Theirs is no vulgar sepulchre—green sods
Are all their monument, and yet it tells
A nobler history than pillared piles
Or the eternal pyramids.


"The Graves of the Patriots," first published in the United States Literary Gazette, Vol. 2 (1825).

James Gates Percival Quotes

Theirs is no vulgar sepulchre—green sods Are all their monument, and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles Or the eternal pyramids.

Theirs is no vulgar sepulchre—green sods Are all their monument, and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles Or the eternal pyramids.

Theirs is no vulgar sepulchre—green sods Are all their monument, and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles Or the eternal pyramids.

Theirs is no vulgar sepulchre—green sods Are all their monument, and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles Or the eternal pyramids.