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"Arthur Sullivan 1842-1900 (by W. S. Gilbert)"

January 1, 1970

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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call Must call too soon. — This epitaph, from lyrics to Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard", is on the monument to Sullivan in Victoria Embankment Gardens, not on his grave in St Paul's Cathedral.

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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call Must call too soon. — This epitaph, from lyrics to Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard", is on the monument to Sullivan in Victoria Embankment Gardens, not on his grave in St Paul's Cathedral.