The grave's the market place.

The grave's the market place.

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He that unburied lies wants not his hearse,
For unto him a tomb's the Universe.

He that unburied lies wants not his hearse,
For unto him a tomb's the Universe.

But an untimely grave.

But an untimely grave.

Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.

Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.

I gazed upon the glorious sky
And the green mountains round,
And thought that when I came read more

I gazed upon the glorious sky
And the green mountains round,
And thought that when I came to lie
At rest within the ground,
'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June
When brooks send up a cheerful tune,
And groves a joyous sound,
The sexton's hand, my grave to make,
The rich, green mountain-turf should break.

Here's an acre sown indeed,
With the richest royalest seed.

Here's an acre sown indeed,
With the richest royalest seed.