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EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: UNDER THIS MARBLE, OR UNDER THIS SILL
Last Line: TRUSTS IN GOD, THAT AS WELL AS HE WAS, HE SHALL BE.
Subject(s): POPE, ALEXANDER (1688-1744);
Under this Marble, or under this Sill,
Or under this Turf, or e'en what they will;
Whatever an Heir, or a Friend in his stead,
Or any good Creature shall lay o'er my Head;
Lies He who ne'er car'd, and still cares not a Pin,
What they said, or may say of the Mortal within.
But who living and dying, serene still and free,
Trusts in God, that as well as he was, he shall be.



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