WIST QuotationsA quotation from James Shirley
All buildings are but monuments of death,All clothes but winding-sheets for our last knell,
All dainty fattings for the worms beneath,
All curious musique, but our passing bell;
Thus death is nobly waited on, for why?
All that we have is but death’s livery.
James Shirley (1596–1666) English poet, playwright
Poem (1639), “Fatum Supremum,” Facetiae: Wits Recreations, Epigram 170 (1640)
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Shirley, James - Poem (1639), "Fatum Supremum," Facetiae: Wits Recreations, Epigram 170 (1640) | WIST Quotations
All buildings are but monuments of death, All clothes but winding-sheets for our last knell, All dainty fattings for the worms beneath, All curious musique, but our passing bell; Thus death is nobly waited on, for why? All that we have is but death's livery. The piece is also known…