So live, that when thy summons comes to joinThe innumerable caravan, which movesTo that mysterious realm, where each shall takeHis chamber in the silent halls of death,Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothedBy an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,Like one who wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
So live.
If a poet ever properly summed up how to die (and perhaps how to live), William Cullen Bryant did in this final verse of Thanatopsis. The full poem can be found here.
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