24 Jun 2009
A Curious Epitaph
In Llangollen churchyard, North Wales, on the tomb of Morris and Catherine Jones, is the following curious epitaph:
Our life is but a winter’s day—
Some only breakfast and away.
Others to dinner stay and are well fed,
The oldest man sups and goes to bed.
Large is his debt who lingers out the day;
Who goes the soonest has the least to pay.
