English poem
Epitaph
by Mather Byles (1828–1900)
Reader, such as Thou art. such once She stood, As soft, ingenious, beautiful and good; Such as She is Thou quickly must become, Stiff, senseless, loathsome, mould'ring in a Tomb: Yet shall These Limbs with Charms renew'd ascend, Bright from the Dust, and by the Grave refin'd; "Like Her be Virtuous, You like Her shall shine "Young, fair, gay, active, deathless and divine.