The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-06
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A vast smount of wit is TO be gathere,
from Tombstones, and mortuary puns hav
long been famous The epitaph of tn
witty divine, Dr.. Thomas Fuller, is worth,
of himself, simply
Fuller's earth.
There is 8 professional point in the cpl
taph of the eminent barTister, Sir JOIN
strange:
Here lies an honest IaWyer-tbAt is strange.
And by what an outrageous bubble hAl
the name of VIM. Barton, Esq, beer
handed down to Immortality. Tbs epitapI
Is to be seen in q church-yard near Sails,
bury;
o sun, neon, Htars and ye celestial polesl
Are graves, then, daindled into Burton holesl
There is something quaint and touching
in this epitspho of Grinaldi, the distinguished
clown:
One of the best of this briefsr kind was
produced by Jerrold, whose wit did not
always wear so courteous a dress. Charles
Knight the Shaksperesn critic, was the
subject, and the words.
q % Good knight.
Professional rivalry produced this i'll
insured inscription for the tombstone of q
western editor: Do .r4im 20
He.e lies an Edi or. aI ,
It is sdded that the injured man recon-
mendedthe suthor to use the inscription.
as 8 metto for his own journal. s46a -
OF historic epitaphs the best Is this 5ne,
on n Of Shakspeare's actors: afsss ~
100 ~ Exit Burbsgs. ih.1
In q similar vein q wit gave q couplet to
Mrs. Old6eld, the most celebrated actress
of her day:
This we must own, in Justice to her lhade,
The nrss bad exit Oldheid ever made.
Something of the compliment is here
sacrificed to make the point. 1t is the re-
verse of Malcolm's Eulogy on Oowder:
Nothing in bis Hfs
Became him like the leaving Of it.
The comedian Foote takes his turn thus:
FOOte from his earthly stage, alas / is hurled;
Death took hiu Oh. Who took of all the world.
Westminster Abbey has some notable
This, by Samuel Wesley, is on
he monument to Butler, theauthor of HUI
When Butler, needy wretch I was still alive 'H
No Reuerous patron would q dinner give.
bee him, when staIVel to death and turned to
dust
Presented with . bus'I f-4r-
The poets tate Is here in emblem shoDe:
He asked for bread and received bus & st o ne.
This couplet on 8 monument to John
Say the poet, Thsckersy's Little French
Able" Is hardly suited 10 3 Christian
'
Life is a jest, and all things show it,
Thought so oloe and now l know it.
And what 9 defiance there is in this, on
he monument of that gallant soldier"
thomas We're:
Phsn We're sought death, armed with his sword
and thield, - ETiI
'esth was afraid to meet him in the field;
ut when his weapons he had laid aside,
cath like q coward struck him and he died.
Sir Thomas Perkins, the great wrestler,
Sused q monument To be built for himself
n which was 8 sculpture in relief depict
ng death in the act of throwing Sir
thomas. The epitsph, which is in Latin,
esds as follows:
Here lies the chief, who once threw all,
Thrown by the eonquering arm of death,
Who ne'er had given the kuight . fall,
But that he found him cut Of breath.
But boast not, death with empty pride,
Thy strengths the day will come when he
Arising, with fresh breath supplied,
Shall vanquilh Time and conquer thse.
Miss Long was q beautiful actress of the
st century, 30 short in stature that she
as known as the pocket Venus. Her
,itsph concludes:
Though long, yet short,
Though short, yet Pretty Long.
Bancroft, Archbishopof Canterbury, wss
covetous man, and this psseuinsdiDg
'itaph was put on him:
Here lies his Grace. in cold elav clad,
Who died for want of what he had.
The reverse of this is on Mr.. james
fordsdsle a very liberal man:
EAGER to get, but not to get the pelf;
friend - al mankind but not himself.
We close our list with q pathetic incrip-
IN placed by an honest Illinois farmer
'er the double grave of q span of fsvorite
rises struck down by lightning, and bur-
I In his front yRrd---l
Peace to their names.