From Nettlebed church-yard, Oxfordshire-
Here lies father, and mother, and sister, and I, We all died within the s.p.a.ce of one short year; They all be buried at Wimble, except I, And I be buried here.
At Wolstanton-
Mrs. Ann Jennings.
Some have children, some have none: Here lies the mother of twenty-one.
In Norwich Cathedral-
Here lies the body of honest Tom Page, Who died in the thirty-third year of his age.
At Torrington church-yard, Devon, England-
She was-but words are wanting to say what: Think what a woman should be-she was that.
In the church-yard of Pewsey, Wiltshire-
Here lies the body of Lady O'Looney, great-niece of Burke, commonly called the Sublime. She was bland, pa.s.sionate and deeply religious; also she painted in water-colors, and sent several pictures to the exhibition. She was first cousin to Lady Jones; and of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Shields (the Irish orator)-
Here lie I at reckon, and my spirit at aise is, With the tip of my nose, and the ends of my toes, Turned up 'gainst the roots of the daisies.
In Doncaster church-yard, 1816-
Here lies 2 brothers by misfortin serounded, One dy'd of his wounds & the other was drownded.
On the monument of John of Doncaster-
What I gave, I have; What I spent, I had; What I saved, I lost.
In a New England grave-yard-
Here lies John Auricular, Who in the ways of the Lord walked perpendicular.
Sternhold Oakes-
Here lies the body of Sternhold Oakes, Who lived and died like other folks.
On a tombstone in New Jersey-
Reader, pa.s.s on! don't waste your time On bad biography and bitter rhyme; For what I _am_, this crumbling clay insures, And what I _was_, is no affair of yours!
In East Hartford, Connecticut-
Hark! she bids all her friends adieu; An angel calls her to the spheres; Our eyes the radiant saint pursue Through liquid telescopes of tears.
In Newington church-yard-
Through Christ, I am not inferior To William the Conqueror.
In Bideford church-yard, Kent-
The wedding-day appointed was, And wedding-clothes provided, But ere the day did come, alas!
He sickened, and he die did.
Rebecca Rogers, Folkestone, 1688-
A house she hath, 'tis made of such good fashion, The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation; Nor will her landlord ever raise her rent, Or turn her out of doors for non-payment.
From chimney-tax this cell's forever free- To such a house who would not tenant be?
At Augusta, Maine-
-After life's _scarlet fever_, I sleep well.
John Mound-
Here lies the body of John Mound, Lost at sea and never found.
POETRY, PIETY AND POLITENESS.
The following epitaph was copied from a stone in a country church-yard-
"You who stand around my grave, And say, 'His life is gone;'
You are mistaken-_pardon me_- My life is but begun."
At Loch Rausa-
Here lies Donald and his wife, Janet MacFee: Aged 40 hee, And 30 shee.
On Mr. Bywater-
Here lie the remains of his relatives' pride, Bywater he lived and by water he died; Though by water he fell, yet by water he'll rise, By water baptismal attaining the skies.
At Staverton, England-
Here lieth the body of Betty Bowden, Who would live longer but she couden; Sorrow and grief made her decay, Till her bad leg carr'd her away.
At Penryn-
Here lies William Smith; and, what is somewhat rarish, He was born, bred and hanged in this here parish.
From St. Agnes', London-
Qu an tris di c vul stra Os guis ti ro um nere vit.
H san Chris mi t mu la.
In Linton church-yard, 1825-