Benjamin Franklin’s Epitah (Written in 1776)

The Body of B. Franklin, Printer,

Like the Cover of an old Book,

Its Contents torn out,

And stript of its Lettering & Gilding,

Lies here, Food for Worms.

But the work shall not be lost;

For it will, as he believed, appear once more

In a new and more elegant Edition

Corrected and improved

By the Author. –

Given by B Franklin to Sam. Morris

August 31 1776
It is his own hand writing.T