Book/Printed Material Death and its sorrow,
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Image 1 of Death and its sorrow, ATHAND TTSSORROW WILLISDUFFPIERCY- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
- Date: 1908
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Image 11 of Death and its sorrow, DEATH AND ITS SORROW By Willis Duff Piercy New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 12 of Death and its sorrow, MERRY of GONGHESS Two Copies Received MAY 28 1908 ee seyyitene cry nlaaye Ae oF 158 e AA Lon ena at Copyright 1908 by a Dhie Ea Ne sa ine Neale Publishing…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 13 of Death and its sorrow, DEDICATION This book had its inspiration and origin in the recent death of my father between whom and myself there was as close and tender a relation I suspect as ever existed…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 15 of Death and its sorrow, AUTHORS PREFACE The sting of death is bad enough at best And sorrow must be borne by each individual for himself Grief does not deal by proxy or through attorneys Moreover no…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 16 of Death and its sorrow, 12 AUTHORS PREFACE riences Yet it is believed that many of the noblest passages in our literature on these subjects are included here Wiis Durr PIERcY Mt Vernon Illinois- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 17 of Death and its sorrow, am ee ee me EEE ee Oe EEE CONTENTS Chapter Page I The Loosening of the Silver Cord 15 II Deaths Kingdom and the King 33 IJJ_ The Baptism of Sorrow 50…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 19 of Death and its sorrow, CHAPTER I THE LOOSENING OF THE SILVER CORD A light burns low in a quiet chamber There are subdued voices and soft footsteps about the house A bit of crepe is on…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 20 of Death and its sorrow, 16 DEATH AND ITS SORROW calumnies and its misunderstood motives are over No more heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to The tragedy has closed and the theater…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 21 of Death and its sorrow, LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 17 ing it seemed to me that my happiness my hope and my heart were being buried in the casket It was night in my soul without moon…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 22 of Death and its sorrow, 18 DEATH AND ITS SORROW that grave end it all And if there were an other life beyond the tomb what were its con ditions Should I see my father again and…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 23 of Death and its sorrow, LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 19 sufficient distance Iwo honest men cannot always themselves adjudicate a matter of mutual concern each one is so close to it that he sees but one side…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 24 of Death and its sorrow, 20 DEATH AND ITS SORROW the mind of the mourner The hard angles of anguish begin to soften despair com mences to lighten with the daybreak of hope and rebellious resentment merges…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 25 of Death and its sorrow, LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 21 That loss is common would not make My own less bitter rather more Too common Never morning wore To evening but some heart did break It seems…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 26 of Death and its sorrow, 22 DEATH AND ITS SORROW life is born into the world when the condi tions of death are fulfilled that same life passes out of the world The law of death has…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 27 of Death and its sorrow, LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 23 If I fling myself down from a height that law which was devised for mans safety be comes the agency of my destruction But it is hardly…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 28 of Death and its sorrow, 24 DEATH AND ITS SORROW som who is to blame The child is patheti cally innocent and God inflicts no penalty upon the parents without first declaring the law f I believed…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 29 of Death and its sorrow, lilt lc in a a eee EEE LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 25 the belief that a loved one has been specially called away might work some temporary con solation But with a…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 30 of Death and its sorrow, 26 DEATH AND ITS SORROW the forest is a sibylline leaf and every bush burns with Gods presence and every song of thrush is an oracular voice He is found no more…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 31 of Death and its sorrow, LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 27 ministers some anaesthetics One of these is an inability to realize constantly and to the full that our loved ones have actually de parted forever We refuse…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 32 of Death and its sorrow, 28 DEATH AND ITS SORROW out upon the battleground of your own mind I doubt therefore if travel or change of scene will work much alleviation It is a right mental attitude…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 33 of Death and its sorrow, NI et ee A LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 29 The great anaesthetic which Nature uses for stealing away the sting of grief is time Time is the wizard that works wonders in…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 34 of Death and its sorrow, 30 DEATH AND ITS SORROW politics and war We drift away to it at the daybreak of spring mornings out with sun and bird and dewdrop before the selfishness of the day…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 35 of Death and its sorrow, a _ i A ne LOOSENING THE SILVER CORD 31 Thou art at least one step forward toward immortality Those whose loved ones have fallen pre maturely should recognize that the true…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 36 of Death and its sorrow, 32 DEATH AND ITS SORROW almost indefinitely multiplied Many men of early death have written themselves deep in the hearts of their country and their age while others whom Death has spared…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 37 of Death and its sorrow, CHAPTER II DEATHS KINGDOM AND THE KING The boast of heraldry the pomp of power And all that beauty all that wealth eer gave Await alike the inevitable hour The paths of…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 38 of Death and its sorrow, 34 DEATH AND ITS SORROW lingering or he comes like an eyewink he confronts us boldly or he steals upon us un awares he comes with the roses of June or with…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 39 of Death and its sorrow, DEATHS KINGDOM AND KING 35 drunk lifes goblet almost emptyall lie down together in the sleep eternal Nigh to a grave that was newlymade Leaned a sexton old on his earthworn spade…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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Image 40 of Death and its sorrow, 36 DEATH AND ITS SORROW and his Athens Rome and its Caesars Where is the chattering court of Louis and the splendid England of Elizabeth Cleo patra no longer charms kings Napoleon…- Contributor: Piercy, Willis Duff
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About this Item
Title
- Death and its sorrow,
Names
- Piercy, Willis Duff.
Created / Published
- New York, Washington, The Neale Publishing Company, 1908.
Headings
- - Consolation
- - Death
- - Grief
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 115 p. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- BV4905 .P5
Library of Congress Control Number
- 08017704
OCLC Number
- 15233050
Online Format
- online text
- image