"The living come with grassy tread To read the gravestones on the hill; The graveyard draws the living still, But never any more the dead."
Tag: Death
Poetry: Coleridge – Epitaph
Stop, Christian passer-by!—Stop, child of God,And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sodA poet lies, or that which once seemed he.O, lift one thought in prayer for S. T. C.;That he who many a year with toil of breathFound death in life, may here find life in death!Mercy for praise—to be forgiven for fameHe asked, …
Poetry: Moore – ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer
In the waiting and holding out in this bleak world, we find that we have hope and that we are not alone.
Review: The Choir Immortal
Image from Katie Schuermann's Website Author: Katie Schuermann Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Once again, I was blown away by Katie Schuermann's writing. Like the last book, this one was full of heart, suspense, and intense emotion. Best of all, it had a fulfilling end. I thought my heart would burst during the final pages. I …
Poetry: Longfellow – A Psalm of Life
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing Learn to labor and to wait.
Madelyn Rose Craig 