The Mask
Death is a beautiful white mask. That slips over the face, when the moment comes, To hide the happiness of the soul.
Alice Corbin Henderson
Death is a beautiful white mask. That slips over the face, when the moment comes, To hide the happiness of the soul.
The speaker pictures death not as something frightening, but as a beautiful white mask that slips over the face at the right moment. Its purpose, surprisingly, is to hide the happiness of the soul.
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