Quote#Death
You shall receive me when the clouds are high
Quote byHilaire Belloc · 1870–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hilaire Belloc (1925), "Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa".
English (original)
You shall receive me when the clouds are high With evening and the sheep attain the fold. This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that in which I mean to die.
— Hilaire Belloc
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