ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel, English painter and poet, leader in the Pre-Raphaelite movement), 1828-1882. "_I think I shall die to-night._" These are his last recorded words.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti is buried near the waves of his beloved German Ocean in the churchyard of Birchington, a small village on the Isle of Thanet. He died in 1882 at his bungalow, on a cliff near by, and his grave is marked by a tall Celtic cross of stone, carved with designs by Ford Madox Brown. The head and arms of the cross are decorated with a spray ending in leaves, and two leafy branches right and left. The shaft has four panels, with reliefs. The upper compartment has a figure of Christ, fronting, and two figures right and left in profile. The panel below has a kneeling bull, with wings, to represent the Evangelist. Below that is a kneeling painter, with canvas and easel before him and his palette on his arm. The lowest panel is filled with a decorative scroll. There is a stained-glass window to his memory in the little church.
ROUSSEAU (Jean Jacques, the famous author of "La Nouvelle Héloïse," "Émile," "Du Contrat Social" and "Confessions"), 1712-1778. "_Throw up the window that I may see once more the magnificent scene of nature._"
RUTHERFORD (Rev. Samuel), 1695-1779. "_If he should slay me ten thousand times, ten thousand times I'll trust him. I feel, I feel, I believe in joy, and rejoice; I feed on manna. O for arms to embrace him! O for a well-tuned harp!_"
RUTHERFORD (Rev. Thomas), 1712-1771. "_He has indeed been a precious Christ to me; and now I feel him to be my rock, my strength, my rest, my hope, my joy, my all in all._"
SABATIER (Raphael Bienvenu, French surgeon), 1732-1811. "_Contemplate the state in which I am fallen, and learn to die_," said to his son.
He was ashamed of his bodily infirmities and of his approaching mortality.
SAMSON (one of the judges of Israel, of the tribe of Dan, and the son of Manoah), about B. C. 1155. "_Let me die with the Philistines._" After performing several wonderful deeds of strength, he was made prisoner, and deprived of sight by the Philistines, a great number of whom he subsequently destroyed, along with himself, by pulling down the temple in which they were assembled. _See Judges, xvi._