"Earth walks on Earth, Glittering in gold; Earth goes to Earth, Sooner than it wold; Earth builds on Earth, Palaces and towers; Earth says to Earth, Soon, all shall be ours."
— Epitaphs

January 1, 1970

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Walter Scott, Unpublished Epigram, in Notes and Queries (May 21, 1853), p. 498; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 234.