epitafios

pasaron todos como sombras, / como viajeros que van en posta.
entrada del cementerio marino de puerto cabello, venezuela

i was somebody. / who, is no business / of yours.
anónimo, stowe, vermont

here lies a miser who lived for himself, who cared for nothing but gathering wealth. now where he is and how he fares; nobody knows and nobody cares.
anónimo, lemmington, inglaterra

sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, / ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please.
joseph conrad, st. thomas church, canterbury

called back.
emily dickinson, west cemetery, amherst, massachusetts

steel true, blade straight.
sir arthur conan doyle, windlesham estate, crowborough sussex, inglaterra

abrid esta tumba: al fondo se ve el mar.
vicente huidobro, balneario de cartagena, chile

here lies one whose name was writ in water.
john keats, cementerio protestante, roma

the stone the builders rejected.
jack london, jack london state historic park, glen ellen, california

beloved father.
bela lugosi, holy cross cementery, culver city, california

workers of all lands unite. the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.
karl marx, highgate cemetery, londres

quoth the raven nevermore.
edgar allan poe, westminster presbyterian cemetery, baltimore

nothing of him that doth fade / but doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange.
percy bysshe shelley, cementerio protestante, roma

one whose life was filled with pathos and suffering and who had a tragic end. he had the north star as a guide to liberty, yet in a fitful moment for fear of betrayal, he took the deadly cup to free himself from bondage by his fellow men.
de un esclavo desconocido que escapó, blue mountain, linglestown, pensilvania

cast a cold eye / on life, on death / horseman, pass by!
william butler yeats, drumcliffe cemetery, county sligo, irlanda

and alien tears will fill for him / pity's long-broken urn, / for his mourners will be outcast men, / and outcasts always mourn.
oscar wilde, père lachaise, parís