WAGNER (Richard Wilhelm, German composer, among whose works are "Rheingold," "Valkyria," "Siegfried" and "The Twilight of the Gods"), 1813-1883. "_Mir ist sehr schlecht._" At three o'clock he went to dinner with the family, but just as they were assembled at table and the soup was being served he suddenly sprang up, cried out, "Mir ist sehr schlecht (I feel very bad)," and fell back dead from an attack of heart disease. WALLER (Edmund, English poet), 1605-1687. He died repeating lines from Virgil. WARHAM (William, Archbishop of Canterbury), 1450-1532. "_That is enough to last till I get to Heaven._" Said to his servant who told him he had still left thirty pounds. WARNER (Charles Dudley, author and lecturer), 1829-1900. "_I am not well, and should like to lie down--will you call me in ten minutes? Thank you. You are very kind--in ten minutes--remember!_" Among Mr. Warner's acquaintances was a colored man, to whom he gave books to encourage his desire to read, particularly books connected with the history of the colored race, upon which Mr. Warner was an authority. Mr. Warner probably intended to call on this man, as he was in the neighborhood of his house when he was stricken. Feeling ill, he asked permission at a house to sit down, then to lie down, requesting to be called in ten minutes. When the woman of the house went to call him he was dead. WASHINGTON (George, "the Father of His Country,"[51] and the first President of the United States), 1732-1799. "_It is well._" Some say his last words were, "I am about to die, and I am not afraid to die." Washington said to Mr. Lear, his secretary. "I am just going; have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault until three days after I am dead--do you understand me?" On his secretary's replying that he did, the dying man added, "It is well." About an hour later he quietly withdrew his hand from Mr. Lear's, and felt his own pulse, and immediately expired without a struggle. A coffin of mahogany, lined with lead and covered within and without with black velvet, was made on the following day at Alexandria. On a plate at the head of the coffin was inscribed "_Surge ad Judicium_;" on another, in the middle, "_Gloria Deo_," while on a small silver plate in the form of an American shield appeared the inscription: GEORGE WASHINGTON. BORN FEB. 22, 1732. DIED DEC. 14, 1799. His body was first placed in the family vault on the Mount Vernon estate. In his will, Washington left directions and plans for a new vault, which was built afterward, and to which his remains were transferred in 1832. The front of his tomb has an ante-chamber, built of red brick, about twelve feet in height, with a large iron gateway. It was erected for the accommodation of two marble coffins, or sarcophagi, one for Washington, the other for Mrs. Washington; they stand in full view of the visitor. Over the gateway, upon a marble slab, are the words: