twelve o'clock
About six o'clock on the morning of the 26th , he asked his brother to hand him some books , in order to look out certain passages , that he had in mind ; he then ordered his breakfast , and conversed with his usual vivacity till eight . Towards nine he asked his brother to play for him on the piano , and soon after fell asleep . Frederick Schlegel soon after entered the chamber , and found him sleeping quietly . This sleep lasted till twelve o'clock , at which hour he expired without a struggle ; and unchanged in death his countenance retained the same pleasant expression , that it exhibited during life . Thus died our author before he had finished his nine-and-twentieth year . In him we may alike love and admire his extensive knowledge and his philosophical genius , as well as his poetical talents . With a spirit much in advance of his times , his country might have promised itself great things of him , had not an untimely death cut him off .