Tomb

A tomb (Greek: τύμβος tumbos[1]) is a repository for the remains of the dead. Quotes He that unburied lies wants not his hearse,For unto him a tomb's the Universe. Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici (1642), Part I, Section XLI. Gilded tombs do worms infold. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act II, scene 7, line 69. I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets. Edmund Burke, letter to Matthew Smith. And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie;That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. John Milton, Epitaph on Shakespeare. Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Funeral Thoughts, Book II, Volume IX. Hymn 63. Some of the followers of certain Mohammedan sects work all their lives to have a big tomb built for them when they die. I know sects among whom as soon as a child is born, a tomb is prepared for it; that is among them the most important work a man has to do and the bigger and the finer the tomb, the belter off the man is supposed to be. Swami Vivekananda, Complete works (1.32) External links Category:Death