Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-05-08

dying man can do nothing easily
Alfieri's sympathetic nature dis
played itself in Clasp my hand,
dear friend; | die"
DIR. Johnson, the rough, kind
heart who loved good halter, died
as he said to Miss Morris. GOD
bless you, my DEAR
Henry VIII, who had altered
the whole course of monastic life
in England, exclaimed, monks
monks monks ~
Nine. de Stael, whose trial was
her enforced absence from her ma
tive land, died, saying: II have
loved my God, my father and
my liberty"
The Danish sovereign Frederick
W, greatly beloved by his SUBJ
jects, cried, "rhere is not a drop
of blood on my hands," as he
passed away.
Mirabeau desired to die while
delicious strains of music hoated
on the air, but his last utterance
was demand for laudanum to
drown pain and consciousness.
The last words of Charles l., on
the scaffold to Archbishop Juxson
was Remember referring to his
desire that his son Charles should
forgive his fathers murderers.
Mozart's last words were ''Let
me hear once more those notes so
long my solace and delight" but
Haydn, forgetful of his art, cried,
"God preserve my Emperor"
The Prince Consort confirmed
the impression that prevails that
the dying have sometimes a fore
taste of coming happiness. II
have such sweet thoughts were
his last words.
George w. met death with al
most a jest upon his lips. Turn
ing 10 Sir Waltern Waller, on
whose arm he leaned, he said:
"Whatty, what is this? 1t is
death. my boy, and they have de-
ceived u.s."
Queen Elizabeth, at the end of
most prosperous reign, begun
amid dangers and difficulties that
were overcome by bold measures
and prudent councils, died ex-
claiming: "All my possessions
for moment of time
Anne Boleyn, in the same ter
rible situation, clasped her fair
neck, saying, at is small, very
small, and Sir Thomas Moore, as
he yielded himself to the execu-
toner, said, "For my coming
down let me shift for myself
Edward VI. the wan boy King,
with his fast-fading eyes. COM
mended his soul to God, "Lord
take my spirit" and Cromwell, as
he listened to the discourse of
those about him, said: "Then L
am SAFE" and was silent forever.
Bishop Broughton's last words
were "Let the earth be filled with
His glory" Archbishop Sharpe,
II shall be happy;" Bishop X en-.
"God's will be done;" Farr. Gran
mer, Hooper and George Herbert,
lord, receive my spirit |" and
these are but a few of many such.
Boileau congratulated himself,
as he closed his eyes upon this
world, upon the purity of his
works, saying, at is a great con-
ISOLATION to a poet about to die that
he has never written anything in
furious to virtue;" and Sir Walter
Scott, little thinking his end so
near, said, II feel as if l were my
self again.
Hannah Moore's last words
were: "Patty-joy;" Grotius, "Be
serious;" Haller, "The artery
ceases to beat;" Adams, "Inde-
pendence forever" Jefferson, II
resign my soul to God. my daugh-
ter to my country" Locke to
Lady Masham, who was reading
the Psalms, "Cease now,' and
poor Lamb, after the most self
sacrificing existence, wrote his
last words to a friend, "My bed
fellows are cramp and cough-we
three sleep liz Il bed."
Joan Of Arc, at the stake, ended
her eventful, stormy life with her
Sayiour's name upon her lips as
brave as Gen. Wolfe, who dying
in the midst of victory on the
battlefield and hearing of the
enemy's retreat, cried, "What! do
they run already ? Then / die
happy;' or Sir Philip Sidney,
after he had relinquished the
draught of water to an humber
comrade, though parched with
thirst, turned him around to die,
saying: LET me behold the end of
this world with all its vanities."
Goethe cries, Light more
llgh,' in tuos manos, Domine;"