Sent many souls to Hades ere their time.

‘No need for this my boy should hither come;

That lesson he can better learn at home;

For I myself, now, I make bold to say,

Sent many souls to Hades ere their day,

Nor e’er found want of grammar stop my way.’”

Nearchus
A SINGER

“Men die when the night-raven sings or cries;

But when Dick sings, e’en the night-raven dies.”

Ammianus
AN EPITAPH