Nick Eichler wrote:
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> Why is the epitaph on Olivia's tombstone in German?

Biographers including Paine and Clara are silent here. Only Resa Willis,
in _Mark and Livy: the Love Story..._, 1992, p. 279, states "Clemens had
engraved on Livy's headstone from the German language they so prized,
"Gott sei dir gnadig, O meine Wonne!'  She could have translated it, 'God be
gracious, Oh, my Bliss!'"

thanks,   larry marshburne