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Here Rests His Head Upon The Lap Of Earth, A Youth To Fortune And To Fame Unknow
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Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown:
Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,
And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
-- The Epitaph
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Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune; He had not the method of making a fortune.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- On his own Characte...
No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Epitaph...
Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows; While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm
Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey....
Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich; Im Leibe dick, an Suden reich.
Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws Weil es uns dunkt er sei verreckt....
Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich; Im Leibe dick, an Suden reich.
Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws Weil es uns dunkt er sei verreckt....
Here lies my wife: her let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I.
-- John Dryden, epitaph intended for his wife...