Last Words of the Dying

Goethe.—"More light."
Grotius.—"Be serious."
Charles I.—"Remember."
Washington.—"It is well."
Byron.—"I must sleep now."
John Knox.—"Now it is come."
Napoleon.—"Head of the army."
Dr. Donne.—"Thy will be done."
Charles Matthews.—"I am ready."
Tasso.—"Into Thy hands, O Lord."
Johnson.—"God bless you, my dear."
Lawrence.—"Don't give up the ship."
Haller.—"The artery ceases to beat."
Mahomet.—"Oh, Allah ! be it even so."
Sir Walter Scott.—"God bless you all."
Chesterfield.—"Give Dayrolles a chair."
John Q. Adams.—"It is the last of earth."
Hayden.—"God preserve the emperor."
Charles II—"Don't let poor Nelly starve."
Nelson.—"I thank God I have done my duty."
Talma.—"The worst of all is that I cannot see."
Franklin.—"A dying man can do nothing well."
Alfieri.—"Clasp my hand, dear friend, I die."
Edward Irving.—"I die unto the Lord. Amen."
Cardinal Beaufort.—"Is there no bribing death."
Thurlow—"I'm shot if I don't believe I'm dying."
Queen Elizabeth.—"All my possessions for a moment of time."