All 3 Uses of
epitaph
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Let my epitaph be.†
Chpt 11 *epitaph = a short text in memory of a dead person
- Your epitaph is written.†
Chpt 15
- COUNCILLOR NANNETII: (Alone on deck, in dark alpaca, yellowkitefaced, his hand in his waistcoat opening, declaims) When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
a short text in memory of a dead person -- especially text written on a tombstone