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There Will Come A Time  (by: Michael Mack)
There will come a time, not far away,
I'll bid this earth adieu
As we all must when our time comes
To tell us our turn's through.
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There's A Certain Slant Of Light  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons --
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes...
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There's Something Quieter Than Sleep  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
Some touch it, and some kiss it --
Some chafe its idle hand --
It has a simple gravity
I do not understand!
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Think No More, Lad  (by: A.E. Housman (1859 - 1936))
Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly:
Why should men make haste to die?
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Throe Upon The Features, A  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
A throe upon the features --
A hurry in the breath...
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Death Poems Books

Time And Love  (by: William Shakespeare (1546 - 1616))
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
The rich proud cost of outworn buried age;
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To Daisies, Not To Shut So Soon  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
Has not as yet begun
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To Death  (by: Caroline Southey (1787-1854))
Come not in terrors clad, to claim
An unresisting prey:
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To Die -- Just A Little While  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
To die -- takes just a little while --
They say it doesn't hurt --
It's only fainter -- by degrees --
And then -- it's out of sight --
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To Julia  (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674))
Julia, when thy Herrick dies, Close thou up thy poet's eyes;
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