Swan Song of a shepherd. Climactic cadenza to a pastoral symphony written by a Bethlehem bard. The lion of the tribe of Judah in the winter of his days. A lion roaring out a legacy of love to the ages. A grizzled veteran of life’s battles facing the specter of death with the courage expressed so well by Dylan Thomas:

Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, Rage, against the dying of the light.

David roared against injustice in his last will and testament. He remembered God’s faithful love for him in all his trials and travails. He looked forward to a day when a new king would come who would shine his love throughout the earth.

The world has always delighted in recording the last words of famous people. O’Henry died saying, "Turn up the l…