Epitaphs, collected by H. L. S. and L. S. M., arranged and ed. by G. B. Chaloner1869 |
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... STONES . By J. Gibbs . 4to , cloth , 21s . HEADSTONES , MONUMENTS , TOMBS , and Orna- mental Stone and Iron Work , Vol . 1 , containing from 70 to 80 designs , complete and bound . By D. A. Clarkson , Architect . £ 2 2s . CHRISTIAN ...
... STONES . By J. Gibbs . 4to , cloth , 21s . HEADSTONES , MONUMENTS , TOMBS , and Orna- mental Stone and Iron Work , Vol . 1 , containing from 70 to 80 designs , complete and bound . By D. A. Clarkson , Architect . £ 2 2s . CHRISTIAN ...
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... stones enclose . MOST amiable she was of human kind , Of lovely form , and most angelic mind ; Though snatch'd from earth in beauty's early bloom , Her bright example still survives the tomb . EE from the earth the faded lily rise ; It ...
... stones enclose . MOST amiable she was of human kind , Of lovely form , and most angelic mind ; Though snatch'd from earth in beauty's early bloom , Her bright example still survives the tomb . EE from the earth the faded lily rise ; It ...
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... stone , and learn how frail you are . Here lies a maid , once fair as well as you , Young though she was , yet old in goodness too ; Hence learn , no youth can stop the hand of death , Nor virtue's self recall the fleeting breath . HEN ...
... stone , and learn how frail you are . Here lies a maid , once fair as well as you , Young though she was , yet old in goodness too ; Hence learn , no youth can stop the hand of death , Nor virtue's self recall the fleeting breath . HEN ...
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... stone I bend , Which covers all that was a friend , And from her hand , her voice , her smile Divided for a little while , My Saviour marks the tears I shed , For " Jesus wept " o'er Lazarus dead . ER soul in heaven enjoys eternal life ...
... stone I bend , Which covers all that was a friend , And from her hand , her voice , her smile Divided for a little while , My Saviour marks the tears I shed , For " Jesus wept " o'er Lazarus dead . ER soul in heaven enjoys eternal life ...
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... stone proclaims only where he doth lie . F gentlest manners , ever formed to please , The mildest temper ever blest with ease ; An humble mind , a meek and generous heart , Good without show , and lovely without art ; If beauty asks and ...
... stone proclaims only where he doth lie . F gentlest manners , ever formed to please , The mildest temper ever blest with ease ; An humble mind , a meek and generous heart , Good without show , and lovely without art ; If beauty asks and ...
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Epitaphs, Collected by H. L. S. and L. S. M., Arranged and Ed. by G. B. Chaloner Epitaphs Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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angels arms beauty beloved beneath blessed blest bliss body breast breath bright calm Christ cold crown dark dead dear death died doth dust dwell dying early earth Epitaphs eternal face fair faith fall Father fear feel flower gain gave give given glorious glory gone grace grave grief hand happy hast hath heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour immortal Jesus Lamb land leave lies life's light live Lord lost meet MONTGOMERY MONUMENTS mortal mourn never o'er once pain parents passed peace praise raise resign rest rise saints Saviour short sleep smile soon sorrow soul spirit stand stone sweet tear thee thine thou throne tomb trust unto virtue voice weary weep youth
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Página 143 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Página 47 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Página 8 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay, The Reaper said, and smiled : Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.
Página 103 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread ; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
Página 117 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting ? The Universal Prayer FATHER of all!
Página 78 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Página 123 - O what are all my sufferings here, If, Lord, thou count me meet With that enraptured host to appear, And worship at thy feet ! Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, Take life or friends away. But let me find them all again In that eternal day.
Página 192 - The Soul, of origin divine, GOD'S glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day. " The SUN is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The SOUL, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE.
Página 90 - I have fought my way through ; I have finished the work Thou didst give me to do ;" O, that each from his Lord may receive the glad word, "Well and faithfully done; Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne.
Página 195 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.