He slept beneath the moon,
He basked beneath the sun;
He lived a life of going-to-do,
And died with nothing done.
James Albery (epitaph written for himself.
James Albery's self-written epitaph warns of a life spent in perpetual planning ('going-to-do') that ends with nothing accomplished.
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