A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, Copied from the Monuments of Distinguished and Noted Characteres in the Ancient Church and Burial Grounds of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, Volum 3

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J. R. Smith, 1875

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Pàgina 84 - When the ear heard her, then it blessed her; and when the eye saw her, it gave witness to her : Because she delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon her, and she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Pàgina 109 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Pàgina 109 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Pàgina 168 - Farewell, dear friend — that smile, that harmless mirth No more shall gladden our domestic hearth ; That rising tear, with pain forbid to flow, Better than words, no more assuage our woe ; That hand outstretched, from small but well-earned store, Yield succour to the destitute no more.
Pàgina 158 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Pàgina 170 - The rose is fragrant, but it fades in time; The violet sweet, but quickly past the prime; White lilies hang their heads, and soon decay...
Pàgina 168 - Yet art thou not all lost ; through many an age With sterling sense and humour shall thy page Win many an English bosom, pleased to see That old and happier vein revived in thee. This for our earth : and if with friends we share Our joys in heaven, we hope to meet thee there.
Pàgina 222 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; they rest from their labours...
Pàgina 132 - Muse ! at that name thy sacred sorrows shed, Those tears eternal that embalm the dead : Call round her tomb each object of desire, Each purer frame inform'd with purer fire...
Pàgina 80 - ... prettily situated upon a rising ground, so close to the river that it washes the wall of the churchyard. I found an epitaph there the other morning, the two first lines of which being better than any thing else I saw there I made shift to remember.

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