Death Poems Quotes - Page 2

• When you awaken in the morning's hush
  I am the swift uplifting rush
  Of quiet birds in circled flight.
  I am the soft stars that shine at night.
  Do not stand at my grave and cry;
  I am not there, I did not die.

  Mary Elizabeth Frye

  Uplifting, Morning, Stars

  Mary Elizabeth Frye, “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep”

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• For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

  William Penn

  Sympathy, Death, Memorial Day

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2008). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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• Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

  Tecumseh

  Song, Native American, Great Day

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.

  Khalil Gibran

  Death, Heart, Sea

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Death is nothing at all; it does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room.

  Henry Scott Holland

  Life And Death, Doe, Rooms

  Sermon in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 15 May 1910

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• Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

  Christina Rossetti

  Death, Dying, Green

  "When I am dead, my dearest" l. 1 (1862)

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• You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

  Khalil Gibran

  Death, Heart, Eye

  Khalil Gibran, “Death XXVII”

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• There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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• What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Sympathy, Death

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Sympathy, Memories

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• Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.

  Joanna Lumley

  Remembrance, Death Of A Loved One, Dying

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• For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountaintop,then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shal claim your limbs,then shall you truly dance.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wind, Breathing, Rivers

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.128, Lulu.com

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• The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun.

  W. H. Auden

  Stars, Moon, Funeral

  W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.87, DEBOLS!LLO

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• Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

  Khalil Gibran

  Rivers, Silence, Drink

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.128, Lulu.com

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• And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Imagination, Mountain

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!

  Robert Browning

  Learning, Grieving, Funeral

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• Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

  Khalil Gibran

  Grieving, Rivers, Silence

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.128, Lulu.com

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• How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Marriage, Sweet Love, Educational

  Sonnets from the Portuguese no. 43 (1850)

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• Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

  Tecumseh

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Fear

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on as if in pain: And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply I may forget.

  Christina Rossetti

  Dream, Song, Pain

  "When I am dead, my dearest" l. 1 (1862)

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• You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life.

  Khalil Gibran

  Death, Heart, Secret

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

  Tecumseh

  Song, Love You, Native American

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• Listen with your heart, you will understand.

  Pocahontas

  Heart, Listening, Passed Away

  Song: Listen With Your Heart I

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• How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentine

  1850 Poems,'Sonnets from the Portuguese', sonnet 43.

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• Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.

  John Muir

  Life, Beautiful, Death

  John Muir (2015). “A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (With Original Drawings & Photographs): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches & Wilderness Studies”, p.43, e-artnow

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