Look on this Picture, and then on that!
I have subdued the nations of the earth—is there no other world for me to conquer?
Alexander the Great. I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.
St. Paul. My life is in the yellow leaf,
The fruits and flowers of love are gone;
The worm, the canker and the grief
Are mine alone.
The fire that in my bosom burns
Is lone as some volcanic isle,
No torch is lighted at its blaze—
A funeral pile.
Lord Byron.
Written the year he died Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk. I am taking a leap in the dark.
Hobbes, when dying. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
David. O, God, if there be a God, have mercy on me.
Tom Paine, when dying. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, and though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Job, in view of death.