Epitaph of Jonathan Swift

Epitaph of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift, translated by Wikisource

Original Latin

Hic depositum est Corpus
Ionathan Swift S.T.D.
Hujus Ecclesiæ Cathedralis
Decani
Ubi sæva Indignatio
Ulterius
Cor lacerare nequit.
Abi Viator
Et imitare, si poteris,
Strenuum pro virili

Libertatis Vindicatorem.

English wiki translation

Here is placed the body

Of Jonathan Swift

Dean of this cathedral church

Where angry rage

Cannot cut through his heart

Go away, traveller

And imitate, if you can

a valiant for manly freedom

Laying claim.

See also

Swift's Epitaph, the poem by William Butler Yeats.