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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Victor Victorious.

Here is a touching story of quite a brief race run well: Victor Lost His Life, But His Love Will Last. Victor's adoptive parents and family are members of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,        
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell, 
And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

2 comments:

  1. My wife and I were just discussing the 9/11 memorial service and Paul Simon singing "Sound of Silence." What a difference between that and "Death be not proud..." One poem empty and needing eisogesis for meaning, the latter rooted in Christs victory over death.

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  2. Yes, such a vast contrast: hope vs. despair, emptiness.

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