Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given: … - Reginald Heber

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Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given: Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven! Death rides on every passing breeze, And lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour.

Reginald Heber

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Reginald Heber (21 April 1783 – 3 April 1826) was an English bishop, now remembered chiefly as a hymn-writer.

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Alternative Names: Bishop Heber • Bishop of Calcutta

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Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb.

What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.

I see them on their winding way, About their ranks the moonbeams play.

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