File:Historical sketch of Copp's Hill burying ground, with inscriptions and quaint epitaphs (1921) (14593828300).jpg

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Title: Historical sketch of Copp's Hill burying ground, with inscriptions and quaint epitaphs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Norton, John
Subjects: Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.) Epitaphs
Publisher: (Boston)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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iving oft may buy a name.But virtue only swells posthumous fame. The following lines are carved on an old foot-stone, withoutname or date, probably erected about 1700: What is t fond mortal yt thou wouldst obtainBy spining out a painful life of cares; Thou Hvest to act thy childhood ore again. And nought intends but grief and seeing years,- Who leaves this world like me just in my prime Speeds all my business in a litel time. Mrs. Eliza Meria Revere, died 1804, aged 28: Death with his dart has pierced my heart. When I was in my prime;When this you fte grieve not for me, Twas Gods appointed time. Capt. Rbert Newman, died i8o6,aged 51: Though, Neptunes waves and boreass blasts Have tost me to and fro:Now well escapd from all their rage,Im anchord here below,Safely I ride in triumph here, With many of our fleet,Till signals call to weigh again, Our admiral Christ to meetO may all those Ive left behind Be washd in Jesuss blood,And when they leave the world of sin Be ever with the Lord. 20
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THE ISAAC DUPEE MONUMENT. (See page 16.) Elizabeth Kenney, Sept. lo, 1807,-^^-42. In the cold mansions of the silent tomb,How still the solitude, how deep the gloom.Here sleeps the duft, unconscious close confindBut far, far distant dwells the immortal mind. Miss Elizabeth Furber, died May 10, 1790, aged 41: Christ the Redeemer is my Delivererfrom chains, & the Power of DeathJesus, amid the conflagration will ^ineforth, as a Conqueror for me, over SinDestruction & the King of Terors. Miss EUsy Gardner, died Nov. 17, 1800, aged 5 yrs., 9 mos. Sleep on /weet babe and take thy reft,To call the home God saw it be/t Mrs. Hannah Giles, died Aug. 12, 1805, aged 26: Surviving friends dry up the falling tearA little while our Saviour will appear;Prepare to meet with joy at Christs right hand,Where free from /in each /aint will perfect ftand. Eliza Starr, died June 8, 1800,—6 yrs. 3 mos. Nor Youth nor Innocence could /ave,Eliza from the in/atiable Grave!But cease our Tears; no longer

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