Companion Quote by Lucy Larcom

However passionate, sinning, and rebellious the heart hidden in the tomb, the flowers growing over it peep serenely at us with their innocent eyes;…

— Ivan Turgenev

He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are…

— John Ruskin

“Whether that lady's gentle mind, No longer with the form combined Which scattered love, as stars do light, Found sadness where it left delight,…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between those who…

— Victor Hugo

“Abandoned by a God in whom many of us believed, we lay prostrate and dazed in our demi-tomb. From time to time, one of…

— Guy Sajer

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against…

— William Shakespeare

“Desires Like the beautiful bodies of those who died young, tearfully interred in a grand mausoleum with roses by their heads and jasmine at…

— Constantinos P. Cavafis

“Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom But thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot…

— William Wordsworth

“first produce, and doth still establish and uphold the same. When we reflect upon ourselves, let us consider that we are not a mere…

— Henry Scougal

O harmless Death! whom still the valiant brave, The wise expect, the sorrowful invite, And all the good embrace, who know the grave A…

— William Davenant

“ A Psalm of Life Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“In Man's heart is a little room. He has named it Oblivion. And things are ranged along its walls That he does not wish…

— Opal Whiteley