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"And when I lie in the green kirkyard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that she did well—or ill, "Only, She did her best.""
"Peas to his Hashes."
"Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to Heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there."
"Underneath this crust Lies the mouldering dust Of Eleanor Batchelor Shoven, Well versed in the arts Of pies, custards and tarts, And the lucrative trade of the oven. When she lived long enough, She made her last puff, A puff by her husband much praised, And now she doth lie And make a dirt pie, In hopes that her crust may be raised."
"O man! whosoever thou art, and whensoever thou comest, for come I know thou wilt, I am Cyrus, founder of the Persian empire. Envy me not the little earth that covers my body."
"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 shell of sinne And so was hatch'd a cherubin."
"Yet at the resurrection we shall see A fair edition, and of matchless worth, Free from erratas, new in heaven set forth."
"This Mirabeau's work, then, is done. He sleeps with the primeval giants. He has gone over to the majority: "Abiit ad plures.""
"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."
"Here lies Anne Mann; she lived an Old maid and died an old Mann."
"Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here HAROLD lies—but where's his Epitaph? If such you seek, try Westminster, and view Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you."
"It is so soon that I am done for, I wonder what I was begun for!"
"Full many a life he saved With his undaunted crew; He put his trust in Providence, And Cared Not How It Blew."
"Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it."
"Here lies the remains of James Pady, Brickmaker, in hope that his clay will be remoulded in a workmanlike manner, far superior to his former perishable materials."
"Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs."
"Stavo bene; per star meglio, sto qui."
"On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs."
"You cannot better be employ'd, Bassanio, Than to live still and write mine epitaph."
"And if your love Can labour aught in sad invention, Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb And sing it to her bones, sing it to-night."
"Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis."
"Shrine of the mighty! can it be, That this is all remains of thee?"
"And be the Spartan's epitaph on me— "Sparta hath many a worthier son than he.""
"After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live."
"Australian soldier whose body is held in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. By former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating"
"British Soldier, Tobruk Commonwealth Cemetery, Libya"
"To save your world you asked this man to die; Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?"
"Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshipp'd with a waxen epitaph."
"If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: "Eternity, be thou My refuge!" and no more."
"On a grave in New York"
"On a grave in a Kent cemetery"
"Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God."
"From Nanuet, New York"
"From Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia"
"From Évora, Portugal, in the Chapel of Bones"
"Their name liveth forevermore."
"Infant in Vermont"
"Child's grave in Miami, FL (by Edmund Waller)"
"From Tasmania, Australia"
"From a grave in Muçum, Brazil"
"Adult's grave in Rome, Italy"
"From Perth, Scotland"
"British Soldier, in Westminster Abbey"
"Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died."
"Like a worn out type, he is returned to the Founder in the hope of being recast in a better and more perfect mould."
"The Boss's grave"
"Potter family's tomb"
"Big Boss's grave"
"Royal Tenenbaum (At his suggestion)"
"Van Ruijven"
Heute, am 12. Tag schlagen wir unser Lager in einem sehr merkwürdig geformten Höhleneingang auf. Wir sind von den Strapazen der letzten Tage sehr erschöpft, das Abenteuer an dem großen Wasserfall steckt uns noch allen in den Knochen. Wir bereiten uns daher nur ein kurzes Abendmahl und ziehen uns in unsere Kalebassen-Zelte zurück. Dr. Zwitlako kann es allerdings nicht lassen, noch einige Vermessungen vorzunehmen. 2. Aug.
- Das Tagebuch
Es gab sie, mein Lieber, es gab sie! Dieses Tagebuch beweist es. Es berichtet von rätselhaften Entdeckungen, die unsere Ahnen vor langer, langer Zeit während einer Expedition gemacht haben. Leider fehlt der größte Teil des Buches, uns sind nur 5 Seiten geblieben.
Also gibt es sie doch, die sagenumwobenen Riesen?
Weil ich so nen Rosenkohl nicht dulde!
- Zwei außer Rand und Band
Und ich bin sauer!