The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04
Last w Ords.

Surely there is something very pathet
ic in those last words Of DR.. Adams, o.
Edinburgh, Scotland, the High-schoo
head master 1t grows dark, boys
you may Co." As the shades of death
were fast closing around him, the masters
thoughts were still with his work and
thus regarding the shades of death as
but the waning twilight of the earthly
day, he gave the signal of dismissal to
his imaginary scholars, and was himself
at the same instant "dismiSSed from
work, to his eternal rest!
Every one knows that the few last
words which Goethe uttered were truly
memorable: <<braw back the curtains, VI
said he. "and let in more light"
T At che tmne Or HumbOfdt death, 6de
sun was shining brilliantly into the room
in which he was lying, and it is stated
that his last words, addressed to his
niece, were these: Vie hcrrlich diese
Strahcn, sic schcinen'die Erdc zum Him.
mel zu rufen. How grand these rays
they seem to beckon earth to heaven"
Sir Walter Scott, during his last Illness,
more than once turned to Lockhart, and
exclaimed with great fcrvor. to him, "bc
good man, my dear!' When We re-
collect the character Of the man who ut
tered them, is there not little sermon in
these words?
Judge Talfourd, It will be remembered,
died suddenly, whilst delivering the
charge to the Grand Jury at the Stratford
assizes. This last sentence which he ut
tered before his head fell forward upon
his breast, is pregnant with wisdom and
from the eternal truth which it so nObly
enunciates, forms fitting conclusion to
Talfourd's benevolent and useful career.
THAT" said he, (which is wanted to
bind together the bursting bonds of the
different classes of this country, is not
kindness, but sympathy" And so, with
that last word sympathy" yet trem-
bling upon his lips, poor Talfourd passed
away.
DR.. Johnson's last words, addressed to
young lady standing by his bedside
were: "God bless you, my dear"
"God bless you! Is that you,
Dora ?" were Wordworth's last words.
There is a singular identity, also, be-
tween the last utterances Of Mrs. Hannah
Moore and Of the historian, Sir James
Macintosh, the last exclamation of both
consisted of one word, and both alike
breathe the same spirit of happiness
"Joy!" was the last utterancc of the for
mcr and "llappy!' that of the latter.
~ am ready" were the last words ol
the great actor, Charles Mathews.
John Knox, about eleven o'clock on the
night of his death, gave deep sigh, anC
exclaimed, Now it is come!" Thest
were his last words, for in few mo
ments after he eXpired.>
General Washington's last words wer'
firm, cool, and reliant as himself. II an
about to die," said he, and am no
afraid to die" Noble words, these
There is something in them which re
minds us of Addison's celebrated reques
to those around him, "to mark how I
Christian can die"
Etty, the great painter, quietly marked
the progress Of dissolution going or
within his frame, and coolly moralizeG
thereon. His last words were: "Won
derful, wonderful this death |" Ant
he uttered them with perfect calmness.
Thomas Hoods last words were Dy
ing, DYING" as though, says his biogra
phcr, he was glad to realize the sense o
rest implied in them.
Amongst the last utterances of another
great wit, Douglas Jcrrold, was the re
ply which he made to the question
"lIow he felt?" Jcrrold's reply wa
quick and terse, as his conversation al
ways was. He felt, he said, las on
who was waiting, and waited for"
When we remember Charlotte Drontei
stormy and sorrowful life, lightened fo
only few brief months towards its close
by her marriage with her fathers curate
Mr. Nichols, there is melancholy plain
tivencss in her last words. Addressing
her husband, she said: 81 am not 60
ing to die, am :? He will not separate
US; we have been so happy"
Poor Oliver GoldSmiths farewell word
are also very plaintive. "ls your min'
at ease ?" asked his doctor. "No, it i
not" was Goldsmith's melancholy reply
This is the last sentence he ever uttered
and it is sorrowful, like his life.
One Of Keats latest utterar ceS is fuI
of singular pathos and beauty. "
feel" he said, on his death-bed, " fec
the flowers growing over Inc !"
Tasso's last words, In manus tuas Dom
inc, Into thy hands | commit m.
spirit" are cminently religious. The.
were uttered by him with extreme diff
Guilty, and Immediately afterwards he ex
pircd.
King Charles II. died with joke upo
his lips; his death had been expecte
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many Of his courticrs had been kept u
all night. lie apologized to those VIII
stood round his bed for the trouble h
had caused them he had been, he sale
a most unconscionable time in dying, br
he hoped they would excuse it. 9Th
was the last glimpse" remarks Lor
Macauly, "of that exquisite urbanity s
often found potent to charm away tn
sesentment of justly incensed nation"
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