Yet tell Me, frighted Reason! what is Death?
Blood only stopp’d, and interrupted Breath?
The utmost Limit of a narrow Span,
And End of Motion which with Life began? . . . .
The Cradle and the Tomb, alas! so nigh; ←
To live is scarce distinguish’d from to dye.
From: Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness 