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Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire.

Edward Young
Death, Fire, Dying
"The Complaint, Or Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality".
Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire.