Chiunque nasce a morte arriva
Nel fuggir del tempo, e'l sole
Niuna cosa lascia viva....
Come voi, uomini fummo,
Lieti e tristi, come siete;
E or siam, come vedete,
Terra al sol, di vita priva.
(Poems of Michelangelo, CXXXVI.)
[192] This article was written in 1899, on the occasion of Lorenzo Perosi's coming to Paris to direct his oratorio La Résurrection.
[193] This essay was written in 1905.
[194] Man lies in greatest misery; Man lies in greatest pain; I would I were in Heaven!
[195] I come from God, and shall to God return.
[196] Thou wilt rise again, thou wilt rise again, O my dust, after a little rest.
[197] What is born must pass away; What has passed away must rise again.
O Man! O Man! Have care! Have care!
What says dark midnight?