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Epitaphs are words to be remembered by, short poems or phrases literally written in stone. They can be practical, carrying some variation of the familiar Here Lies, but they can also be brilliantly creative with personally meaningful quotes or words written especially by or for the deceased. From the simple to the cleverly cryptic, epitaphs are meant to leave a lasting impressionand many certainly do.Epitaphs brings together more than 250 epitaphs from cemeteries, churchyards, monuments, and historical records. Some announce the cause of death with a surprisingly macabre sense of humor: Here lies John Ross. Kicked by a hoss. Others wryly remind readers of their own impending mortality, such as a tombstone whose rhyming inscription reads As I am now you will surely be. / Prepare thyself to follow me. In death as in life, many of the most famous writers were not at a loss for words. Emily Dickinsons concise wit is evident in her headstones inscription Called Back. Yeats encouraged the horsemen of the apocalypse to pass by. Shakespeares funerary monument at StratforduponAvon carries the warning Curst be he that moves my bones, an inscription many believe the Bard himself wrote to prevent his corpse from being exhumed in the name of research, a common practice at the time.As tribute to a form of expression that is very much alive, Epitaphs collects some of the most intriguing examples, many of which perfectly encapsulate the person buried beneath them.
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