John Maxwell Edmonds Quotes

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When you go home, tell them of us and say,
'For your tomorrows these gave their today.'

John Maxwell Edmonds

Epitaph:

When you go home, tell them of us and say,
'For your tomorrow these gave their today.'

John Maxwell Edmonds

Epitaph:

Went the day well? we died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.

John Maxwell Edmonds

John Maxwell Edmonds

John Maxwell Edmonds

Born: January 21, 1875

Died: March 18, 1958 (aged 83)

Bio: John Maxwell Edmonds was an English classicist, poet, and dramatist who is notable as the creator of celebrated epitaphs.

Known for:

Some Greek Poems of Love and Beauty

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