"The grave disolves each social tye,
And tells us too that we must die,
And then corruption see,
Happy they are whose hopes do rise,
High as the honours of the skies,
Where joys immortal be"
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"Weep not husband and nor infant dear,
Altho alone Im sleeping here,
Weep not the now my grave you see,
Prepare yourselves to follow me,
My time has come, my glass has run,
The will of God, it must be done"
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"To serve the nation he crossed the ocean
Exposed to storms and snow.
By the decree at the most high
He harbours here below
And here he lies at anchor sure
At his repose to sweet
Waiting the call, All hands make sail
Our Admiral Christ to meet."
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"The Child of youth, the man of years
Here Undistinguished lie.
We plainly see, by Heavens Decree
That every age Must Die."
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"Stop, Passenger, for here doth lye
Three pleasant jewels of sweet infancie
Three harmless babs that only came & cryed
In baptism to be washed from sin, & dyed."
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"How sound is thy slumber,
Like the dew on the mountain
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain
Thou art gone and forever."
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