I thought of Ivan when I heard this quote on the SciFi series "Dr. Who" soon after I learned that Ivan had passed away. It is a song inside the play "Cymbeline" by William Shakespeare.
"Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
Fear no more the frown o' the great;
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust."
Donna
31st May 2008