The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and WomenMarvin, Frederic Rowland
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The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Last words
He was interred, according to his own directions, in the cemetery of
Pere-la-Chaise, Paris, without any religious ceremony, but funeral
orations by Jouy and Arnault were delivered at the grave. To change, it
is alleged, his resolution on this score, the Archbishop of Paris had
sought an interview, but in vain. Talma's conduct, it is supposed,
proceeded from his resentment at the excommunication pronounced by the
Roman Catholic Church against actors.
TASSO (Torquato), 1544-1595. "_Lord, into Thy hands I commend my
spirit._"
When a guest of Rome, lodged in the Vatican, waiting to be crowned with
laurel--the first poet so honored since Petrarch--he sighed to flee away
and be at rest. Growing very ill, he obtained permission to retire to
the Monastery of Saint Onofrio. When the physician informed him that his
last hour was near, he embraced him, expressed his gratitude for so
sweet an announcement, and then, lifting his eyes, thanked God that
after so tempestuous a life he was now brought to a calm haven. The Pope
having granted the dying poet a plenary indulgence, he said, "This is
the chariot on which I hope to go crowned, not with laurel as a poet
into the capital, but with glory as a saint into heaven."
_Alger's "Genius of Solitude."_
Just before his death he requested Cardinal Cynthia to collect his works
and commit them to the flames, especially his "Jerusalem Delivered."
TAYLOR (Bayard, traveller, poet and lecturer; the translator of Goethe's
"Faust"), 1825-1878. "_I want, oh, you know what I mean, the stuff of
life._"
TAYLOR (Edward T., an American preacher known as "Father Taylor"),
1793-1871. "_Why, certainly, certainly!_" These words were spoken to a
friend who asked him if Jesus was precious. He became a sailor, and was
for many years the chaplain of the Seamen's Bethel, Boston.
TAYLOR (Jane, writer for the young), 1783-1823. "_Are we not children,
all of us?_"
TAYLOR (Jeremy, distinguished bishop in the English Church, and author
of "Holy Living and Dying." He has been called "The Shakspeare of
Divines"), 1613-1667. "_My trust is in God._"
TAYLOR (John, "The Water Poet." He followed for a long time the
occupation of waterman on the Thames, and later kept a public house in
Phoenix Alley, Long Acre), 1580-1654. "_How sweet it is to rest!_"
TAYLOR (Rev. Dr. Rowland), --1555. He said as he was going to martyrdom,
"I shall this day deceive the worms in Hadley churchyard."[46] And when
he came within two miles of Hadley, "Now," said he, "lack I but two
stiles; and I am even at my Father's house." His last words were,
"_Lord, receive my spirit._"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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