hic jacet

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She is dead now, la grisette, even in Paris, and "hic jacet" may be written over the bonnet she threw pardessus les moulins.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

He may sadly lay upon his heart the stifling solace, There will be no baffled wants nor unhappiness, but all will be over when hic jacet is sculptured on the headstone of my grave.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hic jacet!

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

The epitaph that he had written for himself was carved beneath the bust: Paucis notus, paucioribus ignotus, hic jacet Democritus Junior, cui vitam dedit et mortem Melancholia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

H.J., hic jacet=Here lies;—H.J.S., hic jacet sepultus=Here lies buried.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various