202 IN THE DAYS OP AUDUBON 



down one fine morning after a night of pain, and was 

 seated in one of the parlors that looked upon the lawn. 

 There he had a herd of his best oxen driven in front of 

 the windows that he might look once more into their 

 great, gentle eyes, and see them crop the grass. ' It was,' 

 said Porter Wright, in his natural way, ' his last enjoy- 

 ment.' " 



Webster died at Marshfield, and was buried there by 

 the sea-meadows and by the sea. 



Not the least among his influences were that he in- 

 spired Audubon, and honored the mission of the naturalist 

 as one of the noblest among men. 



And Audubon also helped Webster to see glories of the 

 morning when the birds sang, and the beauties of the even- 

 ing on the farm when " the kye comes hame." Can we 

 wonder that Webster loved Gray's Elegy? 



