Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious EpitaphsNorfolk, Horatio Edward
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Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs
Norfolk, Horatio Edward
Epitaphs; Epitaphs -- Great Britain
Denbighshire.
WREXHAM.
Here lies a Church-warden,
A choice flower in that garden,
Joseph Critchley by name,
Who lived in good fame
Being gone to rest,
Without doubt he is blest.
Montgomeryshire.
MONTGOMERY.
All you that come our grave to see
A moment pause and think,
How we are in eternity
And you are on the brink.
BERRIEW.
Farewell, my dear and loving wife,
Partner of the cares of life,
And you my children now adieu,
Since I no more can come to you.
GUILDSFIELD.
Beneath this yew tree
Buried would he be,
Because his father, he,
Planted this yew tree.
Pembrokeshire.
LLANVAIR.
Who Ever hear on Sonday,
Will practis playing at Ball,
It may be be Fore Munday
The devil Will Have you All.
Radnorshire.
RADNOR.
In health and strength unthinking of my fate,
Death like a thief knock’d at my Bolted gate,
I hasted down to know the reason why
That noise was made, Death Quickly did Reply,
For thee I Call, thy Soul is now Requir’d,
I trembling gaz’d and Instantly Expir’d.
Scotland.
Ayrshire.
MUIRKIRK.
Inscription.
Here lies John Smith
who was shot by Col.
Buchan and the laird
of Lee. Feb. 1685.
For his adherence to the
word of God and Scot
land’s covenanted w-
ork of reformation,
Rev. 12, ii. Erected in the
year 1731.
* * * * *
Epitaph.
When proud apostates
did abjure Scotland’s
reformation pure And
fill’d this land with perj
ury and all sorts of In-
iquity Such as would not
with them comply They pe
rsecute with hue and
cry. I in the flight
was overtane And fo
r the truth by them
was slain.
Caithnessshire.
HALKIRK.
Sir Jno. Graham.
Here lies Sir John the Grame both right and wise,
One of the chiefs rescued Scotland thrice,
An better knight ne’re to the world was lent
Than was good Grame of truth and hardiment.
Dumfriesshire.
HODDAM.
Here lyes a man, who all his mortal life
Past mending clocks but could not mend hys wyfe.
The ‘larum of his bell was ne’er sae shrill
As was her tongue, aye clacking like a mill.
But now he’s gane—oh, whither? nane can tell—
I hope beyond the sound o’ Mally’s bell.
* * * * *
Here lies John Speir
Dumfreise—Pipier,
Young John?—Fy Fy.
Old John?—Ay Ay.
Edinburghshire.
EDINBURGH.
Here lie I, Martin Eldinbrode,
Ha’ mercy on my soul, Loord Gode;
As I would do, were I Lord Gode,
And thou wert Martin Eldinbrode.
* * * * *
John McPherson
Was a wonderful person,
He was six feet two
Without his shoe,
And he was slew
At Waterloo.
* * * * *
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