Here lies the Earl of Suffolk's fool, <br />Men call'd him Dicky Pearce; <br />His folly served to make folks laugh, <br />When wit and mirth were scarce. <br /> <br /> <br />Poor Dick, alas! is dead and gone, <br />What signifies to cry? <br />Dickies enough are still behind, <br />To laugh at by and by. <br /> <br /> <br />Buried, June 18, 1728, aged 63.<br /><br />Jonathan Swift<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epitaph-in-berkeley-church-yard-gloucestershire/
