During the overture he rose to allow a stranger to pass, then resumed his seat, and a moment afterwards his head sunk on his breast--he was dead! His funeral was most sumptuous.

Rich and poor united to do honour to the memory of the great man, who had endeared himself to them by his virtues as by his genius.

The crown-prince followed the coffin, and the people of Copenhagen stood in two long rows, and uncovered their heads as the coffin of the sculptor was carried past.

The king himself took part in the solemnity.

At the time of his decease Thorwaldsen had completed his seventy-second year .-- ED.
{16} Tycho de Brahe was a distinguished astronomer, who lived between 1546 and 1601.