Death & Dying
My Own Epitaph
From Poetical Works (Underhill, 1893), vol. II
Death & Dying
Life is a jest; and all things show it,
I thought so once; but now I know it.
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Gay, John. “My Own Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gay/114/.
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Gay, John. “My Own Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gay/114/.
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