Original yoctrri. LIFE AND DEATH. DIAI.OOUE. Be calm soul passing Into the silent tomb, While Life and Death ..
... Within this courtly room. Slow gathering o'er that spirit Great clouds of darkness roll, And rest like deepest shadows Upon that struggling soul. Speak not! two mighty angels Watch o'er that fleeting breath ; One is of Life the angel, The other one Death. One wears crown of roses, Pluck'd from the vernal spring; The other veils his features Beneath ample wing. ยป Says Life, Withhold thy mandate ...