The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Dying Words OF the Great.
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Ut johnson, passing away amid q tumuli
OF uneasiness and fear, said to one vino stood
close beside his bed, Sod bless you, my dear! -
The celebrated Dr.. Adams, rector of the high
school of Edinburgh, in some moments of de-
nrlum preceding his death, whispered, st il
growing dark, boys;' stretching forth his
hand, you may goI' Queen Elizabeth Of
England lying on her royal couch, was heard
70 moan out the heartrending words, as she
closed her eyes forever, sAn my possessions
for one moment of timels Butthe noble Wes.
ley simply exclaimed, in calmness of spirit
The best Of all is, God is with u.s. Poor
Robert Burns, out Of his head when he drew
his last breath, cried, sob, don't let the awk-
ward squad fire over mel" How curious. In
deed, that Lord Thurlow should have cried
our, as he passed away, SIN shot if / don't
believe I'm dyinglS Asssss
An! mes entans, you cannot CRY as much
Tor me as have made you laugh in my time!s
so said the brilliant wit Of France, Scarron, a.
ne lay dying that hour with host Of weeping
friends around him.
1t was Christian philosopher like John
Locke who exclaimed with his latest breath
that solemn day, HOh, the depth of the
riches Of the goodness and knowledge of Godl8
how strange to think that the great Mirabeau,
after life Of such wild discord, should have
cried out frantically, as he lay waiting for the
last change, ~Musicl Let me die to the sound
OF delicious musiolS Washington, with the
smile of saint looked up into the face of his
weeping wife for the last time, IS she bent
over him, at Mount Vernon that dis
NAL day, and calmly said, as he
crossed his arms above his noble breast
1T Is well" And the last words of Luther's
TREND, Melancthon, are wonderfully striking,
honr If he desired anything. @No, Luther;
no! Nothing, nothing but heaven!" he an
sWered, and died with smile on his face. The
ruling passion may be SAID to have been still
strong with Chesterfield when he passed away,
for the last words he uttered were, @Give
Daytoles chair!" Did poor Cowper say any
thing before he died-he who had always
dreaded the thought of dying? Why, tits said
ne ne sank to rest as peacefully as Q
little child All, but what did Hobbies,
the deist say just before he gasped
his last breathe Il am taking fearful
leap in the dark" but the sweet Herbert said,
Now, Lord, receive my SOUL" Dear Gold
smith physician asked him few moments
before he ceased to breathe il his mind was at
ease; His mournful answer was, sNo 1t is
not!" And yet was not Goldsmith really as
lovely character, at heart, as any man who
ever lived? The deaf Beethoven, whose
whole soul had been full of glorious harmony
throughout his life, cried out at last, SNow I
shall heart" May We not cherish the hope
that Bryon's thoughts were of God and heaven
when he said at last, so YEARLY, Il must sleep
now?" The sun was shining very brightly In
the room where the great Humboldt lay dying,
and he said as he watched the beautiful rays,
How grand the sunlight 1t seems to beckon
earth to heaven!" John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson died the same day, but one said with
his last breath, Independence foreyerl" and
the other, u resign my soul to God-and my
daughter to my country" Sir Thomas Moore
said to an attendant as he assembled the scat
fold on the day of his execution, Tpray you see
me safe up, and as for my coming down let me
shift for myself" Beautiful Anne Boleyn,
just before she knelt down to lay her head on
the block, elapsed her neck with her hand
and said, ut is small, very small indeed' What
could have possessed Franklin to say to his
friends on his death bed, "A dying man does
nothing WE'LL" What strange question for
Cardinal Beaufort Tor any other MANI to ask at
the last moment of his life SWhat! is there no
bribing death?" Scott said, even when death
was creeping very near, II feel as if were to
be myself again" And Hood, tired out
whispered only the words, @Dying, dyingls