Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution,
She lives whom we call dead.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- Resignation
She lives whom we call dead.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- Resignation
Related:
- The air is full of farewells to the dying,
And mournings for the dead.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) --... - There is no death! What seems so is transition;
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call Death. -- Henry W. Longfellow... - There is no flock, however watched and tended,
But one dead lamb is there;
There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has... - From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving, Whatever gods may... - From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving, Whatever gods may... - From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving, Whatever gods may... - From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanskgiving, Whatever gods may... - But oftentimes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) --... - What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.
Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882) --...
