When he had finished thus his prayer, he lay:

“Lord, now thou lettest me depart in peace,”

Were the last words which he was heard to say,

Upon his left side turning, as the day

Slow sinking now with more than usual pride

Streamed through the prison bars, a glory deep and wide.

XL.

When the last flush had faded from the west,

When the last streak of golden light was gone,