign Of worship waYe.p
He repeated them second time with
increased solemnity, and had scarcely
hnlshed the concluding word of the pas
sage, wheH the hand of death smote
him, and staggering into the arms Of his
father, he was carried in a state of in.
sensibility to bed, where, shortly AFTER
wards, without reFiyipg, he breathed his
last y
The loss of such son, whom he had
often called "the hope of his house,,
. the prop of his age 6 his other and
better self" inflicted anincurabie wound
on the fathers heart, and FASTENED his
decline. His writings contain many pa
hetic illusions to this event, and speak
the g sorrows of disconsolate old man. %
The storm has gone over me; and
lie like one of these old oaks, which the
late hurricane has scattered about me
am stripped of all my honols am
torn up by the roots, and lie PROSTATE
on the earth" 81 am alone. | have
none TO meet my enemies in the gate"
Under an engraved portrait of his son,
he placed the following lines altered
from Dryden -
As precious gems are not for common fire,
They but perfume the temple, and expire
So was he soon exhsl'd and banish'd hence,
short sweet odour at vast expense.n
g dOlor atgue deeus "a