"He snatched lightening from the skies and scepters from the hands of tyrants."
Benjamin Franklin [1706-1790] wrote his own Epitaph:
The body of
B. Franklin, Printer
(Like the Cover of an Old Book
Its Contents torn Out
And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)
Lies Here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be Lost;
For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More
In a New and More Elegant Edition
Revised and Corrected
By the Author.
An earlier reference on this blog to Franklin here.
