Richard Crashaw Quote

The modest front of this small floor,
Believe me, reader, can say more
Than many a braver marble can,—
Here lies a truly honest man!


Epitaph upon Mr. Ashton, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,— Here lies a truly honest man!

The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,— Here lies a truly honest man!

The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,— Here lies a truly honest man!

The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,— Here lies a truly honest man!