Nick Eichler wrote: > > 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