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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH, by BEN JACOB
First Line: Here lies nachshon, man of great renown
Last Line: Now he is gone, he gets a stone instead.
Subject(s): Death; Hunger; Jews; Dead, The; Judaism
First Line: Here lies nachshon, man of great renown
Last Line: Now he is gone, he gets a stone instead.
Subject(s): Death; Hunger; Jews; Dead, The; Judaism
HERE lies Nachshon, man of great renown,
Who won much glory in his native town;
'Twas hunger that killed him, and they let him die—
They give him statues now, and gaze, and sigh—
While Nachshon lived, he badly wanted bread,
Now he is gone, he gets a stone instead.
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