Quote#Death
The boy stood on the burning deck
Quote byFelicia Hemans · 1793–1835
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Casabianca, st. 1 (1826)..
English (original)
The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
— Felicia Hemans
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In the busy haunts of men.
I had a hat. It was not all a hat,— Part of the brim was gone: Yet still I wore it on.
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 breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed.
Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman’s axe lies free, And the reaper’s work is done.
Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now!