Quote#Death
Mortality, behold and fear!
Quote byFrancis Beaumont · 1584–1616
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey.
English (original)
Mortality, behold and fear! What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands
— Francis Beaumont
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