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    Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee,
    And Valies't not what thou Can'st say of me;
    Thy Smiles I count not, nor thy frowns I fear,
    My days are past, my head lies quiet here.
    What faults you saw in me take Care to shun,
    Look but at home, enough is to be done.

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Loe here the precious dust is layd;
Whose purely-temper'd clay was made
So fine that it the read more

Loe here the precious dust is layd;
Whose purely-temper'd clay was made
So fine that it the guest betray'd.
Else the soule grew so fast within,
It broke the outward shall of sinne
And so was hatch'd a cherubin.

by Thomas Carew Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for read more

This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the benefit of the
doctor--Stavo bene (was written on his monument) ma per star
meglio, sto qui.

by John Dryden Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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And the voice of men shall call,
"He is fallen like us all,
Though the weapon of read more

And the voice of men shall call,
"He is fallen like us all,
Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:"
And thine epitaph shall be--
"He was wretched ev'n as we;"
And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land.

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Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven read more

Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.

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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui read more

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]

by Epitaph Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem.

Inn of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem.

by Henry Alford Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.

Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.

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This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: read more

This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: "Abiit ad plures."

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

by Alfred Austin Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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