Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death |
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Page 257
... Death Carl Seaburg. Self - death does not mean life denial , but it is the cry of despair for more life . It is the refusal to crawl forever through the yawn- ing caverns of the absurd . The battle may be long and arduous , but the sense ...
... Death Carl Seaburg. Self - death does not mean life denial , but it is the cry of despair for more life . It is the refusal to crawl forever through the yawn- ing caverns of the absurd . The battle may be long and arduous , but the sense ...
Page 326
... Death Carl Seaburg. Man does not die . Man imagines that it is death he fears ; but what he fears is the unforeseen , the explosion . What man fears is him- self , not death . There is no death when you meet death . When the body sinks into ...
... Death Carl Seaburg. Man does not die . Man imagines that it is death he fears ; but what he fears is the unforeseen , the explosion . What man fears is him- self , not death . There is no death when you meet death . When the body sinks into ...
Page 452
... Death Carl Seaburg. Be equal to your talent , not your age , 82 Begin , 10 Being / One who never turned his back but ... Death , old captain ! Time to put to sea !, 296 Contemplate all this work of Time , 284 Content thee , howsoe'er ...
... Death Carl Seaburg. Be equal to your talent , not your age , 82 Begin , 10 Being / One who never turned his back but ... Death , old captain ! Time to put to sea !, 296 Contemplate all this work of Time , 284 Content thee , howsoe'er ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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