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There are good reasons to be sceptical of the epitaphic impulse to declare “the end of nature”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016

At every turn of the leaves, paragons of filial piety shame the youthful reader to the pitch of emulation by the epitaphic records of their deeds.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

The Latin poems include the panegyric already referred to, an Epicedium in obitum Thoma Rhodi; Basia, sive Strena ad Jacobum Hayum; Lessus in funere Raphaelis Thorei; Carina Caro; and minor pieces, occasional and epitaphic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

If the epitaphic form gave added novelty I must confess that the idea was suggested to me by the Greek Anthology.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

That night is speeding on to greet Your epitaphic rhyme.

From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)