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Quotes about life and death

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Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down
John Keats1795–1821Ode to a Nightingale (1819)In context
- Nature
That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”
And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Conqueror Worm (1843)In context
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892Ulysses (1842)In context
- Experience
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892Ulysses (1842)In context
- Age
- Motivation & Goals
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892Crossing the Bar (1889)In context
Death is the end of life; ah! why
Should life all labour be?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892The Lotos-Eaters (1832)In context
- Work
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Omar Khayyam1048–1131The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859)In context
- Time
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won
Walt Whitman1819–1892O Captain! My Captain! (1865)In context
- Leadership
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d,
And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night,
I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
Walt Whitman1819–1892When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d (1865)In context
- Nature
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land
Christina Rossetti1830–1894Remember (1862)In context
- Love
Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
Christina Rossetti1830–1894Up-Hill (1861)In context
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886Because I could not stop for Death (1890)In context
I heard a fly buzz when I died
Emily Dickinson1830–1886I heard a Fly buzz – when I died (1896)In context
This is the hour of lead
Remembered if outlived
As freezing persons recollect
The snow⁠—
First chill, then stupor, then
The letting go.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886After great pain, a formal feeling comes (1929)In context
- Emotion
It is the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.
Gerard Manley Hopkins1844–1889Spring and Fall (1880)In context