Monday, October 26, 2009

Epitaph in Bookish Style

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:

  1. KM WilsherOctober 26, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    Nice, Amy!

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  2. Kat HeckenbachOctober 26, 2009 at 7:34 AM

    That is SO cool. I love it!

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  3. Anne Lang BundyOctober 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    My friend Rosslyn Elliott has blogged often on Ben Franklin. I just emailed her a copy of this.

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  4. Andra M.October 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    Ben Franklin is one of my favorite people.

    Neat poem, and one many writers can appreciate.

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  5. Rosslyn ElliottOctober 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    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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