Quote#Death
Beneath our feet and o'er our head
Quote byReginald Heber · 1783–1826
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hymns, "At a Funeral", No. I (1827).
English (original)
Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given: Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven! Death rides on every passing breeze, And lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour.
— Reginald Heber
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