ReflectionsThe Pathos of Death The pathos of death is this, that when the days of one’s life are ended,… By William James
PoetryA Woman and Her Dead Husband Ah stern cold man,How can you lie so relentless hardWhile I wash you… By D. H. Lawrence
ProseA Veiled Stranger Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the… By Victor Hugo
QuotationsI Am Dying Severn—I—lift me up, for I am dying. I shall die easy. Don’t be frightened! Thank… By John Keats
Poetry“The day is past and gone” The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear, O may I ever keep… By John Leland
ReflectionsLast Words Last words. – One will recall that the emperor Augustus, that frightful man who has… By Friedrich Nietzsche
PhilosophyAnxiety in the Face of Death Anxiety in the face of death is anxiety ‘in the face of’ that potentiality-for-Being which… By Martin Heidegger
ProseLife’s But a Walking Shadow To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo… By William Shakespeare
PoetryI Dye Alive O life! what letts thee from a quicke decease? O death! what drawes thee from… By Robert Southwell