INFANTS AND CHILDREN.

On an infant:

"Liv'd to wake each tender passion,

And delightful hopes inspire;

Died to try our resignation,

And direct our wishes higher.

Rest, sweet babe! in gentle slumbers,
Till the resurrection morn;
Then arise, to join the numbers,
That its triumphs shall adorn.
Though (thy presence so endearing)
We thy absence now deplore;
At the Saviour's bright appearing,
We shall meet to part no more.
Thus to thee, O Lord! submitting,
We the tender pledge resign,
And our mercies ne'er forgetting,
Own that all we have is thine."

On an infant :

"Thou lovely babe, Christ is thy rest,
Thy Saviour called thee to be blest.
Thou favour'd child, thy toils are o'er,
Thy soul's with Christ to part no more."

On an infant, copied from a tombstone, in the churchyard of a village in Shropshire :

"Here sweetly sleep awhile, blest babe; thy sun
In haste hath set, thy race of suffering done:
A stranger to thy great Creator's name-
Unknown to thee thy glorious Saviour's fame.
Nor faith, nor hope, nor love, nor other grace
Within thy infant bosom held their place.
No power hadst thou to shed one contrite tear,
One duteous act perform, or lisp one prayer.
But not in vain thy life! Thou hast not sown,
Yet the rich harvest reapest as thy own:
Thou hast not fought, but thou hast won the prize,
Hast never borne the cross, yet gain'd the skies.
E'en guilt was thine, as Adam's guilty race;
Yet such the Father's love-the Saviour's grace,
That Father's love hath turned thy night to day,
That Saviour's blood hath wash'd thy guilt away;
Cloth'd in his robe of righteousness divine,
Peace, pardon, life, and endless joys are thine. "

On a monument in Willesden churchyard, near the Harrow road, Middlesex. This inscription contains such natural, moral and pathetic sentiments, expressing so strong a parental affection, and at the same time such a pious resignation to the will of Heaven, under one of the most affecting of human calamities, the loss of children, that it cannot fail to be acceptable to the reader:

"WILLIAM ROBINSON, aged 2,
And

SALLY ROBINSON, aged 4,

Children of

William Robinson of the Inner Tem-
ple, London, Gt.

And Anne, his wife,

Anno Dom. 1750,

Fled from scenes of guilt and misery,
Without partaking of them;

And their bodies sleep in this monument,

United by mutual tenderness.
Their sympathizing souls, impatient
of a separation,

And eager to rejoin their kindred angels,
With a smile took leave of their
weeping parents here,

And together ascended to their im-
mortal Sire above,

To sit at his right hand,

To be cherished in his paternal bosom,
To enjoy ineffable happiness,
And part no more;

These reflections inspired by heaven,
Have taught their otherwise inconso-
lable parents to dry up their tears,
And yield a perfect resignation to the
divine will,

Insomuch that they congratulate the
dear deceased

on their timely departure,

And mourn only for the living."

on one

In the middle of the uppermost part of the tombstone is placed an urn, with a flame ascending; side whereof the boy stands, with a scroll in one hand, containing this motto, "In celo Quies" on the other, the girl with a like scroll, with this motto, "Angeli sumus" both habited like angels, with wings at their backs.-The Grand Magazine of Magazines, for 1750.

In Wortham churchyard, Suffolk, by the Rev. R. Cobbold:

"To the memory of a first grandchild, MARION EDITH COBBOLD, Jan. 15, 1851.

She liv'd a treasure dearly prized,

In Jesus' name she was baptized.
When Jesus shall to judgment come
We all shall find our heavenly home."

In the churchyard of Western-Underwood, in Bucks, the following lines are written on a gravestone, placed over the grave of JAMES and HARRIET SWANNELL, who died on the same day. James aged 7, and Harriet aged 2 years :

“I take these little lambs'—said he,
'And lay them on my breast:
Protection they shall find in me,
In me be ever blest.

Death can the bonds of life unclose
But not dissolve my love :
Millions of infant souls compose
The family above.""

On one who died Sep. 23rd, 1833, aged 22 months :"Fair flower: O, Dear, no sooner came

Thy early days in beauteous bloom,
But death did crop the tender bud,

And laid thee in the mournful tomb."

On two infants (from Montgomery's grave) :-
"The storm that sweeps the wintry sky
No more disturbs their deep repose
Than summer evening's latest sigh
That shuts the rose."

In Pancras churchyard :—

"Here innocence and beauty lie, whose breath
Was snatch'd by early, not untimely death.
Hence she did go, just as she did begin,
Sorrow to know, before she knew to sin.
Death, that does sin and sorrow thus prevent,
Is the next blessing to a life well spent."

On a child :

"Short, yet how pleasing was her visit here,
She's now remov'd to grace a nobler sphere;
Cease then frail nature to lament in vain,
Reason forbids, to wish her back again."

"On an onely and muche lamentede childe :-
Noe wonder that his moder wepte

No wonder that she sighede,
He never drewe from her eyne a tear,
Till the daie on whiche hee dyed."

In the cemetery of Pere lá Chaise, on the tomb of a child 28 months old :—

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My Father, weep

not;

mother.

Go, console my Tell her that I am soaring to the mansions of the blessed.

Comfort her in her sorrow; listen to my entreaty. In the bosom of the Lord I await you both."

How different is this from the above. fatalist lamenting the loss of his child :—

This is a

"Beloved parents, who lov'd me so dearly,
Be comforted, it was my destiny."

There is also, in the same cemetery, a low wooden railing, some three feet square, within which was placed a box, with glass doors, containing the dolls, teacups, little basket, ball, and toy-watch, of a little girl three years old. It bore the following inscription:

"She lived as long as roses live-the space of a morning."-Rambles about Paris.