Epitaphs: Random Listings

Thou Dearests, Best of Earth's Best Friends

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TranscriptThou dearests, best of earth's best friends,
Thou faithful heart, can it be thus,
That life, love ends?
Thou who so longed for rest and peace
Hath...

Memorial NameMary Anderson

P Sleep On In Thy Beauty

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TranscriptSleep on in thy beauty
Thou fair angel child
By sorrow unblighted;
By sin undefiled

Memorial NameLettie Jennings

Sleep On In Thy Beauty

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TranscriptSleep on in thy beauty
Thou sweet angel child

Memorial NameEveline Ruskin

And They Shall Walk With Me

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TranscriptAnd they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy

Memorial NameNellie Sincock

And As The Daylight Dieth

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TranscriptAnd as the daylight dieth
In eventide once more,
A star steals through the sunset
That never rose before

Memorial NameMary Fairweather

P I Loved Her, Oh! No Tongue Can Tell

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TranscriptI loved her, oh! No tongue can tell
How much I loved her and how well.
God loved her too, and thought it best
To take her to her heavenly rest.

Memorial NameEliza Harvy Barthoomew

Our Litte Darling

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TranscriptOur little darling has the secret solved
Why she lived and died God resolved,
Tis hard to part, but why dictate
To Him above who guides our fate?
...

Memorial NameFlorence Lawton

A Patient Sufferer

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TranscriptA patient sufferer peacefully sleeping in God's care.

Memorial NameLizzie Birrell

For Love Is Heaven

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TranscriptFor love is Heaven
And
Heaven is Love

Memorial NameEthel A C Harris

P Not All The Affection We Gave Her

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TranscriptNot all the affection we gave her,
Could save our dear loved one from pain,
But her sufferings are o'er, and in Heaven
We shall mee our dear Martha...

Memorial NameMartha Webb

Beneath This Cold And Humble Stone

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TranscriptBeneath this cold and humble stone
Lies mouldering in the dust
A man through life to virtue proud
Upright sincere and just

Memorial NameJames McInnerney

Long Days and Nights

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TranscriptLong days and nights she bore her pain
To wait for cure 'twas all in vain.
But God alone who thought it best
Did ease her pain and give her rest.

Memorial NameMary Maly

He is Gone And I Miss His Kindly Voice

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TranscriptHe is gone and I miss his kindly voice
His warm heart beats no more;
Let us in this bright hope rejoice
Not lost but gone before.

Memorial NameThomas Westcott

Remorseless Death Amongst Us Comes

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TranscriptRemorseless death amongst us comes
And bitter grief imparts
It takes the loved ones from our homes
But never from our hearts

Memorial NameMaude Reid

So He Giveth His Beloved Sleep

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TranscriptSo he giveth His beloved sleep

Memorial NameMary Ann Edson

So Soon To Part WIth HIm

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TranscriptSo soon to part with him,
But God knows best
Why he has taken out
Darling to rest
He saw a place for him
In his fair bower
So fondly tenderly
...

Memorial NameFranz Bevilaqua