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Smallpox, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, tuberculosis and dysentery, followed by periodic epidemics of cholera, scarlet fever, typhoid or influenza made funeral play a normal part of a child's life. #victoriandeath #coffindolls #funeral #cemeteries #Victoriandeathpractices #deathpractices #mementomori #cemeterywandering #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstonetourist #taphotourist #gravematters https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zCUv-hAtY/?igshid=1h2zf0oi17001

Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. -- Rabindranath Tagore #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #colonialgravestone #rhodeislandgraveyard #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #taphophilia #taphotourist #taphophile #tombstonetourist #thedeadspeak #tombstone https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CSTu0Bo01/?igshid=1rxx6xsrss9hv

An owl’s cry, a most melancholy cry... ~ Edward Thomas #gravematters #gravecuriosity #graveyards #graveology #rhodeislandgraveyard #newenglandgraveyards #cemeteries #cemeterystatues #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #thedeadspeak #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstonetourist #tombstone #cemeteryowl https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VOPFhACc9/?igshid=xdab6wu5wbm5

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. ~ Rabindranath Tagore #thedeadspeak #taphophilia #taphotourist #tombstone #taphophile #tombstonetourist #gravematters #graveology #gravecuriosity #graveyards #rhodeislandgraveyard #newenglandgraveyards #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #mementomori https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ZeKJAAs_t/?igshid=y4d7w4us4fto

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ~ Sarah Williams #cemeteries #cemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryphotography #rhodeislandgraveyard #gravematters #graveology #gravecuriosity #graveyards #taphophilia #taphophile #thedeadspeak #tombstonetourist #tombstone #mementomori https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XpZz8Ab3T/?igshid=iatslmoi4h0c

Death, be not proud... #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstone #tombstonetourist #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #haunting https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uECV_h4FG/?igshid=ccncvb4zbzfp

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ~ Edgar Allan Poe #graveology #gravematters #gravecuriosity #graveyards #gravetales #mementomori #ohiocemeteries #strangetravels #dearlydeparted #taphophile #taphophilia #tombstonetourist #tombstone #thedeadspeak #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PFyqJABaU/?igshid=1kq8cdki03jht