পাতা:Reminiscences Speeches And Writings Of Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee Reminiscences pt. 1.pdf/৩৫৪

TRIBUTEs. To HIs MEMORY. 835 Gooroo Dass Banerjee to “God, who is our homeo As he drew his last breath on the banks of the holy Bhaghirathi, his dying lips seemed to speak the last words: The morrow's noise Its anguish, hope and fear, Its empty joys, Of these I shall not hear Call me no more, I cannot come; I'm gone to be at rest at home. Now let me rest, Hushed be my striving brain My beating breast; Let me put off my pain, And feel me sinking, sinking deep Into an abyss of sleep. May his great soul rest in peace Ghe indoo Patriot TDecember 7, M918. "It is the irony offate that Sir Gooroo Dass Bancrjee should be gathered to his fathers at the present juncture. He was Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University from 1890 to 1892 and to the very end of life was a potent influence in its administration. His criticism of the report at the Calcutta University Commission, would have been most valuable, for he was a profound scholar, an educationist of authority, an experienced judge and a staunch patriot. Bengal would have mourned her loss at any time, but today her sorrow is poignant; the guidance of one of