“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

— Thomas Campbell, "Hallowed Ground" (1825)

About Thomas Campbell

1777 – 1844

Scottish poet, author of "Hallowed Ground".

“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”

“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”

“What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity?”

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

“Acceptance is the better part of grief.”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

“We have to accept death; it makes life possible.”

“Thou art but gone before, whither the world must follow.”