Tombs of the Dundee Howff.

 

Poetry and Verse

Some  poetry and verse, which can be read mainly on the rear of some monuments.

 

 

"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."