Historical Review of Riverside Cemetery Association, Cleveland, OhioCleveland Print. & Publishing Company, 1889 - 80 pages |
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Page 80 - Ye will wonder why ye wept ; Ye will know, by wise love taught, That here is all, and there is naught. Weep awhile, if ye are fain — Sunshine still must follow rain; Only not at death — for death, Now I know, is that first breath Which our souls draw when we enter Life, which is of all life center. Be ye certain all seems love, Viewed from Allah's throne above; Be ye stout of heart, and come Bravely onward to your home!
Page 51 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 51 - There is no death! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread; He bears our best loved things away; And then we call them "dead." He leaves our hearts all desolate; He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers; Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones Made glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sings now an everlasting song Around the tree of life.
Page 78 - HE who died at Azan sends This to comfort all his friends: Faithful friends ! It lies, I know, Pale and white and cold as snow; And ye say...
Page 51 - There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
Page 78 - Weeping at the feet and head, I can see your falling tears, I can hear your sighs and prayers; Yet I smile and whisper this, — "I am not the thing you kiss; Cease your tears, and let it lie; It was mine, it is not I.
Page 51 - And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless Universe Is life — there are no dead.
Page 25 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 32 - ... or of any tomb, monument or gravestone; or other structure aforesaid; or of any...
Page 79 - Tis an earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved him; let it lie! Let the shard be earth's once more, Since the gold shines in his store! Allah glorious! Allah good! Now thy world is understood; Now the long, long wonder ends; Yet ye weep, my erring friends, While the man whom ye call dead...