Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-10-04
Dying Words of the Grea',

DR.. johnson, passing away amid n tur-
oil OF uneaSineSs and fear, said IN one
'ho s'oHd close beside his bed. "God hles.
ou, my dear!' The celebrated DR.. Adtms
ector Of the high school of Edinhurob
n some moments Of delirium precedino
MS death. whispered at is CROWN
Hrk t1ys;" stretching forth his band
san may go!' Q1een Elizabeth Of En-
land, lying on her royal couch. was hear
NOM OFT The heartrendinu words a.
ho closed her eyes forever. .,All NV nos
sslons tor one moment OF timei' Bni
80 noo'e Wesley simply exclaimed. ii
'flmnoSS cI spirit, "The best of all is
r'd win u Poor R,bert Burns, out o.
- head when he drew his last breath
ned. ''Oh, don't let the awkward soua.,
Ir' over mel How curious. indeed, tina
L ri Ihuriow should have cried ont, II.
passed away. I'm shot if don't Re
We m DYING "Ah! mes enfGns, You
nno' cry as much for me as | hav,
'ade you laugh in my timeu' so said ,ht
'llIlant 1t of France, Scarron, as he la,
lying that hour with host of weepi O
r'ends around him. 1t was IA Christian
pWlp'ophel Ike John Locke who exclain-
with his latest breath that solemn day,
On, the depth of the riches of God!n
How strange to think that the great Mir.
'beau after a life of such wild discord
-hould nave cried out frantically, as he
ny waiting for the last change, Music
Let me die to the sound of delicious mu
sic" Washington, with the smile of n
stint, looked up into the face of his
weeping wife for the last time as she bent
'ver INN nj Mt. Vernon that dismal dav
0I calmly said, rs he crossed his arms
'pon his noble heart, at is we'll And
be las, words of Lnther's friend. MelaEc
.uoa. are wonderfully striking, it seems
% me. The iDrmer asked him that hour
ID .' desUei anything, "No La her; no!
autlng. nothing but Heavenm he an
-wered, and died with smile upon his
iacn. The ruling passion may be said 10
nave been sui strong with Chesterfield
when be pissed away, for the last words
b nue"Hd were, "Gve Daytolles chair!
ID p1o. Cpwper say anything before be
''d. vino had always dreade even the
pought Of dyingP Why, it is said he
sank to rest as peacefully as little child
An. but what did Hobbies the Gclst say Just
before he gasped his last breathP II am
aking fearful leap in the dark" but
ms swoe Herbert SAID, "Now, Lord, re
( i've my ,au Dear Goldsmith's physi
ii dSfCi INN a lew moments before he
/ asgd o breath If his mind was at ease.
/ lis mournul answer was mo it is not
! And yet was not Goldsmith really as lovely
| . character, at heart as any man who
Ver lived? The deaf Beethoven, whose
Sholr soul had been full of glorious bar
mony throughout his lie, cried out at last,
"Npw shall hear!" May we not cher
ish the hope hat Byron's thoughts were
OF God and Heaven when he said at last so
wemiIy. 81 must sleepnow?" The sun was
shining very brightly in the room where
he great Humboldt lay dying, and he
sad, as he watched the beautiful rays,
flow grand the sunlight! 1t seems to
bcckon earth to Heavenl" John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson died the same day,
! 1ut one said with his last breath. "Inde
pendence iorever!" and the other. 81 re-
sign my soul to God--and my daughter
10 my country" Sir Thomas Nor said
to an attendant, ;ls he assembled the scatlol
nu the day of his execution, 81 pray you
see me safe up, and for my coming down
let me SHIFT for myself" Beautiful Anne
Boeyn, just before she knelt down to lay
her head on the block, clasped her neck
| with her hand and said, at is small, very
small indeed" What could have poss.
cssed Franklin to say to his friends, on his
duathbed, "A dying nan does nothing
weli' What strange question for
Cardinal Beaufort Cor any other MANI to
ask At the last moment of life, "What, i,
tnero no,bliDing denth?' Scott said even
when death was creeping very near, 81
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