Dead (n.) are not lost but only sent on ahead, if the wise men's tale is true.
Dead (n.) have simply posted on ahead along the short course we all run at top speed.
The Dead (n.) are better honoured by a mother who greets them in memory as cheerful as they were in life.
The Dead (n.) can be supposed merely absent: we have sent them ahead and will join them soon.
Dead (n.) may only have been sent on ahead, and we shall not be long in reaching the place we mourn their having reached.
The Dead (n.) are beyond fear of poverty, anxiety from wealth, envy of another's happiness and envy of their own, and not in suspense about the future.
The Dead (n.) look down on what they have left behind with gratitude, as a stranger appreciates a guide through an unfamiliar city.