Solomon Browne

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    “Solomon Grundy,
    Born on a Monday,
    Christened on Tuesday,
    Married on Wednesday,
    Took ill on Thursday,
    Worse on Friday,
    Died on Saturday,
    Buried on Sunday,
    This is the end
    Of Solomon Grundy.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Solomon Grundy (l. 1–4)

    “Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”
    —Thomas Browne (1605–1682)