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Funny Epitaphs
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Posterity let this suffice
He swore all's true, yet here he lies.
✠ Here lies the body of John Bidwell,
Who, when in life, wished his neighbors no evil.
In hopes up to jump
When he hears the last trump
And triumph over Death and the Devil.
✠ Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can,
An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man.
—Goldsmith.
✠ Beneath this stone of granite hardLies my own beloved pard.
[Pg 14]
✠ON A MR. PECK
Here lies a Peck, which some men sayWas first of all a Peck of clay;
This wrought with skill divine, while fresh,
Became a curious Peck of flesh.
Through various forms its Maker ran,
Then adding breath made Peck a man;
Full fifty years Peck felt life's troubles
Till deat. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Curious work. Interesting to see the thought that went into these. Particularly enjoyed:
As I am now, so you must be,
Therefore prepare to follow me.
Written under:
To follow you I'm not content,
How do I know which way you went.
I read the Project Guttenberg ebook
Good but...
The book itself is good. Especially if you're interested in older tombstones. Sometimes the humor is hard to grasp if you're not familiar with the era or country the epitaph is from. The worst part though is that because its a scanned book the pages are jumbled and difficult to decipher w
I think Witty Epitaphs would have been a better name.
It's quite interesting to read epitaph in general - not morose at all but when they're funny it's even better! Life long love of a depressing subject as it makes it real and not so gloomy! Loved!
Many of these are quite old and will not be as humorous today as they might have been back in the day, but there are a few fun epitaphs in here. It is a classic book that has weathered tolerably well.
Not all of these are actually humorous. Some are happy, some are bittersweet, and some are about children and babies and just quite sad. Some are similar, however, I enjoyed it.
My Favorites:
Here lies one Box within another;
The one of wood
Was very good;
We cannot say so much for t' other.
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Here lies t