“Thou shalt be—Nothing.”—Omar Khayyám.

“Tombless, with no remembrance.”—W. Shakespeare.

Dead shalt thou lie; and nought

   Be told of thee or thought,

For thou hast plucked not of the Muses’ tree:

   And even in Hades’ halls

   Amidst thy fellow-thralls

No friendly shade thy shade shall company!