Motif
death as final sleep watched by nature
death_as_final_sleep_watched_by_nature
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Natural Mourning. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox / PREFACE / THE AUTHOR. / NOTES; lines 1630-1725 confidence: high
The speaker bids farewell to the earthly home, asks forgiveness, asks that dust be mingled again with the addressed father/mother/teacher, imagines autumn blooms and winds at the tomb, and yields life forever in the mother's arms.
The speaker calls the tomb the place of the last of many sleeps, with autumn blooms keeping vigil and winds chanting for the soul dead to earth.
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