Hilaire Belloc Quotes on Death
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Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
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In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night.
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You shall receive me when the clouds are high With evening and the sheep attain the fold. This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that in which I mean to die.
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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, But his books were read'.
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So touch my dying lip: so bridge that deep: So pledge my waking from the gift of sleep, And, sacramental, raise me the Divine: Strong brother in God and last companion, Wine.
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Loss and possession, Death and life are one. There falls no shadow where There shines no sun.
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Physicians of the Utmost Fame Were called at once; but when they came they murmured as they took their fees, 'There is no cure for this disease.'