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Death of the Sensualist.

Tho end Of FalStaff may stand us a tyne
for the close of every such lie. |, was
without re.rct and without, honor. There
IS no lt' 50 melancholy in its close AS that
"i lIcenti"us wit. The companions with
! whom he jr>;cd abandoned him; the hone
"i the visible world is gone, and in the
Hp'rltna! ho has no refuge. Pleasure was
the bon! by which he held his to,mer asso.
rla'cs, and ty affection ,ha, bond is broken.
In" gay assembly takes no Thought of him.
an! the place therein shall kmow him no
more. Instead Of the harions looks which
were wont TO beam around him. n crowd OF
ghasiiy images are fitting in his solitary
room; Instead of the blaze OF many lights,
there Is the dimness Of single taper; and
Tor tho song OF the viol, there are the moau.
ingS OF death.
Sir Walter Scott tells us that S,crne's
death s'rikingly resembIel Fals;aG's. Brin,.
ley Sheridan WAS, like FaIslaif. rompanion
to q Prince of Wales. He was also lil..
fal~,ail, u fellow OF infinite Jest, Of mos, ox
r"llent fancy. He lavi>h"d upon this heir
ol kings the bountics OF! his humor arl his
cl"Nn"nc", an! i'll return for such wealth,
The heir Of kings abandoned the donor.
When the lights went ou: upon the banquet.
Tie man who threw Ihu .niy over il WAS
no nln:" remembered. Bat when the frame
$irk"ncd and the soul dru"rcd. 10 royalty
WAS Il; hand when the exc had II" mos.
the in~tre Of VII, i, looked in vain for tn.
b'oE.rrs of the fras, whcn Fps from
witch there once few winged words, i,.c.y
>;ammcrrd titled names, none WHO b,r..
thos" names wee present to hear The.
s1cndt!rltt, both in property and talents,
WAS left alone WIKI fate; a:r. while eternity
WAS oienin= Tor his spirit, Tic baI;!f, w..s
watching for lis corpse
SO OF Hook and the rest. The class i,
wc:! rrnbr,!ir, III Fa.>tnii. in H., H., also il
ills death. No death in S!ak>,,ear. is n.,.r.
sadly impressive TO Er than ,!a: %: F:;.>.ar.
In HE other deaths THERE'S til. swcctno~-
"E innoccac". or thetprc. Of! passion DIS,
c"ii"Aa expires in hcr ccnt.crc~>; lIanl,,.
w'ih AL his so!cInn majesty about him:
Macbeth reels t, h,ncah H." blow nf ,!.,,;..v:
Rlchni', III ih" ,cm;,c>. III his coura..r and
his wirk",lnr>s. finds Il ln>. hnur ,ur.:n,,:a-
bic t" his c!n,l suul; Lear has Il, one. .y
haus;c! life am, misery; p.h",p ha, nn
n!"re for Which he can rx;s. i.u, the cln..
I's moments Of Fal-,all an. gloomy w'hon,
ne;'g 'ragic; they are drcary a:l "ppr..>.
>irr, with little TO receive the sinking ii car
l!1"ughts, except it tie in the prc>c.m,. O.
humanity IN The person Of Mrs. Quickly.
W Ern prince and rourii-r h.A t;nlsakcn
their associate, this hun!.,c woman remain
ell near linn. The w"mun, w!,o,.. ,,n,,or,y
he sGuanlcred, and whose good name H..
c'! not spare; this woman. easily p.r>n.l
cd and easily deceived. won.l n.; quit even
worthless man in his hc.p"<, honr, l.nr
speak severely Of him wien that h.lr WAS
ended. Here is the greatness OF Sna!;
spraie; he never f,,rwc,s our nature, an! in
The most nnpr"mi>ing circumstances he
r"np"!S us to feel It's sacrc.!n"s<. The last
hour, Of falolalf lie "n~hrnrn!s in the ,ii.u-
tv Of death, and 10y a few simple and pa.
thrtlc words in the mouth Of hi, irnora,,
t.h' cIa:tah!c hostess, he LAYS bare In" ,lv>.
'crlon> struggles o.: an expiring sou. ".i
par'cd,' she say. 'rvcn just h.,wr,n twelve
and one, cen a. III" turn;m. of the tide for
after saw him tumble wiki the sheets and
play with flowers, and smile upon his ti-
gers ends, knew there wa, but one WAY
tor his nose WIS rs Sharp Il pea, and Il
h.hb!ed Of green fields. How now, Sir
J"hn! quoth |: what, man, hc Of good
cheer. 50 Il cried ont, God. God. God
three or four times then all was cold"
Thus, as Shakespeare pictures, a man Of
pleasure died. Even upon him nature
again excrIs her sway; the primitive de-
Fights Of childhood revisit his final dream.
ing, and he plays with flowers. and he bnb.
bles of green fields. And that voice of
eternal Power, which was lost in the din Of
the festival, must have u,tcrance in the
travail of mortality; and the excamalions,
which taltcr to the silence of the tomb
make confession of faith which all the
practice had denied Giles.