Rhymer, brawler, and musician,  
  Famed for his lunar expedition,  
  And the unnumbered duels he fought, —  
  And lover also, — by interposition! —  
  Here lies Hercule Savinien  
  De Cyrano de Bergerac,  
  Who was everything, yet was naught.  
  I cry you pardon, but I may not stay;  
  See, the moon-ray that comes to call me hence!  
  I would not bid you mourn less faithfully  
  That good, brave Christian: I would only ask  
  That when my body shall be cold in clay  
  You wear those sable mourning weeds for two,  
  And mourn awhile for me, in mourning him.
Cyrano, Act 5, Sc. 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)







