Requiescat in Pace
Requiescat in Pace
Original Text
A Patch of Pansies (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894): 49. Microtext Reading Room CIHM no. 29307. Robarts Library
2 But follows where the greater number tread,
3Should hasten to his rest beneath a stone;
4 The great majority of men are dead.
Notes
1] The Latin phrase in the poem's title is frequently engraved on gravestones and means "Rest in peace." Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1894
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 2000.
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