Epigram

Epitaph for William Pitt.

With Death doomed to grapple,
Beneath this cold slab, he
Who lied in the Chapel
Now lies in the Abbey.

January 2, 1820.
[First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 295.]

In digging up your bones, Tom Paine,
Will. Cobbett has done well:
You visit him on Earth again,
He'll visit you in Hell.

or—

You come to him on Earth again
He'll go with you to Hell!

January 2, 1820.
[First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 295.]