A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions: On the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and CountriesSimpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1857 - 517 էջ |
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... Christ , lies under this marble , In the year seven hundred and ninety - four , Which words the muse does not permit to include the number in metre . O Pius King , whom the Virgin bore , Altho ' she is here turning into ashes , May her ...
... Christ , lies under this marble , In the year seven hundred and ninety - four , Which words the muse does not permit to include the number in metre . O Pius King , whom the Virgin bore , Altho ' she is here turning into ashes , May her ...
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... Christ , to inherit the joys of eternity . May this reminiscence of him prove a consolation to his family and friends ; and this tablet to his memory , a proof ( if such were needed ) that the man who sacrifices private interest to the ...
... Christ , to inherit the joys of eternity . May this reminiscence of him prove a consolation to his family and friends ; and this tablet to his memory , a proof ( if such were needed ) that the man who sacrifices private interest to the ...
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... Christ , without Christ all his gains but losse , For him and his love with merrie cheere , To the holy land his last course he did steer . Faith served for sails , the sacred word card , Hope was his Anchor , Glorie his reward , And ...
... Christ , without Christ all his gains but losse , For him and his love with merrie cheere , To the holy land his last course he did steer . Faith served for sails , the sacred word card , Hope was his Anchor , Glorie his reward , And ...
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... Of Jesus Christ . His end was perfect peace . " In St. Paul's is a monument to SIR ANDREW HAY . It depicts the brave officer in the arms of Valour , a sentinel is seen in an attitude of grief , and 71 ARMY & NAVY OFFICERS .
... Of Jesus Christ . His end was perfect peace . " In St. Paul's is a monument to SIR ANDREW HAY . It depicts the brave officer in the arms of Valour , a sentinel is seen in an attitude of grief , and 71 ARMY & NAVY OFFICERS .
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... Christ by faith dispels each wavering fear , And safe secures the Anchor of our Souls . " On a Sailor : - : - " Here goes honest BEN to the sharks soon a prey , Who liv'd like a sailor , good - natured and gay , His rigging well fitted ...
... Christ by faith dispels each wavering fear , And safe secures the Anchor of our Souls . " On a Sailor : - : - " Here goes honest BEN to the sharks soon a prey , Who liv'd like a sailor , good - natured and gay , His rigging well fitted ...
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Էջ 322 - Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more In a new and more beautiful edition Corrected and amended, by The Author.
Էջ 248 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.
Էջ 258 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Էջ 311 - The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark! No! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from death!
Էջ xv - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Էջ 461 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Էջ 255 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Էջ 134 - E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, — Tell them...
Էջ 251 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Էջ 385 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.