Death & Dying

The Orator's Epitaph

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)

Death & Dying

"Here, reader, turn your weeping eyes,
My fate a useful moral teaches;
The hole in which my body lies
Would not contain one-half my speeches."

Cite this poem

MLA

Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham. “The Orator's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brougham/0/.

Chicago

Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham. “The Orator's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brougham/0/.