Death

Let the dead bury their dead. — New Testament, Mathew 8:22

O Death! the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best. — Burns, Man Was Made To Mourn

Afraid? Of whom am I afraid? Not Death, for who is He? — Emily Dickinson, Time and Eternity

Account ye no man happy till he die. — Euripides, Daughters of Troy

Pale Death, with impartial step, knocks at the poor man’s cottage and the palaces of kings. — Horace, Odes 1:4

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? — New Testament, 1 Corinthians 15:54

For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. — Old Testament, Genesis 3:19

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. — Old Testament, Job 3:17

When life is woe, And hope is dumb, The World says “Go!”, The Grave says “Come!” — Arthur Guiterman, Betel-Nuts