"Our souls are prisoners of the terror of death, and the day is beautiful."
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"Death will come when thou art dead, soon, too soon."
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"The babe is at peace within the womb, the corpse is at rest within the tomb. We begin in what we end."
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"Mild is the slow necessity of death; The tranquil spirit fails beneath its grasp, Without a groan, almost without a fear, Resigned in peace to the necessity; Calm as a voyager to some distant land, And full of wonder, full of hope as he."
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"O weep for Adonis - He is dead." "Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life"
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"Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death."
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"Concerning the dead nothing but good shall be spoken. [Lat., De mortuis nil nisi bonum.]"
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"My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave."
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"It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;-- And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me."
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"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea."
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"The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace."
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"All men think that all men are mortal but themselves."
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"Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat."
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"Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars."
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"Virtue alone has majesty in death."
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"One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident."
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"For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most."
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"Every word affords me pain. Yet how sweet it would be if I could hear what the flowers have to say about death!"
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"Afraid? Of whom am I afraid? Not death. For who is he?"
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"A death-blow is a life-blow to some Who, till they died, did not alive become; Who, had they lived, had died, but when They died, vitality begun."
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