Public Domain Poetry And Stories - Epitaph. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Public domain poetry and public domain stories from the literary greats of yesteryear.
As a boy, reserved and naughty;
As a youth, a coxcomb and haughty;
As a man, for action inclined;
As a greybeard, fickle in mind.
Upon thy grave will people read:
This was a very man, indeed!
