I am going to seek the great Perhaps.

I am going to seek the great Perhaps.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.

My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone read more

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

For death begins with life's first breath
And life begins at touch of death.

For death begins with life's first breath
And life begins at touch of death.

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths read more

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.