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Epitaphs.
Till Christ my Redeemer,
Who knows what is best;
To ease me of my pain,
Has taken me to my rest.
Who knows what is best;
To ease me of my pain,
Has taken me to my rest.
In Fetteresso Churchyard.
Our life is short, and 'tis
Full of sorrow,
We're here to-day and straight
Are gone to-morrow.
Full of sorrow,
We're here to-day and straight
Are gone to-morrow.
In Cowie Churchyard.
Here lies the man, for aught we know,
That lived and died without a foe,
Now mouldering here, beneath that clod—
"An honest man's the noblest work of God.
That lived and died without a foe,
Now mouldering here, beneath that clod—
"An honest man's the noblest work of God.
In Cowie Churchyard.
This little spot is all our lot,
And all that kings acquire;
Our homes above, a gift of love—
Oh, reader! there aspire.
And all that kings acquire;
Our homes above, a gift of love—
Oh, reader! there aspire.
On an Infant.
Here lies a spotless child—profane our smile,
For him—but for yourself let sorrow flow,
For had he lived he might have been as vile,
He might have been as profligate as you.
For him—but for yourself let sorrow flow,
For had he lived he might have been as vile,
He might have been as profligate as you.
In Selby Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Here lies the body of poor Frank Rowe,
Parish clerk and gravestone cutter;
And this is writ to let you know,
What Frank for others used to do
Is now for Frank done by another.
Parish clerk and gravestone cutter;
And this is writ to let you know,
What Frank for others used to do
Is now for Frank done by another.
