Famous quotes containing the word died:
“I died for Beautybut was scarce
Adjusted in the Tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In an adjoining Room”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)
“Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant
Theres nothing serious in mortality.
All is but toys. Renown and grace is dead;
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“He werent no saintbut at Jedgment
Id run my chance with Jim,
Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldnt shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing,
And went for it, thar an then:
And Christ aint a-goin to be too hard
On a man that died for me.”
—John Milton Hay (18381905)