Some Famous Deathbed Quotes and Epitaphs


	Some Famous Deathbed Quotes and Epitaphs

thefoxalmighty

9-15-2007 1:42 AM

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thefoxalmighty says:

The Shakespeare's one is really good.. i loved the Keat's one too..

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9-15-2007 2:16 AM

tidbit2

'pass a cold eye on life and death horseman pass by' w.b yeats ,buried near where I live

9-15-2007 8:52 AM

tabsey

Thankyou.

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To dig the dust enclosed here
Blest be the man that spares these stones
And cursed be he that moves my bones".
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