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Article A VISIT TO ASHOVER CHURCHYARD. ← Page 3 of 3
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A Visit To Ashover Churchyard.
Then there are those again who , having nothing particular to say of themselves , ancl who do not desire to be conspicuous by their silence , mildly apostrophize the tomb as : — " Unveil thy bosom , faithful friend , Take this now treasure to thy trust , And give those sacred relics room Awhile to slumber in the dust . "
We now turn with pleasure to those of a more invigorating nature , and with more of a pronounced orig inality to recommend them . Here is a pretty thought prettily expressed : — - "This lovely bud , so young and fair , Called hence by early doom , Just came to show how sweet a flower
In Paradise would bloom . " There is also a pretty poetical idea in the following , although its estimate of life must be considered rather unhealthy : — "Death like an overflowing stream Sweeps us away . Our life's a dream ,
An ' empty tale , a morning flower , Cut down and'withered in an hour . " . ' . Surely originality cannot be claimed for the next : — ' •' Afflictions sore long time I bore , Physicians w-as in vain , Till God did please for Death to seize And ease me of my pain . "
And it is doubtful whether the same remark may not . apply here also . There is considerable power and stateliness in the measure to make it attractive : — " Death , steady tyrant , deaf to every cry , Marks out his jurney , and bids tho javlin fly ; 0 could our tears dissolve the bands of death , Whole floods should trickle till our latest breath ; Could sihs reanimate the lifeless clay
g , Iu gales of sighs our souls should waft away . " He was a very sensible man who wrote this : — ' "No verse of praise write on my tomb , Since there ' s a judgment yet to come ; Leave all to God , who justly knoivs , And more than we deserve bestows . "
The gem of the collection is the following . It [ requires no word-painting— : n its shrewd suggestiveness it is inimitable : — "This tablet is hero placed in remembrance of John Milnos
, a man of business and in all cases an advocate for a plan . He was born and lived at the Butts where he died a Bachelor , Juno 2 Sth , 1838 , aged 7 S . N . B , — 'Twas said he was an hones ' : man . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Visit To Ashover Churchyard.
Then there are those again who , having nothing particular to say of themselves , ancl who do not desire to be conspicuous by their silence , mildly apostrophize the tomb as : — " Unveil thy bosom , faithful friend , Take this now treasure to thy trust , And give those sacred relics room Awhile to slumber in the dust . "
We now turn with pleasure to those of a more invigorating nature , and with more of a pronounced orig inality to recommend them . Here is a pretty thought prettily expressed : — - "This lovely bud , so young and fair , Called hence by early doom , Just came to show how sweet a flower
In Paradise would bloom . " There is also a pretty poetical idea in the following , although its estimate of life must be considered rather unhealthy : — "Death like an overflowing stream Sweeps us away . Our life's a dream ,
An ' empty tale , a morning flower , Cut down and'withered in an hour . " . ' . Surely originality cannot be claimed for the next : — ' •' Afflictions sore long time I bore , Physicians w-as in vain , Till God did please for Death to seize And ease me of my pain . "
And it is doubtful whether the same remark may not . apply here also . There is considerable power and stateliness in the measure to make it attractive : — " Death , steady tyrant , deaf to every cry , Marks out his jurney , and bids tho javlin fly ; 0 could our tears dissolve the bands of death , Whole floods should trickle till our latest breath ; Could sihs reanimate the lifeless clay
g , Iu gales of sighs our souls should waft away . " He was a very sensible man who wrote this : — ' "No verse of praise write on my tomb , Since there ' s a judgment yet to come ; Leave all to God , who justly knoivs , And more than we deserve bestows . "
The gem of the collection is the following . It [ requires no word-painting— : n its shrewd suggestiveness it is inimitable : — "This tablet is hero placed in remembrance of John Milnos
, a man of business and in all cases an advocate for a plan . He was born and lived at the Butts where he died a Bachelor , Juno 2 Sth , 1838 , aged 7 S . N . B , — 'Twas said he was an hones ' : man . "