But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.
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Highland Mary, st. 3 (1792)Robert Burns
But death blinds you, unaware of man’s fall –
An autumn that steals the flower from the flower peddler.Ghani Khan
The Flower of Old Japan.
The Flower above all other flowers,
The Flower that never dies;
Before whose throne the scented hours
Offer their sacrifice;
The Flower that here on earth below
Reveals the heavenly plan;
But only little children know
The Flower of Old Japan.Alfred Noyes
A man who would be a success the world must first of all be a judge of moods, for untimely speeches will offend the ears and hurt the feelings of others, and so fail in their purpose. He has to beware of such occasions.
But falling sick and bearing children and dying — these things take no account of moods. They do not cease because they are untimely. The shifting changes of birth, life, sickness, and death, the real great matters — these are like the surging flow of a fierce torrent, which delays not for an instant but straightway pursues its course.
And so, for both priest and layman, there must be no talk of moods in things they must needs accomplish. They must be free from this care and that, they must not let their feet linger.Yoshida Kenko
Such were the notes thy once lov'd poet sung,
Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue.Alexander Pope
Death cannot come To him untimely who is fit to die; The less of this cold world, the more of heaven; The briefer life, the earlier immortality.
Henry Hart Milman
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