There is a finished feeling 1
Experienced at Graves-
A leisure of the Future-
A Wilderness of Size.
By Death's bold Exhibition 5
Preciser what we are
And the Eternal function
Enabled to infer.
Experienced at Graves-
A leisure of the Future-
A Wilderness of Size.
By Death's bold Exhibition 5
Preciser what we are
And the Eternal function
Enabled to infer.
(F.1092/J.856)
[1] finished:: polished to the best (for some writing).
[2] Graves:: grave inscriptions on a tombstone, an epitaph.
[3] leisure, future:: for future people to read.
[4] Wilderness:: the nature of epigraph. Size:: the quality of a person.
[5] Death, Exhibition:: a hint on epigraph.
[6] Preciser:: comments after one's death which may fit better.
[7] Eternal function:: an epigraph's function, to mark one's fame forever.
[8] infer:: to derive, conclude a person from his epigraph.
Another group the grave inscription reads,
And pensive sadness to their joy succeeds.
Give these effects, nor in your picture fear
To let a tomb, or hallowed urn appear,
A faithful monument your grief reveal;
─ The Gardens: a Poem By Jacques Delille (1805)
And on her tomb was scratch'd, in Maynooth Latin,
A grave inscription — it shall here come pat in:
Latin of Maynooth is, as all men know,
Akind to French of Stratford-atte-Bow.
─ Sad Tones for Sick Yimes (1870)