Quote#Death
To die is landing on some silent shore
Quote bySamuel Garth · 1661–1719
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Dispensary, Canto III, line 225; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
To die is landing on some silent shore Where billows never break, nor tempests roar; Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er.
— Samuel Garth
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