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William Ernest Henley Quotes about Death

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So many are the deaths we die Before we can be dead indeed.

So many are the deaths we die Before we can be dead indeed.

William Ernest Henley
Death, Dies
William Ernest Henley (1921). “Poems”

Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.

William Ernest Henley
Death, Dying, Pieces
William Ernest Henley (1921). “Poems”

Into the winter's gray delight, Into the summer's golden dream, Holy and high and impartial, Death, the mother of Life, Mingles all men for ever.

William Ernest Henley
Death, Summer, Mother
William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908). “The Works of W. E. Henley: Poems”

So be my passing! My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing, Let me be gathered in the quiet west, The sundown splendid and serene, Death.

William Ernest Henley
Death, Taken, Heart
'Margaritae Sororis' (1888)

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