, 1869-06-06
EpITAPHS.


tand sometimes those OF thc dead} expressed IN
words. and engraved tn memory Of those who arc
HOY SCRIPTURES Accctlon, mingled with hope,
speaks forth In these terms: al shall go 10 HIN,
but be viii not return to Ee;" OF n praise Of the
pnrtcd, as - Blessed the dead that die IN the
LoEd. a1d sueh ise texts Resignation exclains: :
~ BE- fs1tn 0m nas
froua lhe roettta! version Of the Psalms, sad
verses Of poetry Of different Kinds, recoruln8, gen.
s TaaSase tss 9S' e ~ iae e n %n cemetery
go sesn a7s . nsass saf .Sa 81 " :'ass r. ds
Alive Il noon, md sead al At light r,is '
Also, ln tho same cemetery. on q ctr. aHct 10;
Behold tbs dover, 50 Young and fatr,
In Paradise might bloom.
An epft1ph OF a much higher character c,aiUs
our notice on an old stone in desoate little Kirk
yard at Roahn-tns same Is also to be found II
haddington:
AZ much beauty as couM die,
Which, while Il lived, did Tigor gtre
To a. much vlrtue as could lire, ..
Al 4cITOSN Abbey Is another Of the satna KIND:
Earth watxeth On the Elrth,
G1tstening Ike gold;
E0rth gpeth to the Earth
St0nef than 1t void:
Earth b1tldeih on The Earth
paInces aud towers:
Earth sayeln 70 the Earth,
AL shall be ourA"
A beautiful Inscription ls this on ,ae tombstone
Her III ea lyea sr Jonn isn Hahs and
wise: Ane IL sn!sf na. resaavt Scotland tafis<
Tide Grshame Of 1ra'h md Mafd.1ps 1 s''- sn
yRh IN ~. rs slam y she Ensl 80 Ial which Is
ensIsvea ~ he III q 9er, y g., s9aopnasas dis
covered In the crypt:
Our LIES lying sna1sw, Goa snG fo'e'
peath's The no,11on. xhen our sun L. SET.
Wnicn Win through Chr.Ft RESURRECTION SCI
On sione In the cnutchyer1 * Laosso"ps W
Cumberland, We Enad.
Iuss lie an Inn where travellers STAY;
some only breakfast aud away:
aaTy sap stas aas 20
LouR is his blu who nnRecs out tho daJ;
Who soes she soonest nas % tas M Least - % Pay
and The thousands who fell IN the roar Of the
battle, and found grave In thAt far4ls;ans coun-
1a9 Iiafs .a5s: tne lei aaihoI ~ ,ho hea n
mound full as dead. With thls Inscription N white
+" Cn.s pour Ia vtcsore,
Ke1nl par La mort,
D1 soldat c'ess Ia glotrc,
Du brave c'esf le SOr1.
In secluded Knstne, among many othcs tomba,
am ase9 aaeaosed here below With manT OF the
Dus once asain VIC win set sail our Admiral cnE.st
ue1e Ind there, the melancholy yow.sree and
fading rosebud speak for themselves Of the weaEJ
| and OF the ypuns who repoee beneath thc dust OF
ne sneusns hat oeeaIs % 70 lie Md Of sac passerns
thai all rcsh Is Qrass and the EioFJ thetroft y a
the lower OF the 1ield:' but here and there also,
rude country wn makes sad havoc with solemn
| thoughts, and causts smile. however unwilling
" 70 Itse. For instance, IN the chutcn9afH Al
rs ,tef I'D aner s asa sts.s.
We all died within the shost space oi one ssost
They 5l' ii be buried at wlmnlc, except,
Uere Is onc which aprarcntls included the lts!zR
- Jcnn Paiireman lies buried here.
| SenI this Place ii. mother les;
likewise hts father when be dies
| Surely the following must TO Of Hlberuiai
Here lies the body OF Nicholas Round,
Tne mex: inscription which have noted dow;
is 10 the memory Of wife;
| Here Lies mJ wife, s1d slaStefn and Shfc"s
III said regretted her, should lie too.
Ths a Lord saW ~ GOOD, ~as Topping on wood.
met net win = chssk, ana broke my neck,
And ;1sas5d,7, e desth n l9ppsd a1S Oh me-
An houest mnn.a TIC nob'est work Of God
Hero les IN honest woman
veJ tmronse one exists IN sunouzJ church
uerr LES ny beast Of nrs, wife.
In striking contrast, We dnd in Ross church
Behold an suse: dwc1t among men
III Eietgc md BANNER lie recuned.
NJ bellows too lave los: their wind,
M arcs exttuc1tshed, forge iecarcd.
And In the dust my vlce IS ia1d-
My coal is spent, my izpa ts Rones
Flnis corun1t opus
Wetkipp through the old churchTard Il Cars
brooke, Is!e Of Wight came upon the following
And pea.h the market place waere ~ men meet
pe7s xsEs A. as aa5e Se'a
should os b. e III IL sere mercaand!sst ete -,
on the sonth wall Of stsca:hem enofca s 'nl'
'qssae 1asei Ni1e 81 Major General Hamilton who
was married :; ysa5,, and never DID orc thing 70
" ne fo11oT1ag i on tombstone In saa vieso,
This 1ear u saked to the memory Of Wuhsrn
Henry shrpken, who cam TO his deth being shot
WITH Colt resolvef-one Of the Old kin1, brass
4 euIsoas ply upon wor!l. = snas sg:aP4 On
Da1rand, The wstchInateE, late OF co:nht1. Lon
nv no5a- s,rirg trnEe-uo further use tie tt7
Tnat eer1ed 10 att usf 9ofE7; my Hour Is come.
And WHO mnde-to mseassrs 1ine-fu1l Oft with
Hare fail n heneath .h, unerr.1g AanA-.ls aoae
! II aasd within this marble Tomb w1,t
The eessen Of III Almighty rsg'sa'o'-znJ 'rcrks y
VIII meet reuard-and tho IT'S TOW too late
! blood
! The Le1t Is pe1hAps more widely Known, but 20
| tas IL il U an epitaph On VI. Wiluam wright:
Here lies the body OF y. W, ........
Who never more Will trouble you, trouble yoo-
Who was 20 very pure within,
S1e broke the outward shell OF s1,
And hssched herself q ehernhim-
| y. E-0el brother nodr OF steiner st''E,
Adds 10 her bus1uess that Of soa1
The next calls forth our synpathles, there Is
| Y1rN - S4tef+6 n
I woz.as 20 curttJ spoken:
1 Poorly d,ed,
/ Poorly buried.
And 10 o1f Cried
ucw1s hari up for . ra5ne who penned this 70
the nenerr Of ne:shbor:
iaieif seroYeI tspa oye. the WY.
TIE re1t IS nishlJ complimentary 70 fashe<'s
Iere ties the ncthe. Of children 5,
Tnree are dead aad Two are alive:
Thoa,. who are dead prefefTtng rather
se sonass dos ia
epI,aph u this case , On Jonta xeo ded from
e1eeas Of u1ls-phe, and also VIII Species OF pm
! lie copied fruM tomb n Monmouth CauE1n-
The following ep.taph. many OF them quains
| and comlcA In The extreme, believe u be Sa-
lhentic, bul {w!th one exreptton> I knoW no: 10
n.bstaion. t ai Vine IN lie, We often iAEs ! dea5e
to choose the kput whefr orr mortA remains ahau
.1so ae.s1 sso soef tnea III IT,, aoms IL
@sns me- ~i rs eaoee, sappose o & The utter.
| ance q the dead hlmseI:
| Here Ht At the Chsnctl nooft
Hero hs hecau1e Tn poor.
Tne further IN. the utDIe they pay.
Hut here lie ID wazm as they.
Tue uc1t Is on Miss Partridge, "ho d1e'l IN tae
% 1nas: Shoot : partridge a The E.oath q { Ms{s ~,
Our interest ts now Awakened BY Al e1.fsosu@-
my assertion: u.-. r.s