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"William Bligh (unknown) - 1754 - 1817"
"Here she lies a pretty bud, Lately made of flesh and blood; Who, as soone fell fast asleep, As her little eyes did peep. Give her strewings, but not stir The earth that lightly covers her."

An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. Some epitaphs are specified by the person themselves before their death, while others are chosen by those responsible for the burial. An epitaph may be written in prose or in verse.
"William Bligh (unknown) - 1754 - 1817"
"Hilaire Belloc (unknown) - 1870 - 1953"
"Jean Valjean, Les Misérables, Victor Hugo"
"Rita Hayworth (Rebecca Welles)"
"Jakob Bernoulli (by himself) - 1654-1705"
"Sammy Davis Jr. (by Altovise Davis and his children)"