A Study of Death (1895), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“This is not some silly game… This is life and death Angels and demons.”
“Nothing in life produce a more powerful joy than a near miss by the Angel of Death.”
Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 26 (p. 516)
“The death of God left the angels in a strange position.”
“For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast.”
The Destruction of Sennacherib, st. 3.
Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Source: Selected Poems
“Angel of Death ain't kissing me! I'm full of garlic!”
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“To the angel of death, we are all like chess pieces on the chessboard.”
“The advanced life of virtue,” Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism (1995), p. 314
