Quote#Death
He bent above: so still her breath
Quote byGeorge William Russell · 1867–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: By Still Waters (1906).
English (original)
He bent above: so still her breath What air she breathed he could not say, Whether in worlds of life or death: So softly ebbed away, away The life that had been light to him, So fled her beauty leaving dim The emptying chambers of his heart Thrilled only by the pang and smart, The dull and throbbing agony That suffers still, yet knows not why.
— George William Russell
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