Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.


"Westminster Abbey". - The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)

Washington Irving Quotes

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.