Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.

I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture (Modern spelling: I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.)

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emb…

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care

I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.

Here lies a lady of beauty and high degree. Of chills and fever she died, of fever and chills, The delight of her husbands, her aunts, an infant of three, And …

But from my grave across my brow Plays no wind of healing now, And fire and ice within me fight Beneath the suffocating night.