Act II.
Leonce and Lena (1838)
“Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.”
“Blessings come from a generous heart. Those who give are the most blessed.”
Sydney, (9 June 2011)[citation needed].
“The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Fifth Revelation, Chapter 13
“Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
---"On death”
Source: Complete Poems and Selected Letters
“The dreams of the dawn wherein death and hope strive.”
Love is Enough (1872), Song II: Have No Thought for Tomorrow
Context: Lo, the lovers unloved that draw nigh for your blessing!
For your tale makes the dreaming whereby yet they live
The dreams of the day with their hopes of redressing,
The dreams of the night with the kisses they give,
The dreams of the dawn wherein death and hope strive.
“Like a led victim, to my death I'll go,
And, dying, bless the hand that gave the blow.”
Act II, scene 1.
The Spanish Friar (1681)
