Multiple choice general knowledge Which poet's epithet include the words "Here lies the one whose name was writ on water" Byron Keats Shelly Wordsworth Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation John Keats' tombstone in Rome's Protestant Cemetery bears the epitaph 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.' This reflects Keats' own fear that he would be forgotten, though ironically his works have made him immortal in literature.