Here's a poem by Ben Franklin. I love it!
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EPITAPH IN BOOKISH STYLE
The Body of
Benjamin Franklin
Printer
(Like the cover of an old book
Its contents torn out
And stript of its lettering and gilding)
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be lost
For it will (as he believed) appear once more
In a new and more elegant edition
Revised and corrected
by
The Author.
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5 comments:
Nice, Amy!
That is SO cool. I love it!
My friend Rosslyn Elliott has blogged often on Ben Franklin. I just emailed her a copy of this.
Ben Franklin is one of my favorite people.
Neat poem, and one many writers can appreciate.
Hi Amy! Thanks for posting this snippet. I found it very interesting because of the ambiguity of Franklin's religious beliefs.
I just signed up for Facebook networked blogs so we can network. :-) I haven't really figured it out yet, but I'll get the hang of it soon.
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