here lies

Meaning

here lies

(epitaph) Written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name.

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Examples

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia. W. C. Fields

Here lies one whose name was writ in water. John Keats

Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist. Greg Egan

Here lies my wife here let her lie Now she's at rest, and so am I. John Dryden

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Oliver Goldsmith

Here lies the rub. Hungarian Proverb

Words in the phrase

here lies

Close letter words and terms

here in the street here it goes again here it is here night here she is here till sunday