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Funeral Poem: Death (Khalil Gibran)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death." And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you ...

Funeral Poem: Because I could not stop for Death (Emily Dickinson)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labour, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed ...