Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
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Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
of his wondrous maiden flight
as he soared up and away
and out of sight.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must read more

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.

Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.

Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone read more

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!.

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the read more

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.