Read full poem →And what is fame? the meanest have their day,
The greatest can but blaze and pass away.
Graced as thou art, with all the power of words,
Dictionary Entry
To die.
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“After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.”
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Poetry examples for “pass away”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Which, having ruled to-day,
To-morrow pass away?
Whence are ye, vague desires?
Read full poem →Man flourishes as a green leaf,
And as a leaf doth pass away;
Or, as a shade that cannot stay
Read full poem →Earth may not pass till heaven shall pass away,
Nor heaven may be renewed
Read full poem →Earth is passing with all her joys,
Heaven shall pass away with a noise.
Read full poem →With lovely motions and sweet smiles,
Which while they please us pass away,
The spirit to lofty thoughts that stay
Read full poem →And distant voices seemed to say,
“It cannot be! They pass away!
Other themes demand thy lay;
Read full poem →And distant voices seemed to say,
"It cannot be! They pass away!
Other themes demand thy lay;
Read full poem →There's nothing mortal in them—their decay
Is the green life of change to pass away
& come again in blooms revivified