When death comes it is never our Posted on January 28, 2012January 28, 2007 by admin “When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.” — George Eliot Author: George Eliot Category: death Tags: death, George Eliot Spread the love Related posts: Our dead are never dead to us, In every parting there is an image When death, the great reconciler, has come, Death, the final, triumphant lover.