"much better to pass into that other world
in the full glory of the passions that you found here
than to fade and wither with age
from watching the flickering light dim in the eyes of the living."
That's from James Joyce's "The Dead." It's in Dubliners. It's on the last page of the story, and it is among the most beautiful thing I've ever read in the English language.
Look at the third stanza:
"much better to pass into that other world in the full glory of the passions that you found here than to fade and wither with age from watching the flickering light dim in the eyes of the living."
That's from James Joyce's "The Dead." It's in Dubliners. It's on the last page of the story, and it is among the most beautiful thing I've ever read in the English language.