The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1983 - 351 psl. "Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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... mind . The Etruscans , no . The things they did , in their easy centuries , are as natural and as easy as breathing . They leave the breast breathing freely and pleasantly , with a certain fullness of life . Even the tombs . And that is ...
... mind . The Etruscans , no . The things they did , in their easy centuries , are as natural and as easy as breathing . They leave the breast breathing freely and pleasantly , with a certain fullness of life . Even the tombs . And that is ...
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... mind the subtle impressions of his deeds ; and , after reaping there the harvest of those deeds , he returns again to this world of action . Thus he who has desire continues subject to rebirth . He who lacks discrimination , whose mind ...
... mind the subtle impressions of his deeds ; and , after reaping there the harvest of those deeds , he returns again to this world of action . Thus he who has desire continues subject to rebirth . He who lacks discrimination , whose mind ...
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... mind once again wandered off to the sick - bed scenes and the day you mourned my passing over ... No harm in your remember- ing those times , but at the root there is still a rawness and that inter- feres with your perception . Until ...
... mind once again wandered off to the sick - bed scenes and the day you mourned my passing over ... No harm in your remember- ing those times , but at the root there is still a rawness and that inter- feres with your perception . Until ...
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asked believe better body Books born breath called child close comes Copyright dark dead death died door dying earth eternal existence eyes face fall fear feel fire friends funeral ghosts give gone grave hand happy head hear heard heart heaven hell hope hour human John keep kill kind leave less light live look Lord matter mean mind mother mourning moved nature never night once pain passed perhaps person pleasure Poems poor question reason remember Reprinted by permission rest round seemed seen sense sleep soon soul sound spirit stand suicide talk tell thee things Thomas thou thought trans turned walk wish young