They grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee: Their graves are severed far and wide By mount and stream and sea.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Friends lived happily together but are now buried far apart.
- In plain terms
- They were happy together, but now their graves are separated.
- What can you take from it?
- Proximity in life does not guarantee closeness in death.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we remember friends?
- What remains after death?
Another view
Physical separation does not erase emotional bonds.
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