Epitaphs

What is Epitaphs?

An epitaph (from Greek: ἐπιτάφιος epi-taphios "at, over-tomb" — literally: "on the gravestone") is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that inscribed on their tombstone or plaque.

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Some of the most famous are:

• I am ready to meet my Maker.
  Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. — Winston Churchill
• "Under the wide and starry sky
  Dig the grave and let me lie,
  Glad did I live and gladly die
  And I laid me down with a will.
  This be the verse you grave for me:
  Here he lies where he longed to be.
  Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
  And the hunter home from the hill." - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
  
  
• "Stop ye travellers as you pass by
  As you are now, so once was I
  As I am now, soon you shall be -
  Prepare yourself to follow me."
  
  The response
  
  "To follow you
  I am not content,
  How do I know
  which way you went?"
  
  I have both of theses last two in my autograph book that was started in primary school so have been around for a long long time.

These are some of the Epitaphs I found in my local cemetery.