Some Early Epitaphs in Georgia |
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Archibald Bulloch AUGUST BELOVED BERRIEN BLESSED BORN BRICK FOUNDATION BRICK VAULT CATHERINE CHRISTIAN CITY Colonial Cemetery CONSORT COUNTY DAUGHTER DAYS DEAD DEATH DECEMBER DENNIS WILSON DIED IN SAVANNAH DIED JULY DIED NOV DIED OCT DIED SEPT EAST WALL Edward Telfair ELIZA ELIZABETH FASTENED ON EAST FLAT SLAB FLYMING FRIEND GEORGE Georgia GRAVE HEAD STONE HEADSTONE FASTENED HEAVEN I. H. S. SACRED INSCRIPTION IRELAND JAMES SCREVEN JANE John Milledge JONES JOSEPH JOSIAH TATTNALL LACHLAN MCINTOSH LARGE MARBLE SLAB LARGE WHITE MARBLE LIBERTY COUNTY LOVE MARCH MARGARET MCINTOSH MEMORY OF JAMES MEMORY OF JOHN MEMORY OF MARY MEMORY OF WILLIAM MONTHS MONUMENT MOTHER NATIVE NOVEMBER Oglethorpe OSGOOD REST ROBERT SAMUEL SANDSTONE HEADSTONE SARAH SECTION D SECTION H SHEFTALL SINCERE SLAB FASTENED SLAB ON GROUND SMALL MARBLE HEADSTONE SOUTH CAROLINA STONE IS ERECTED TOMB UPRIGHT HEADSTONE UPRIGHT SLAB Vernonburg VIRTUES WEEPING WHITE MARBLE SLAB WIFE William Washington Gordon WINN
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Page 229 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 54 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 165 - But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 271 - Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 122 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 323 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 229 - How bright the unchanging morn appears ! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, How blest the righteous when he dies ! 779 L.
Page 103 - Why should we grovel here on earth ? Why grasp at transitory toys, So near to heaven's eternal joys ? 3. Shall aught beguile us on the road, When we are walking back to God? For strangers into life we come, And dying is but going home.
Page 409 - When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone ; Like those of old, on that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright ; And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward,
Page 358 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.