But what the Devil was he doing, you see,
what the Devil was he doing there, in the galley?…

Physicist, Metaphysician,
Poet, duellist, and musician,
And Voyager to the Heavens,
Master of how to answer-back,
A Lover too - but not to his gain! -
Here lies Hercule Savinien
De Cyrano de Bergerac,
Who was all things, and all in vain.

But I must go, I cannot stay: forgive me:
you see, the moonlight comes to take me!
(He has fallen back in his chair: Roxane’s sobbing recalls him to reality; he gazes at her, and touches her veil)
I’d not have you grieve any the less for your fine
good, handsome Christian: only, when my spine
has been gripped by the great frost, I’d request
a double meaning be given that widow’s dress:
in your grief for him, grieve for me a little, though.

-Edmond Rostand CYRANO DE BERGERAC act 5