Death

Because I could not stop for Death-
He kindly stopped for me-
The carriage held just ourselves-
And Immortality-
-- Emily Dickinson "Poem 712"


Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,
Alone, shall our fullfilments to out dreams
And our desires.
-- Wallace Stevens "Sunday Morning"


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


I want to die while you love me,
While yet you hold me fair,
While laughter lies upon my lips,
And lights are in my hair.
-- Georgia Douglas Johnson


Death borders upon our birth,
and our cradle stands in the grave
-- Bishop Hall


It may be that Death's bright angel
Will speak in that chord again -
It may be that only in Heaven
I shall hear that grand Amen
-- Adelaide Anne Proctor "A Lost Chord"



Shrine of the mighty!  can it be
That this is the remains of thee?
-- George Gordon, Lord Byron "The Giaour"