O eloquent, just, and mightie Death! whom none could advise, thou
hast perswaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all
the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and
despised. Thou hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatnesse,
all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over
with these two narrow words, Hic jacet!
-- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
-- Historie of the World, Book v, Part 1
