We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed.
I believe God weeps over - over death. Jesus wept at the grave the Lazarus. In the Bible, Jesus weeps at death.
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.
We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.