Epitaph of Benjamin Franklin.
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………………………………….
The body
Of
Benjamin Franklin
Printer
(Like the cover of an old book
Its contents torn out
And stripped 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.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), U.S. statesman, writer. Epitaph on Himself, in Complete Works, vol. 10 (ed. by John Bigelow, 1887-88). Composed in 1728, when Franklin was 22, it was not used on Franklin’s monument.
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I never read what Benjamin Franklin wrote for his epitaph at age 22. It makes sense, but I am glad it is not on his monument. Because I am a bit on the hypochondriac side, I always tell my husband to put “I told you I was sick!” Thanks,Cindi