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Identifier: historicalsketch1921nort (find matches)
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
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s dry up your tearsI mu^t lie here till Chrift appears. Mrs. Ann Clough, died April 2, 1772, aged 52: My Parent gone, Great Heaven, oh tell me whereWhere may I drop my unaffected Tear.In filial Gratitude where may I weepIn grateful Silence lull my Soul to ^eepMay I awake in Heaven and find her thereWhere endle/s Rapture quell each rising Care. Timothy Gay, d. in 1799, aged 36: He was diligent in business, faithful to his friends, and affectionate to his family. Life little Stage is a small Eminence, Inch high the Grave above; that Home of Man, Where dwells the Multitude: We gaze around; We read their Monuments; We sigh; and while We sigh, we sink, and are what we deplord. Mrs. Abigail Cogswell, died Jan. 19, 1782, aged 43; To those who for their loss are grievdThis Consolations given.Theyre from a world of woe relievdWe trust theyre now in heaven. Mr. Isaac Cole, died Oct. 20, 1801, aged 9 mos.: Sleep on sweet babe & take your rest,God calld you home, he thought it best 24 ^^T^i-;
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pa Mrs. Sarah Collins, died March 29, 1771, aged 62: Be ye also Ready for youKnow not the Day nor hour. Mrs. Johanna Connor, died Dec. 29, 1799, aged 45: Go home my friends, dry up your TearsI muft lie here till Chri/t appears. Mr. John Lambard Cooper, died Nov. 17, 1805, aged 60: Here rests the dead, from pain & sorrow free;Hes gone to Heaven, we trust, O God to thee;His bright examples, may we make our ownSo far in Chrift, as he himself was known. Mr. Elijah Corlew, died May 25, 1804, aged 31 yrs.: Lo! soft remembrance drops a piteous tearAnd holy friendship stands a mourner here. Levi Cutler, died Jan. 7, 1821, aged 6 mos., 6 days: Altho death so soon has laid his frameTo moulder here beneath the sodThe little spark of heavenly flameNow dwells in paradise with God. Mrs. Eliza Davis, died Feb. 14, 1806, aged 24: Shes gone from pain & sorrow freeTo rest to all eternity. Isaac Howard Davis, died May 8, 1807, aged 20 mos., 28 days: Sleep sleep sweet Babe Deaths done no harmChri

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