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 (Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the 
grave.
 [Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in read more 
 (Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the 
grave.
 [Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro haberem.] 
A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.
A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.
 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. 
 By Nebo's lonely mountain,
 On this side Jordan's wave,
  In a vale in the land of Moab,
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 By Nebo's lonely mountain,
 On this side Jordan's wave,
  In a vale in the land of Moab,
   There lies a lonely grave;
    But no man built that sepulcher,
     And no man saw it e'er,
      For the angels of God upturned the sod
       And laid the dead man there. 
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave read more
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
 The grave, dread thing!
 Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,
  Shakes off her wonted firmness.  
 The grave, dread thing!
 Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,
  Shakes off her wonted firmness. 
Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.
Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.
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.
The grave's the market place.
The grave's the market place.