DEATH unconquerable. The work is done, That neither fire, nor age, nor melting envy, Shall ever conquer. Bonduca, Act IV. Scene III. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. DEATH. Victory of The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now, See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. Death's Final Conquest.-JAMES SHIRLEY. DEATH inevitable. Death's but a path that must be trod, A port of calms, a state of ease DEATH. A Night-piece on Death.-THOMAS PARNELL. Universal reign of Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the North-wind's breath, And stars to set—but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! The Hour of Death.-Mrs. HEMANS. DEATH. Life through Death is as the foreshadowing of life. We die that we may die no more. The uses of Adversity.-HERMAN HOOKER. DEATH-BED. The Scrutiny of the A death-bed's a detector of the heart. DEATH. The death of a good man an incentive to virtue. Natural Fear of As some faint pilgrim, standing on the shore, Both heavenly faith and human fear obey; Tyrannic Love.-JOHN DRYDEN. DEATH-To whom gracious. Death arrives gracious only to such as sit in dark ness, or lie heavy burthened with grief and irons; to the poor Christian, that sits bound in the galley; to despairful widows, pensive prisoners, and deposed kings; to them whose fortune runs back, and whose spirits mutiny: unto such death is a redeemer, and the grave a place for retiredness and rest. These wait upon the shore of death, and waft unto him to draw near, wishing above all others to see his star, that they might be led to his place; wooing the remorseless sisters to wind down the watch of their life, and to break them off before the hour. Essay on Death.-LORD BACON. I consent with Cæsar, that the suddenest passage is easiest, and there is nothing more awakens our resolve and readiness to die than the quieted conscience, strengthened with opinion, that we shall be well spoken of upon earth by those that are just, and of the family of virtue; the opposite whereof is a fury to man, and makes even life unsweet. Essay on Death.-LORD BACON. DEATH. Best Proof against No better armour against the darts of death than to be busied in God's service. Scripture Observations, X.-THOMAS FULLER. DEATH-CHAMBER. Sacredness of the The chamber where the good man meets his fate Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n. The death of a good man an incentive to virtue. DEATH-BED of the Just. Man's highest triumph, man's profoundest fall, Night Thoughts, II. Line 616.-EDWARD YOUNG. DEATH a Friend. Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. Essay on Death.-LORD BACON. DEATH and LIFE. Death but entombs the body, life the soul. Night Thoughts, III. Line 457.-EDWARD YOUNG. The air consumes itself in the last love-sigh it gave; To God's breath then transformed, it wakes life from the grave. Strung Pearls.-RUCKERT. DEATH and LIFE. Death doth lurk always in life's delicious cup, DECEIT. Difficulty of practising Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to disguise what we are, we might appear like ourselves, without being at the trouble of any disguise at all. Maxims, CI.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. DEER. Description of a wild Magnificent creature! so stately and bright! moor, As the vision glides by him, may blameless adore: |