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And so sepulchr'd, in such pomp dost lie,
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
--
John Milton, "On Shakespeare" (1630).

 

William Shakespeare

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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

 

John Milton

 

"There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It is the pile of stones in which the victim of the unanimous stoning is buried. It is the first pyramid."

 

Rene Girard

 

Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke.

 

John Donne

 

When kings the sword of justice first lay down,
They are no kings, though they possess the crown.
Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,
The good of subjects is the end of kings.

 

Daniel Defoe

 

See! he sinks
Without a word; and his ensanguined bier
Is vacant in the west, while far and near
Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks,
Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry
Amid thy cloud-built streets.

 

Frederick Willaim Faber