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EPIGRAM by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: THROUGH LIFE THE POOR DOLT WHO LIES BURIED BELOW
Last Line: THE INSCRIPTION UPON IT WILL TROUBLE HIS REST.
Subject(s): EPIGRAM (AS LITERARY FORM); GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
THROUGH life the poor dolt who lies buried below
In the alphabet found an invincible foe:
Though not by the weight of his gravestone opprest,
The inscription upon it will trouble his rest.



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