Shakespeare Quotes at Mount Auburn

A number of individuals chose quotes from Shakespeare’s works for their own or a loved one’s monument. Some of these notables were Shakespearean actors others just theater lovers. Here are some of the quotes that can be found on stones in Mount Auburn.
- Backside of Edwin Booth’s monument
- Kate Field
- Charles K. Fox
- Emily Caroline Fox
- George L. Fox
- Francis J. Humphrey
- Pelby Tomb
- Shaw Family Central Marker
Edwin Booth (1833-1893)
Lot 3281, Anemone Path
Shakespearean Actor
THE IDEA OF THY LIFE SHALL
SWEETLY CREEP
INTO MY STUDY OF IMAGINATION
AND EVERY LOVELY ORGAN OF
THY LIFE
SHALL COME APPARELLED IN
MORE PRECIOUS HABIT
MORE MOVING-DELICATE AND
FULL OF LIFE
INTO THE EYE AND PROSPECT
OF MY SOUL
THAN WHEN THOU LIV’ST INDEED
Much Ado about Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1
Kate Field (1838 – 1896)
Lot 2621, Acorn Path
author, lecturer and actress
SPIRITS ARE NOT FINELY TOUCHED BUT TO FINE ISSUES
Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 1
Fox Family
Lot 1358, Ailanthus Path
Charles Kemble Fox (1833-1875)
Actor
A WALKING SHADOW
A POOR PLAYER
THAT STRUTS AND FRETS
HIS HOUR UPON THE STAGE
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Emily Caroline Fox (1848-1861)
“OUT! OUT! BRIEF CANDLE!”
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
“Fear no more the heat of the sun,
Nor the furious winter’s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done;
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”
“Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finish’d joy and moan:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.”
Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2
George Washington Lafayette Fox (1825-1877)
Actor
ALAS POOR YORICK
I KNEW HIM, HORATIO,
A FELLOW OF INFINITE JEST
OF MOST EXCELLENT FANCY
Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1
Francis J. Humphrey (1812-1883)
Lot 918, Cedar Avenue
IF IT BE NOW
TIS NOT TO COME
IF IT NOT TO COME
IT WILL BE NOW
IF IT BE NOT NOW
YET IT WILL COME
THE READINESS
IS ALL
Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
Pelby Family Tomb
Lot 65, Corner of Central and Walnut Avenues
—– “All that live must die.
Passing thro’ nature to eternity.”
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2
Shaw Family Central Marker
Lot 2053, Fir Avenue
THIS IS THE STATE OF MAN; TO-DAY HE PUTS FORTH
THE TENDER LEAVES OF HOPE, TO-MORROW BLOSSOMS,
THE THIRD DAY COMES A FROST, A KILLING FROST;
…NIPS HIS ROOT.
King Henry, Act 8, Scene 3
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