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Death Quote by Lord Byron

“What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.” quote by Lord Byron — Download Open image

“What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.”

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Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

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And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

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Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

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Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!

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Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate;And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.

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