Epitaph

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One that would peep and botanize
Upon his mother's grave.

A Poet's Epitaph
Swift has sailed into his rest;
Savage indignation there
Cannot lacerate his breast
Imitate him if you dare,
World-besotted traveler; he
Served human liberty.

The Winding Stair and Other Poems, 1933. Swift's Epitaph
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson;
Author of the Declaration of Independence,
Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom,
And Father of the University of Virginia.
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