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MOURNFUL, DEJECTED, HIS FRIENDS CROUD AROUND THE CORPSE OF S A M S O E ! AND ASK WHO WAS MORE GENTLE IN MANNERS, MORE KIND OF SOUL, MORE HONEST OF HEART, MORE PURE IN LIFE ? THE MELPOMENE OF DANIA ADVANCING WITH THE VEIL OF SORROW IN HER HAND, SPREADS IT OVER HER FAVORITE, AND PLACES HER DAGGER ON HIS BIER. S A M S O E, THY EXTINGUI SHED EYE DOTH NOT BEHOLD THE TEARS WH ICH THY COUNTRYMEN SHED OVER THY MEMORY, N O R M O U R N I N G P A R E N T S WHO ENCIRCLE THY GRAVE, AND EMBRACE THY PUPILS WHOM THOU DIDST LEAD TO VIRTUE, EXCLAIMING : “ PEACE TO THE ASHES OF OUR BENEFACTOR!” WHI LE THE DANISH FAIR STREW THY GRAVE WITH FLOWERS, AND SIGH, “ SOFTLY REST THE AUTHOR OF DYVEKE !”