Do not weep for me.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder.

It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully, peacefully.

And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.