“And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And gone my bier ye come to weep, Let One, most loving of you all, Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall; He giveth His beloved sleep.” FallSleepGoneTearsLowsBreathsDearBelovedDear Friend Book:'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep' Source: 'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep'
“Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught,Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;"Be thou whole," say openly:"I forgive thee all.” LooksWholeTurnsFallJesusCompassionFeetCrossesForgivingTheeBelovedAgonyGlancesGraciousTurn Me Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“O Earth, so full of dreary noises! O men, with wailing in your voices! O delved gold, the wader's heap! O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall! God makes a silence through you all, And "giveth His beloved, sleep.” MenEarthDeathFallVoiceSleepSilenceGoldNoiseBelovedCurseStrifeDrearyWailing Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“To hold happiness is to hold the understanding that the world passes away from us, that the petals fall and the beloved dies. No amount of mockery, no amount of fashionable scowling will keep any of us from knowing and savoring the pleasure of the sun on our faces or save us from the adult understanding that it cannot last forever.” WorldLastsFacesDiesFallUnderstandingPleasureSunForeverKnowingAmountAdultsBelovedFashionablePassing AwayMockeryPetalsSavoring Author:Amy Bloom
“Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast, Drowning love's lonely hour in deep twilight of rest.” HeartEyeFallPeaceHoursHalfHairLoversMy HeartBeatsLonelyBelovedBreastsTwilightDrowningHeart Beat Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
“time stood still. I fell into that beloved space that writers fall into, the reason most write, as it's better than drugs or alcohol ... a high without hangover, an affair without pain.” WritingStillsReasonPainFallSpaceDrugAffairAlcoholBelovedHangoverWithout Pain Author:Meg O'Brien