“She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lying
her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place.
It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying;
for death looked lovely in her face.”
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her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place.
It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying;
for death looked lovely in her face.”
―
“How do you know, poor fool? Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence'; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.”
― Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
― Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.”
― Philippics
― Philippics
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