The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women

by Frederic Rowland Marvin

• Faith and patience hold out, [223]
• Far from well, yet far better than mine iniquities deserve, [188]
• Farewell, and remember me, [181]
• Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your father, [182]
• Farewell, O farewell, all earthly things, and welcome heaven, [30]
• Farewell sun, moon, and stars, [177]
• Fear not true Pharisees, but greatly fear painted Pharisees, [9]
• Fi de la vie! qu'on ne m'en parle plus, [181]
• Fifty years have passed since I became Caliph, [2]
• Food is palatable, The, [100]
• For the love of God, don't mention that man! [294]
• For the name of Jesus and the defense of the Church, [26]
• For the sake of the true gospel given once by the grace of God, [308]
• Frenchmen, I die innocent of all the crimes, [178]
• Friend, you do not well to trample on a dying man, [225]
• Friendship itself is but a part of virtue, [229]
• Friends, I am going to lay down my life, [308]

• Gentlemen of the jury, you will now consider of your verdict, [276]
• Give Day Rolles a chair, [63]
• Give me a large cup of tea, [312]
• Give me back my youth, [309]
• Give my love to the world, [304]
• Give the boys a holiday, [11]
• Give them the cold steel, boys, [16]
• "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost," [27]
• Glory hallelujah! I am going to the Lordy! I come! Ready! Go! [119]
• Glory to God for all things, Amen, [64]
• Go first; I can at least spare you the pain, [243]
• Go ye to the country of Tyre and Sidon, [148]
• "God be merciful to me, a sinner," [287]
• God be thanked, I have had a very good night, [258]
• God bless you, [49]
• God bless you all! [252]
• God bless you! Is that you, Dora? [313]
• God bless you, my dear! [153]
• God forgive me.—Amen! [126]
• God have mercy upon me, and be gracious to me, [263]
• God preserve the emperor, [120]
• God protect Bulgaria, [266]
• God, who placed me here, will do what he pleases with me hereafter, [38]
• God will continue to support me, [102]
• God's will be done, [158]
• God's wounds! The villain hath killed me, [292]
• Good-bye, [207]
• Good-bye, General; I'm done. I'm too old, [90]
• Good Doctor, God has heard my daily petitions, [135]
• Good morning, [203]
• Good people, give me more fire, [136]
• Grateful—in peace, [149]
• Grenadiers! lower your arms, otherwise you will miss me, [97]
• Guard the church I loved so well, [227]
• Guilty, weak, and helpless worm, A, [133]

• Ha til mi tulidh, [242]
• Had it pleased my Lord to spare me longer, [271]
• Happy, [178]
• Happy, [235]
• He, [126]
• He has indeed been a precious Christ to me, [245]
• He that loves God ought to think, [37]
• Heaven! [305]
• Help, my dear—help! [178]
• Heracles, how cold your bath is, [154]
• Here! Fire here! [287]
• Here, then, we have come to the last stage of my journey, [37]
• Here thou art then! [64]
• Herr Jesu, to thee I live; Herr Jesu, to thee I die! [104]
• Hold your tongue; your wretched style only makes, [178]
• Holy, holy, holy, blessed Lord Jesus! [243]
• How am I advanced, despising you that are upon the earth! [180]
• How beautiful! [205]
• How beautiful God is! [158]
• How beautiful to be with God, [306]
• How easy—how easy—how easy to glide from work here, [237]
• How grand the sunlight! It seems to beckon earth to heaven, [142]
• How great is the forgiveness for such a life! [291]
• How sweet it is to rest! [275]
• Huz! Huz! [171]

• I always deemed him more fortunate than myself, [292]
• I am a Queen, but have no power to use my arms, [174]
• I am a priest! Fie! Fie! all is gone, [25]
• I am about to die, and I am not afraid to die, [296]
• I am about to die. I expect the summons soon, [276]
• I am almost dead; lift me up a little higher, [87]
• I am almost in eternity, [43]
• I am almost well, [23]
• I am done for, [128]
• I am dying, [302]
• I am dying, I am worn out, [201]
• I am dying; leave me alone, [317]
• I am dying, sir, of a hundred good symptoms, [229]
• I am glad to hear it; but, O brother Payne! [216]
• I am going, my people, to rest from my labors, [316]
• I am going to sleep like you, but we shall all awake together, [231]
• I am going to the great perhaps, [233]
• I am going where all tears will be wiped from my eyes, [187]
• I am grateful for your presence, [57]
• I am grateful to Divine Mercy, [160]
• I am ill—very ill, I shall not recover, [201]
• I am just going; have me decently buried, [296]
• I am laboring to return that which is divine, [228]
• I am lost, and there is no use to deny it, [107]
• I am not well, and should like to lie down, [295]
• I am not in the least afraid to die, [77]
• I am now ready to die. Lord, forsake me not, [131]
• I am perfectly resigned, [116]
• I am ready, [96]
• I am ready, [188]
• I am ready at any time—do not keep me waiting, [45]
• I am ready—let there be no mistake and no delay, [36]
• I am roasted—now turn me, and eat me, [161]
• I am satisfied with the Lord's will, [209]
• I am sensible of the violence of my disorder, [276]
• I am suffering, sire, the pangs of the damned, [273]
• I am sweeping through the gates, [68]
• I am the wheat of Christ, [145]
• I am very ill. Is it not strange that these people, [55]
• I am weary; I will now go to sleep, Good night! [207]
• I am wounded, [129]
• I believe, Lord, and confess, [224]
• I cannot bear it; let me rest. I must die, [241]
• I carry in my heart the dirge of the monarchy, [194]
• I commend myself to the blessed Lady Mary, [307]
• I confide to your care, my beloved children, [197]
• I could wish this tragic scene were over, [232]
• I desire to go to hell, and not to heaven, [178]
• I did not think that they would put a young gentleman to death, [22]
• I die a martyr and willingly—my soul shall mount up to heaven, [46]
• I die happy, [310]
• I die like a good Catholic, [26]
• I die not only a Protestant, but with the heart-hatred of popery, [16]
• I die of a broken heart, [156]
• I die unprepared, [41]
• I do, [215]
• I do forgive you, [138]
• I do not fear death, [36]
• I do not mean to be killed to-day, [285]
• I fear not death; death is not terrible to me, [59]
• I feel as if I were sitting with Mary at the feet of my Redeemer, [129]
• I feel as if I were to be myself again, [252]
• I feel like a mote in the sunbeam, [223]
• I feel now that I am dying, [29]
• I feel quite well, only very weak, [154]
• I feel the flowers growing over me, [156]
• I give thee thanks, O God, for all thy benefits, [89]
• I go to my God and Saviour, [132]
• I have already confessed my sins to God, [257]
• I have always endeavored to the best of my ability, [66]
• I have been false to my God, [31]
• I have been fortunate in long good health and constant success, [239]
• I have been murdered; no remedy can prevent my speedy death, [162]
• I have been nearer to you when you have missed me, [165]
• I have done my work. It is the most natural thing in the world to die, [238]
• I have done the damnable deed, [230]
• I have enough, brother; try to save your own life, [120]
• I have ever cherished an honest pride; never have I stooped, [255]
• I have found at last the object of my love, [145]
• I have had a noble share of life, [183]
• I have had wealth, rank and power, but if these were all, [7]
• I have known thee all the time, [304]
• I have led a happy life, [127]
• I have loved God, my father and liberty, [265]
• I have loved justice and hated iniquity, [118]
• I have no enemies except those of the state, [239]
• I have no religious joys; but I have hope, [106]
• I have no wish to believe on that subject, [217]
• I have not so behaved myself, [10]
• I have often read and thought of that scripture, [51]
• I have opened it, [277]
• I have pain—there is no arguing against sense, [23]
• I have Paul's understanding, [237]
• I have peace of mind, [10]
• I have peace, perfect peace, [51]
• I have something to tell you, [177]
• I have taught men how to live, [66]
• I have the flavor of death on my tongue, I taste death, [201]
• I heard your voice; but did not understand what you said, [119]
• I hope the people of England will be satisfied, [199]
• I know that it will be well with me, [100]
• "I know that my Redeemer liveth," [167]
• I know what you are thinking of, but I have nothing, [310]
• I leave this world without a regret, [281]
• I'll be shot if I don't believe I'm dying, [282]
• I must arrange my pillows for another weary night, [147]
• I must now hasten away since my baggage has been sent, [20]
• I must sleep now, [51]
• I never departed from the true church, [281]
• I never thought that it was so easy a matter to laugh, [247]
• I now draw near to the harbor of death, [315]
• I now feel so weaned from earth, my affections so much in heaven, [305]
• I now feel that I am dying. Our care must be, [193]
• I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country! [121]
• I pray you all pray for me, [25]
• I pray you see me safe up the scaffold, [200]
• I receive absolution upon this condition, [235]
• I repent of my life except that part, [85]
• I resign my spirit to God; my daughter to my country, [152]
• I see earth receding; Heaven is opening; God is calling me, [198]
• I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at, [133]
• I shall be satisfied with thy likeness, [300]
• I shall gladly obey His call, [13]
• I shall hear in heaven, [28]
• I shall not live more than two days, therefore make haste, [313]
• I shall not long hesitate between conscience and the Pope, [29]
• I shall retire early; I am very tired, [177]
• I shall this day deceive the worms in Hadley churchyard, [275]
• I should like to live, [316]
• I should like to record the thoughts of a dying man, [24]
• I should not like to live, [316]
• I stand in the presence of my Creator, [134]
• I still live! [298]
• I strike my flag, [139]
• I suffer nothing, but feel a sort of difficulty of living longer, [101]
• I suffer the violence of pain and death, [41]
• I suppose I shall soon be a god, [289]
• I take God to witness I have preached, [144]
• I thank God that not a day of my life has been spent, [223]
• I thank thee, O my God and Saviour, [161]
• I thank you for all your faithful services; God bless you, [53]
• I think I shall die to-night, [244]
• I think you had better send for a doctor, [257]
• I thought dying had been harder, [172]
• I trust in the mercy of God, it is not now too late, [130]
• I want, oh, you know what I mean, the stuff of life, [274]
• I want to go away, [57]
• I want to go home, [300]
• I were miserable, if I might not die, [85]
• I will enter now into the house of the Lord, [171]
• I will have no rogue's son in my seat, [91]
• I will lie down on the couch, [64]
• I wish I had the power of writing, [73]
• I wish Vaughan to preach my funeral sermon, [266]
• I wish you to understand the true principles of government, [124]
• If he should slay me ten thousand times, [244]
• If I die, I die unto the Lord, Amen, [147]
• If I had strength to hold a pen I would write, [144]
• If I have been deceived, doubtless it was the work of a spirit, [261]
• If my husband has for his new wife no better gift, [261]
• If you think it will be of service, [123]
• If you love my soul, away with it! [135]
• Illi in extremis prae timore imhellis sudor, [289]
• In death at last let me rest with Abelard, [128]
• In me behold the end of the world, [258]
• Indeed, no more medicine, [99]
• Independence forever! [2]
• In life and in death, I am the Lord's, [147]
• "In manus tuos, Domine, commendo spiritum meum," [66]
• In the name of modesty, cover my bosom! [92]
• Is it not true, dear Hammel, that I have some talent after all? [28]
• Is Lawrence come?—Is Lawrence come? [106]
• Is not this dying with courage and true greatness? [31]
• Is there no priest at the château? [97]
• Is this death? [165]
• Is this death? [233]
• Is this dying? Is this all? Is this all that I feared? [187]
• It came with a lass, and it will go with a lass, [152]
• It grows dark, boys. You may go, [1]
• It is folly; they had better leave it alone, [273]
• It is a great consolation for a dying poet, [38]
• It is a great consolation to me, in my last hour, [106]
• It is a great mercy to me, [298]
• It is a great satisfaction to me to know, [199]
• It is all one, Phillips and Clarke will come for my sake, [221]
• It is all the same in the end, [214]
• It is beautiful, [45]
• It is delightful to see those whom I love still able to swallow, [73]
• It is done! [116]
• It is likely that you may never need to do it again, [134]
• It is not painful, Pætus, [18]
• It is nothing, [139]
• It is safest to trust to Jesus, [29]
• It is small, very small indeed, [38]
• It is the last of earth! I am content! [2]
• It was not enough to deprive me of the crown, [225]
• It is well, [296]
• It is well; I thank you; God bless you, [271]
• It matters little to me; for if I am but once dead, [47]
• It matters not where I am going, whether the weather, [90]
• It will be but a momentary pang, [11]
• It will soon be time for mass. They must raise me, [271]
• It would be hard indeed if we two dear friends should part, [215]

• James, take good care of the horse, [253]
• Jefferson survives, [2]
• Jesu! [228]
• Jesus! Jesus! [153]
• Jesus, Mary, Joseph, [254]
• Jesus! precious Saviour! [73]
• Jesus, Son of the eternal God, have mercy on me! [254]
• Joy, [200]
• "Justum et tenacem propositi virum," [82]

• King should die standing, A, [177]
• Kiss me, Hardy, [207]
• Know Him? He is my Saviour, [286]
• Knowledge of the love of God—the blessing of God Almighty, The, [188]

• La montagne est passée, nous irons mieux, [105]
• Laissez la verdure, [245]
• Let all brave Prussians follow me, [251]
• Let down the curtain, the farce is over, [233]
• Let me die with the Philistines, [245]
• Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who was unsuccessful," [153]
• Let this word of mine be kept by you, [13]
• Let us go over the river, and sit under the refreshing shadow, [149]
• Let us submit to the laws of nature, [238]
• Liebe, gute, [249]
• Life or death is welcome to me, [301]
• Life spent in the service of God, A, [131]
• Live in Christ, live in Christ, [159]
• Live mindful of our wedlock, Livia, [19]
• Lord, [69]
• Lord, forgive my sins; especially my sins of omissions, [287]
• Lord has suffered as much for me, The, [246]
• Lord, have mercy upon me. Wilt thou break a bruised reed? [12]
• Lord help my soul! [228]
• Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, [62]
• Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, [118]
• Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, [274]
• Lord, Lord, Lord, receive my spirit! [142]
• Lord, receive my soul, [161]
• Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, [136]
• Lord Jesus, receive my soul! [306]
• Lord! Jesus! Yet more trouble, [65]
• Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, [267]
• Lord, make haste! [122]
• "Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace," [43]
• Lord, open the eyes of the King of England, [285]
• Lord, receive my soul, [161]
• Lord, receive my spirit, [243]
• Lord take my spirit, [89]
• Lotte, [190]
• Luis de Moscoso, [80]

• Madame, [50]
• Mais quel diable de mal veux-te que cela me fosse? [83]
• Many things are growing plain and clear to my understanding, [248]
• Master Kingston, farewell! My time draweth on fast, [310]
• May God never forsake me! [222]
• May God's will be done, [30]
• Mir ist sehr schlecht, [295]
• Molly, I shall die! [116]
• Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! [113]
• Mon Dieu! La Nation Française, Tête d'armée, [205]
• Monks! Monks! Monks! [130]
• More light! More light! [114]
• Murder of the Queen had been represented to me, The, [19]
• Must I leave it unfinished? [207]
• My anchor is well cast, and my ship, [136]
• My beautiful flowers, my lovely flowers! [240]
• My beloved! they are not mine. No! they are not mine! [33]
• My children, these fearful forests and these barren rocks, [114]
• My Christ, [45]
• My dear, be a good man, [252]
• My dear one, with whom I lived in love so long, [255]
• My dear wife, my dear children, do not weep, [57]
• My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone, [71]
• My friend, I shall die to-day. When one is in this situation, [193]
• My friend, it is only from cold, [21]
• My God! [232]
• "My God, my Father, and my Friend," [84]
• My heart is fixed, O God! my heart is fixed, [246]
• My heart is resting sweetly with Jesus, [72]
• My life is taken from me, though I have done nothing, [284]
• My Lord, why do you not go on? I am not afraid to die, [187]
• My soul I resign to God, my body to the earth, [48]
• My trust is in God, [275]
• My work is done, [133]
• My work is done; I have nothing to do but to go to my Father, [144]

• Napoleon! Elba! Marie Louise, [153]
• Nature, how lovely thou art! [316]
• Nectare clausa suo, [253]
• Never heed; the Lord's power is over all weakness, [101]
• Never mind, I shall soon drink of the river of Eternal Life, [283]
• No, [14]
• No; it was one Tom Campbell, [54]
• No, it is not, [115]
• No, No! [44]
• No mortal man can live after the glories which God, [285]
• No resentment, [227]
• No, whatever is, is best, [163]
• No, your Majesty, to-morrow you will not see me here, [57]
• Nobody, nobody but Jesus Christ, [49]
• None but Christ! [160]
• Not——, [95]
• Not till the general resurrection, [258]
• Nothing else but heaven, [191]
• Now all is over—let the piper play "Ha til mi tulidh," [242]
• Now am I about to make my last voyage—a great leap in the dark, [133]
• Now comes the mystery, [28]
• Now God be praised, only one hour! [112]
• Now God be with you, my dear children, [45]
• Now I am going, [99]
• Now I can hold on no longer. Lay me in a different posture, [249]
• Now I die, [301]
• Now I know that I must be very ill, since you have been sent for, [171]
• Now it is come, [159]
• Now lack I but two stiles; and I am even at my Father's house, [275]
• Now, Lord, I go, [62]
• Now, my dear son, I am going to the Saviour, [317]
• Now, O God, thou dost let thy servant depart in peace, [112]
• Nurse, nurse, what murder! what blood! Oh! I have done wrong, [61]

• O Allah, be it so! Henceforth among the glorious host of paradise, [199]
• O Allah, pardon my sins. Yes, I come, among my fellow laborers, [196]
• O, better, [146]
• O, cardinal! thou wilt make us all to be damned, [215]
• O come in glory! I have long waited for thy coming, [91]
• "O death where is thy——," [131]
• "O Father of thy beloved and blessed Son, Jesus Christ!" [229]
• O Florence, what hast thou done to-day? [246]
• O God come to mine aid; O Lord make haste to help me, [172]
• O God have mercy upon me, and upon this poor nation, [215]
• O God—if there be a God—I desire Thee to have mercy on me, [284]
• O! he's a dear, good fellow, [303]
• O Hobbima, Hobbima, how I do love thee! [72]
• O, I hear such beautiful voices, [249]
• O Lord Almighty, as thou wilt! [48]
• O Lord, forgive the errata! [43]
• O Lord, into Thy hands I commit my spirit, [184]
• O Lord, save my country! O Lord, be merciful, [122]
• Oh, Lord, shall I die at all? [19]
• O my country, how I leave thee, [227]
• O my God! [224]
• O, my mother! how deep will be thy sorrow at the news, [68]
• O, my poor soul, what is to become of thee? [189]
• O, my poor soul, whither art thou going? [3]
• O Paradise! O Paradise! At last comes to me the grand consolation, [223]
• O, that beautiful boy! [93]
• O, that glorious sun! [231]
• O the depths of the riches of the goodness and knowledge of God! [170]
• O, to die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain, [42]
• O, what triumphant truth, [88]
• O wretched virtue! thou art a bare name! [47]
• Observe how they are swelled, [13]
• Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell and damnation, [209]
• Oh death, why art thou so long in coming? [75]
• Oh, don't let the awkward squad fire over me! [50]
• Oh Gabrielle, how much better would it have been, [98]
• Oh God, what then is man, [122]
• Oh Puss, chloroform—ether—or I am a dead man, [50]
• Oh, that peace may come, [291]
• Oh, would to God I had never reigned! [227]
• On the ground, [83]
• One hundred and forty-four, [78]
• One word, one word—Jesus Christ! [210]
• Only objection against the Bible is a bad life, The, [307]
• Open the gates! Open the gates! [301]
• Open to me, O God! [160]
• Over my spirit flash and float in divine radiancy, [279]