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PG 71
Famous Epitaphs
Headstone of Emily Dickinson:
Born in Amherst
Lived in Amherst
Died in Amherst
Born in Amherst
Lived in Amherst
Died in Amherst
Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York
Born 1903 - Died 1943 Born 1903 -
Died 1943
Born 1903 - Died 1943
"Looked up the elevator shaft to
see if the car was on the way down."
Born 1903 - Died 1943 Born 1903 -
Died 1943
Born 1903 - Died 1943
"Looked up the elevator shaft to
see if the car was on the way down."
Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there's only a pod.
Pease shelled out and went to God.
He is not here, there's only a pod.
Pease shelled out and went to God.
In a cemetery in England:
Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, you soon will be.
Prepare yourself and follow me.
To Which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:
To Follow you I'll not consent
Until I know which way you went
Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, you soon will be.
Prepare yourself and follow me.
To Which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:
To Follow you I'll not consent
Until I know which way you went
Last add, from Boot Hill, in Tombstone, Arizona:
Here lies Lester Moore
One slug from a 44 No Less No More
Here lies Lester Moore
One slug from a 44 No Less No More
In a Thurmont, Maryland cemetery:
Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up And no plade to go
Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up And no plade to go
In a London, England cemetery:
Here lies Anne Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Here lies Anne Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:
Anna Wallace:
The children of Israel wanted bread,
And the Lord sent them manna.
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.
Anna Wallace:
The children of Israel wanted bread,
And the Lord sent them manna.
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.
In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:
Here lies Johnny Yeast
Pardon me For not rising
Here lies Johnny Yeast
Pardon me For not rising
In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:
Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
In a Silver City, Nevada cemetery:
Here lays The Kid.
We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger
But slow on the draw.
Here lays The Kid.
We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger
But slow on the draw.
A lawyer's epitaph in England:
Sir John Strange.
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is strange.
Sir John Strange.
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is strange.
John Penny's epitaph in the Wiborne, England, cemetery:
Reader, if cash thou art in want of any,
Dig 6 feet deep;
And though wilt find a Penny.
Reader, if cash thou art in want of any,
Dig 6 feet deep;
And though wilt find a Penny.
In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England:
On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle
Went out of tune.
On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle
Went out of tune.
Here lies the body of our Anna -
Done to death by a banana.
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,
But the skin of the thing that made her go.
Done to death by a banana.
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,
But the skin of the thing that made her go.