There is no Death ! what seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. Poems - Page 285by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...man—and on his lines we Kew Church people especially prefer to dwell —viz.:— " There is no death! what seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath...of the life Elysian, Whose portal we call death." Finally, let us be careful not to suppress, or ridicule, even unintentionally, but rather encourage,... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...earthly damps What seem to us but dim, funeral tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There Is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portals we call Death. She is not dead— the child of our affection— But gone unto that school Where... | |
| 1877 - 506 pages
...evening, December 16th, he exchanged earth's sufferings for heaven's sweet rest. " There is no death ! What seems SO is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Elyaian, Whose portal •we call death." BY DR. UNDERWOOD. AT the death and burial of our friends,... | |
| 322 pages
...some parts very beautiful. Our readers will thank us for two brief extracts. ' There is no death ! — what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal...the life elysian, Whose portal we call death.'— LONGFELLOW. ' " To part no more " — they home met now to part no more. 'Yesterday morning my dear,... | |
| American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...earthly damps What seem to us but dim funereal tapers May be Heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portals we call Death. She is not dead — the child of our affection — But gone unto that school... | |
| Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1915 - 666 pages
...honored brethren. That, consistent with our Masonic faith and teaching, we declare there is no death. What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portals we call death. " 'N'o one hears the door that opens. When they pass beyond our enll, Soft ns... | |
| 1856 - 686 pages
...elysian, Whose portal we call Death. Site is not dead — the child of our affection — But gone untft that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection. And Christ himself doth rule. In lhat great cluisier's stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels ltd, ,'"!:<• from temptation, safe... | |
| Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...have had in mind the stanza of Longfellow's " Resignation," which reads, — " There is no death : what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal...of the life Elysian, Whose portal we call death." — " J. О. Я." Botlnn, writes : " Will you kindly inform me, if possible, through the columns of... | |
| American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...earthly damps What seem to us but dim funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal...our affection — But gone unto that school, Where ehe no longer needs our poor protection And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness... | |
| 1856 - 1268 pages
...earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life of mortal...not dead, — the child of our affection, But gone into that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, For Christ himself doth rule. In that... | |
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