Noun
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere is something beyond the grave; death does not end all, and the pale ghost escapes from the vanquished pyre. Propertius
The current of Time's river Will carry off all human deeds And sink into oblivion All peoples, kingdoms and their kings. And if there's something that remains Through sounds of horn and lyre, It too will disappear into the maw of time And not avoid the common pyre... [lines broken]. Gavrila Derzhavin
The mind will subside only by means of the enquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'Who am I?', destroying all other thoughts, will itself finally be destroyed like the stick used for stirring the funeral pyre. Ramana Maharshi
I warned you then and I'm warning you now If you mess with me you're playing with fire Winds of change that are fanning the flames Will carry you to your funeral pyre. Ozzy Osbourne
This is the funeral pyre and Troy is dead That sparkled so the day I saw it first, And darkened slowly after. I am she Who loves all beauty - yet I wither it. Sara Teasdale
Society has already told us that poetry is dead. Let's build a funeral pyre out of the desiccated conventions piled around us and watch the ancient, spangle-feathered, unkillable phoenix rise from the ashes. Dana Gioia