Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion.


The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of...

Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of...

Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of...

Many persons have died before they expire—died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of...