Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-22
BYRON
Particulars OF Ills iiariai.

IN SMYRNA II was my good fortune 10
become acquainted With q gentleman,
whose father was with iiyron Ia his last
days, aud FROM him learned nothing
new but II seemed freshly brought to
mind by hearing tho "Reminiscences,
rather than reading them,
70 his mother, the strange, unnatural
mother, who never ceased TO lannt lin
and rate him a. lame brat, and whose
last illneas was made fatal by q NJ Of
rage brought oa by reading her uphol
aterers bill, he was indebted ior q
belief In lucky and unlueky days, She
taught him. too, q firm faith Ia aofeeFy
and neefomanoy aud tho 0minoua ias'
cinatiOn uf the evil eve. the NAL 0echlo,
for which charms and lallsmans are
found In buried Pompeil, He was 20
surersiitiou6 a. TO rel $50 to take medi'
clue TIL some old witch was Ant sent
for, 10 exercise tho evil eye which pre-
vented ia action. His morbid gloom at
times bordered on insanity, OF which he
lived IN dread, thinking himself predls'
posed to 1t by inheritance, His variable
and capflcioua temper made the case
difficult for the physicians. To the last
lila iace wore ita habitual sarcastic er
preston and tho customary eneor was
rarely absent from the exquisite lips
Yen remember Scott used to say Byron's
face "a u thing to dream OF, nm Rlabaster
vase lighted from within nor did that
beauty vanish even Ia tho houra when
he repeated Ada. Greece, tho last adieu
to the land OF his adoption, aud the solo
child OF his house and heart, tho child
Of love, though born In bitterness and
nurturcd In conyulsion.
Before embalming tho body, when
the preparations We're ready, the physi'
clans paused before the eternal pilgrim,
10 young In years, 80 absolute by genius,
who had laid down his gathered sheaves
OF fame in what appeared n useless
sacrifice.
Said my informant, involuntarily they
stood In silont admiration OF tho sur
passing beauty OF his person. The
restless, scintillating gray eyes wero
closed and his face wore the calm OF ono
whose last words were "Now, / shall
go to sleep" About the small, compact
head the hair curled naturally, already
quite gray. His sickness was so short
the body was not wasted, the skin was
white and delicate, and the perfect
symmetry OF his hands made them like
wayen models. The head was that OF
the Apollo; but his left foot was de-
formed aud turned inward, the LETT log
smaller and shorter than the sound one
He said an accident had misshaped hi
leg; but there can be doubt that he was
born club. footed. Proceeding with the
autopsy, they found the lungs healthy;
hut the appearance of the heart was
singular. "Its particles were MS col
lapsed and Of consistence as fabby as
those OF persons who have died OF old
age"
Or the 22a Of April, 1924, writes m
eye witness In the midst OF his own
brigade OF tho troops Of the govern.
ment, on the shoulders of the officers OF
his corps, relieved occasionally by other
Greeks, the honored remains were car.
ried to the chu ch where lie the bodies
OF Marco Bozarri and Gen. Norman.
Th, re we laid them down. The coffin
was rude, ill.constructed chest OF
wood; a black mantle served for apall;
and over il we placed helmet and q
sword and crown of laurel. No
funeral pomp could have left the inn
preston nor spoken the feelings OF this
simple ceremony. The wretchedness
and desolation Of the place itself the
wild, half.civilized warriors around us
thoir deep felt, unaffected grief; the
fond recollections the disappointed
hopes; the an1ieties and sad present.
mepts which might be read on every
countenance-al contributed to form a
scene moving, more truly affecting than
perhaps was ever before witnessed
round the grave OF great man." An
English chicftain, with Suliotes for his
guards and all Greece for his mourners,
Corr. N. Y Independent.