"Heralds and statesmen, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve; Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher?"
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Matthew Prior, Epitaph, Extempore (as given in original edition); reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 233.
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