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> [Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath! Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/come-to-the-bridal-chamber-death-come-to-the-mother-s-when-she-feels/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

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## More by Fitz-Greene Halleck

> [Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/ere-the-dolphin-dies-its-hues-are-brightest-like-an-infant-s-breath/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [And thou art terrible--the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/and-thou-art-terrible-the-tear-the-groan-the-knell-the-pall-the-bier/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/green-be-the-turf-above-thee-friend-of-my-better-days-none-knew-thee/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/the-wild-flower-wreath-of-feeling-the-sunbeam-of-the-heart/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/i-cannot-spare-the-luxury-of-believing-that-all-things-beautiful-are/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [This bank-note world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/this-bank-note-world/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [I sorrow that all fair things must decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/i-sorrow-that-all-fair-things-must-decay/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/strike-for-your-altars-and-your-fires-strike-for-the-green-graves-of/)

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> [Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath! Come when the blessed seals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/come-to-the-bridal-chamber-death-come-to-the-mother-s-when-she-feels/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [And Burns--though brief the race he ran, Though rough and dark the paths he trod, Lived--died--in form and soul a man, The image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/and-burns-though-brief-the-race-he-ran-though-rough-and-dark-the/)

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> [What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/what-is-man-s-love-his-vows-are-broke-even-while-his-parting-kiss-is/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [None knew thee but to love thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/none-knew-thee-but-to-love-thee/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/they-love-their-land-because-it-is-their-own-and-scorn-to-give-aught/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/there-is-an-evening-twilight-of-the-heart-when-its-wild-passion-waves/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

> [Beauty,--the fading rainbow's pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/beauty-the-fading-rainbow-s-pride/)

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