His wings are gray and trailing, Azrael, Angel of Death, And yet the souls that Azrael brings Across the dark and cold, Look up beneath those folded wings, And find them lined with gold.

Quote by Robert Gilbert Welsh

Topics: Death Quotes

And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears.

And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears.

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day...

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day...

The death of a child is the single most traumatic event in medicine. To lose...

The death of a child is the single most traumatic event in medicine. To lose...

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever...

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

Im not afraid of dying. To me dying is like getting out of one car...

Im not afraid of dying. To me dying is like getting out of one car...

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.