Inspiration for the Day

Famous Epitaphs

He thinketh no evil
Henry Ward Beecher
(Green-Wood Cemetery; Brooklyn, New York)

At Rest
An American Soldier
And Defender of the Constitution
Jefferson Davis
(Hollywood Cemetery; Richmond, Virginia)

Called Back
Emily Dickinson
(West Cemetery; Amherst, Massachusetts)
{self written}

The passive master lent his hand,
To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; Concord, Massachusetts)

He Leadeth Me
Victor Fleming
Hollywood Hills

The Body of
B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an old Book
Its Contents turn out
And Stript of its Lettering & Guilding
Lies here. Food for Worms
For, it will as he believed
appear once more
In a new and more elegant Edition
corrected and improved
By the Author
Benjamin Franklin
(Christ Church Burial Grounds; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

In testimony of their Respect
For
The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity,
The Soldier of approved Valour
The Statesman of consummate Wisdom;
Whose Talents and Virtues will be admired
By
Grateful Posterity
Long after this Marble shall have mouldered into Dust
Alexander Hamilton
(Trinity Churchyard; New York, New York)

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Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of American Independence,
of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom,
and father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson
(Monticello, Virginia)
{self-written}

The Stone the Builders Rejected
Jack London
(Jack London State Historic Park; Glen Ellen, California)

The Cowboy's Prayer
Oh Lord, I reckon I'm not much just by myself.
I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do.
But Lord, when trails are steep and passes high,
Help me to ride it straight the whole way through.
And when in the falling dusk I get the final call,
I do not care how many flowers they send--
Above all else the happiest trail would be
For You to say to me, "Let's ride, My friend."
Amen
Roy Rogers
(Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Apple Valley, California)

Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To digg the dust encloased heare!
Blest be the man that spares thes stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.
William Shakespeare
(Holy Trinity Church; Stratford-on-Avon, England)

Here Rests in
Honored Glory
An American
Soldier
Known But to God
Unknown Soldier
(Arlington National Cemetery; Virginia)