Who said "Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."?

This quote is attributed to Carl Sandburg.

Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas. - Carl Sandburg

"Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."

Carl Sandburg Death

Poet American 1878–1967

"I am the people—the mob—the crowd—the mass."

"Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep."

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

"I have always been ahead of my time."

"Death doesn't scare me anymore."

"Death and I are old friends."

"Welcome to my world."

"Death is just the beginning."