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title: "He lives, he wakes - 'tis Death is dead, not he; Mourn not for Adonai… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote #151 | QuotesBy.net"
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> # He lives, he wakes - 'tis Death is dead, not he; Mourn not for Adonais. - Thou young Dawn, Turn all thy dew to splendour, for from thee The spirit thou lamentest is not gone.

[Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://quotesby.net/Percy-Bysshe-Shelley)\#151

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Do not mourn the dead spirit because it is still present in the living world.In plain termsDeath does not end existence; the spirit lives on through others.What can you take from it?Those who die live on in the memories and spirits of others.

### Where it applies

- funerals
- memorial
- consolation

### Putting it to work

- eulogy writing
- supporting mourners
- remembrance

### Questions to consider

- How do you honor those lost?
- Where does the spirit live?

### Another view

This comfort may not help those who need to feel the finality of loss.

## More from Percy Bysshe Shelley

1. > He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not agai…

[Permalink to quote \#150](https://quotesby.net/Percy-Bysshe-Shelley/150/ "Permalink to quote 150")
2. > He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird.

[Permalink to quote \#152](https://quotesby.net/Percy-Bysshe-Shelley/152/ "Permalink to quote 152")
3. > Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep - He hath awakened from the dream of life.

[Permalink to quote \#149](https://quotesby.net/Percy-Bysshe-Shelley/149/ "Permalink to quote 149")

## Related quotes

1. > Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

[Anna Letitia Barbauld](https://quotesby.net/Anna-Letitia-Barbauld)[Anna Letitia Barbauld quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/Anna-Letitia-Barbauld/1/ "Permalink to quote 1")
2. > And weeping fast as she had breath Janet implored us, 'Wake her from her sleep!' And would not be instructed in how deep Was the forgetful kingdom of death.

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3. > As I go musing through this mournful land Soothed by the pine-tree's solemn harmony, Thy well-loved image comes and walks by me. I seem to hold thee by the gen…

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