Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.
Is there a Death? The light of day At eventide shall fade away; From out the sod's eternal gloom The flowers, in their season, bloom; Bud, bloom and fade, and soon the spot Whereon they flourished knows them not; Blighted by chill, autumnal frost; "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust!" Is there a Death? Pale forms of men To formless clay resolve again; Sarcophagus of graven stone, Nor solitary grave, unknown, Mausoleum, or funeral urn, No answer to our cries return; Nor silent lips disclose their trust; "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust!" Is there a Death? All forms of clay Successively shall pass away; But, as the joyous days of spring Witness the glad awakening Of nature's forces, may not men, In some due season, rise again? Then why this calm, inherent trust, "If ashes to ashes, dust to dust?"
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"Is there a Death? The light of day..."
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