Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-06
NATURALIZATION.

until the -hndpg fails across their own pain, ma
! ing forever from their eyes the traces OF the
loved ones whose living smiles were the sunlight
of their existence. Death i the great antagonist
of life. aud the cold thought Of the tomb Is the
| skeleton of all ieasts. We do not want 10 pass
| through the dark wiley, although its passage
| may lead 10 PARADISE and. with Charles Lamb,
we do not want 10 lie down in the muddy grave.
even with kings aud princes for our bedtellows.
| But that fiat Of nature is inexorahle. There Is
no appeal or relief from the great law which
dooms u- to dust We flourish and fade as the
/ leaves of the forest; and the flower that blooms
aud wIther- IN day, has not frazier hold on life
tbhn the mfglitrsi monarch that ever shook the
earth with bis footsteps. Generations OF men
app,ar aud vanish the gras-, md the count
les multitude thnt tlrongs the world 10 day will
to morrow disappear ~ the footprints on the sand
shore.
But we shall meet again. The dead only sleep
for the resurrection of Immortality In the beau
tiful drama Of Ion, the instinct of immortality So
eoquently uttered by the death devoted Greek
finds deep response in every thoughtful SOUL
WI en- about to yield up his young existence. as a
sacrifice to fate, his beloved Cemanthe asks. III
they shall not meet again TO which he replies ::
= have asked that dreadful question of the
hills that look eternal; OF tle flowing streams that
flow forever; of the stars, among whose fields OF
azure my raised spirit hath walked tn glory
I all
living face fec there's something in the love that
mantles through its beauty that cannot wholly,
perish. We shall meet again. CIemanthe !"
.'Dur Mother only sleeps; and she who rests be-
side her j. not gone forever! Thank God. who
gave them the victory through the Lord Jesus
chn.t
The earth i filled with ''earned dust" Great
ness aud grntleness sleep together. The che
rub face babe and the inirm old man go down
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gone to the grave.
There is an interest in the dying words Of men
that does not attach to them while living. They
often give u clue to the whole history of the man,
They still oftenor give significant intmation as
to the state in which the departed exrired. We
exccrp below the last words of d few Of the great
ones Of the world. There is profit in bordering
them:
Head Of the army '-Nnpoleon.
II must sleep low y Byron.
Ill matters ttle how the dead lieth."--5ir
Walter Raleigh.
kiss me, Hardy" Lord Nelson.
Don't give upthp ship" Lawrence.
Pm shot if don't believe I'm dying" -Cha~
Ihurow.
is this your lidclityl'- Nero.
CLASP my hands, my dear friend, die."-Al-
fer
Give Dayrocles a chair."-Lord Chester
field.
Good preserve the Emperor. - Hayden.
The artery ceases to beat."-IIaler.
let the light rnter."-Goetha
"AIl my possessions for moment of time. -
Queen Elizabeth.
What is there no bribing death?"- Cardinal
Beaufort.
II loved God, my father and liberty."-N ad
anne de StacI.
BE serious "-Groiius
Into thy hands. Q, Lord ."-Tas-o.
ali j. ,mnll, very small indeed" (elaspinE hen
nick Anne Boleyn.
81 pray you see me safe up, and for nv
coming down let me shift for myself" (asccnd
ing The seah' pl1 Sir Thomas Moore.
don't let that awkward squad fire over my
grave."-R, Burns.
Il feel II, if were myself again. Waller
Scott
Il resign myself to God, and my daughter 10
my country - jefferson.
III is Washington.
al is the last of earth. am content" Ad-
ans.
There is no, u drop Of blood in my veins
Frederic v
"A dying man can do nothing easy.'-Frank-
| lin
lat not poor Nelly starye. Charles II.
"Rrrr,h mr with great thought n-lIerden.
Il feed the daisies growing over me" keat,.
Lat me die to the sounds of delicious music. -
-Mirabeau.
Daniel Webster uttered the words, Il still
live.