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“Through the sequester'd vale of rural life The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.”

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This literary work is a compilation of verses that delve into the profound aspects of death and the enduring memory of those who have passed away. more

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Beilby Porteus

Beilby Porteus, born on May 8, 1731, and died on May 13, 1809, was a renowned British author known for his literary works. more

“In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”

Men Life Country States Character Wish Cities West Doctrine Ease Grants Ignoble American Character

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“This life is but the passage of a day, This life is but a pang and all is over; But in the life to come which fades not away Every love shall abide and every lover.”

Life Life Is Lovers This Life Passages Fades

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“Say, what is life? 'Tis to be born, A helpless Babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night; To weep, to sleep, and weep again, With sunny smiles between; and then?”

Ifs Life Light Night Born Sleep Helpless Sunny Noon Babe Cloudy What Is Life

Author:John Godfrey Saxe

“We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.”

Life Hours Claims

Author:Friedrich Schiller

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