Nothing Will Die

"Never, oh! never, nothing will die;
The stream flows, The wind blows,
The cloud fleets, The heart beats,
Nothing will die."
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When will the stream be aweary of flowing
Under my eye?
When will the wind be aweary of blowing
Over the sky?
When will the clouds be aweary of fleeting?
When will the heart be aweary of beating?
And nature die?
Never, oh! never, nothing will die;
The stream flows,
The wind blows,
The cloud fleets,
The heart beats,
Nothing will die.

Nothing will die;
All things will change
Thro' eternity.
'Tis the world's winter;
Autumn and summer
Are gone long ago;
Earth is dry to the centre,
But spring, a new comer,
A spring rich and strange,
Shall make the winds blow
Round and round,
Thro' and thro',
Here and there,
Till the air
And the ground
Shall be fill'd with life anew.

The world was never made;
It will change, but it will not fade.
So let the wind range;
For even and morn
Ever will be
Thro' eternity.
Nothing was born;
Nothing will die;
All things will change.

Nothing Will Die,
by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• tranquility
• ataraxia
• Tennyson
• elephant man
• yt:quality=high

[Massivo07]

The perfect ending of an astonishingly beautiful film. The words by Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Barber's Adagio for Strings and a crafted cinematography creates a melancholic yet peaceful feeling in us. This is one of the films that we have to save it in our most beautiful box ´cause we never know when we will need it. Sometimes someone has to remind us that nothing will die.

[Massivo07]

@lerxt42 I hope this movie was so comforting to you as it was to me. I´ve seen it for the first time in eighty something. The final words and images lived ever since in my mind. Two years ago my mother died after some months of unbelievable pain that leaded us to the abyss of sadness. I remember as it was today, I was sitting in a chair, next to the window, and she was in bed, in silence, with her eyes closed.

[energyvortex1000]

its true, consciousness just shifts on a energetic level...what a movie ...incredibly profound

[Massivo07]

@lerxt42 Suddenly I´ve heard a pipe melody outside. It´s common here the door to door sellers make themselves announce with a pipe melody. Se woke up and called me. She said: «son, please help the poor people, give them everything I´ve had». I said «sure mum». These were her last words. She died two days after. Since then I´ve remembering that soothing words «nothing will die». A parent´s death is the most hurtful experience we can ever have. After that no one can hurt you anymore.

[lerxt42]

@Massivo07 just got through watching it for the second time in 2 days...deeply moving and beautiful

[NbZFiNeStZ92]

Ok, I need help.. Does anybody know if there is any criticism on this poem?? Please message me if you know. Thankyou.

[Fragile0Still]

Sometimes we just have to remember that nothing will die. Things pass, change and wither, but everything goes somewhere.

[00s00m]

Years after seeing this film, when my father was dying I leaned over and whispered in his ear "nothing ever dies." I'm sure I'm not the only one to speak Tennyson's beautiful words (or a close approximation of them) to a dying loved one. Thanks for posting this.

[mtranquility]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem.

I would like to welcome all viewers to post their thoughts, feelings and observations on the cinematic and literary lyricism of this sequence.

[PoshLifeforME]

The world was never made;

It will change, but it will not fade.

So let the wind range;

For even and morn

Ever will be

Thro' eternity.

Nothing was born;

Nothing will die;

All things will change.