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Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. - Bible, Job (ch. I, v. 20-21) He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. - Bible, Job (ch. VII, v. 10) Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. - Bible, Job (ch. X, v. 21-22) When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. - Bible, Job (ch. XVI, v. 22) And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. - Bible, Luke (ch. III, v. 9) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. - Bible, also see Proverbs, ch. XXIV, v. 33-34, Proverbs (ch. VI, v. 10-11) I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. - Bible, Psalms (ch. LXXXII, v. 6-7) And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. - Bible, Revelation (ch. VI, v. 8) Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. - Bion of Smyrna But know that thou must render up the dead, And with high interest too! they are not thine But only in thy keeping for a season, Till the great promis'd day of restitution; When loud diffusive sound of brazen trump Of strong-lung'd cherub shall alarm thy captives, And rouse the long, long sleepers into life, Daylight and liberty. - Hugh Blair On this side and on that, men see their friends Drop off like leaves in autumn. - Hugh Blair How shocking must thy summons be, O Death! To him that is at ease in his possessions: Who, counting on long years of pleasure here, Is quite unfurnish'd for that world to come! - Robert Blair, The Grave (l. 350) Sure 'tis a serious thing to die! My soul! What a strange moment it be, when, near Thy journey's end, thou hast the gulf in view! That awful gulf, no mortal e'er repass'd To tell what's doing on the other side. - Robert Blair, The Grave (l. 369) 'Tis long since Death had the majority. - Robert Blair, The Grave (l. 451) Beyond the shining and the shading I shall be soon. Beyond the hoping and the dreading I shall be soon. Love, rest and home-- Lord! tarry not, but come. - Horatius Bonar, D.D., Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection. - Book of Common Prayer, Burial of the Dead In the midst of life we are in death. - Book of Common Prayer, Burial of the Dead Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. - Book of Common Prayer, quoted from Job, ch. XIV, v. 1, Burial of the Dead When I lived, I provided for everything but death; now I must die, and am unprepared. - Cesare Borgia The angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. - John Bright 'Mid youth and song, feasting and carnival, Through laughter, through the roses, as of old Comes Death, on shadowy and relentless feet Death, unappeasable by prayer or gold; Death is the end, the end. Proud, then clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend! - Rupert Brooke, Second Best Oh! death will find me, long before I tire Of watching for you; and swing me suddenly Into the shade and loneliness and mire Of the last land! - Rupert Brooke, Sonnet, (collection 1908 - 1911) You can't get out of life alive. - Les Brown The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave. - Rita Mae Brown We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. - Sir Thomas Browne Displaying page 4 of 36 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
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