A general volume of epitaphs, original and selected, and an historical and moral essay on the subject, by a clergyman [B. Richings]. |
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... mortal remains of Joan , daughter of King John , and consort of Llewelyn , Prince of North Wales , who died A. D. 1237. Prince Llewelyn caused a monastery to be erected over the spot " Where England's royal daughter chose to rest ...
... mortal remains of Joan , daughter of King John , and consort of Llewelyn , Prince of North Wales , who died A. D. 1237. Prince Llewelyn caused a monastery to be erected over the spot " Where England's royal daughter chose to rest ...
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... mortal eye , The dear remains of those we've lost , In shrouded stillness lie . There , unobserved I like to stand , And think on those below ; There find a solace to my grief , Though silent tears will flow . " Nothing can be more ...
... mortal eye , The dear remains of those we've lost , In shrouded stillness lie . There , unobserved I like to stand , And think on those below ; There find a solace to my grief , Though silent tears will flow . " Nothing can be more ...
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... mortal dust lies here below ; But in yon world above , for ever dwell The souls redeemed from everlasting woe . 9 . Be wise , nor make Heaven's highest blessing , vengeance ; O ! be wise , Nor make a curse of immortality . 10 . Here now ...
... mortal dust lies here below ; But in yon world above , for ever dwell The souls redeemed from everlasting woe . 9 . Be wise , nor make Heaven's highest blessing , vengeance ; O ! be wise , Nor make a curse of immortality . 10 . Here now ...
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... mortal man , behold thy doom , And now learn wisdom from the tomb ; Darkness and silence here impart , A lesson which should reach thy heart ; " That in the dust thou soon must rest , And none but saints with Christ are blest . " 17 ...
... mortal man , behold thy doom , And now learn wisdom from the tomb ; Darkness and silence here impart , A lesson which should reach thy heart ; " That in the dust thou soon must rest , And none but saints with Christ are blest . " 17 ...
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... mortal , and immortal man . " 28 . While sinks the day , and shadows gather round , Muse , pensive stranger , on this hallowed ground ; Survey these graves , and e'er thou take thy rest , Seek Christ , in whom alone thou canst be blest ...
... mortal , and immortal man . " 28 . While sinks the day , and shadows gather round , Muse , pensive stranger , on this hallowed ground ; Survey these graves , and e'er thou take thy rest , Seek Christ , in whom alone thou canst be blest ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abner blessed blest bliss breath burial buried called Canaan cave of Machpelah cheer child chre Christ Christian Church Church of England churchyard city of David coffins dark dead death died divine dust early doom earth earthly Egypt Ephrath epitaphs eternal fade faith fathers fear feelings flower friends funeral glory goeth grace grief hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron holy hope hour inscriptions Israel Jesus Jews John xix King laid lament life's live look Lord memory mercy mighty to save mortal mourn never Patriarch peace pious praise pray prayer Psalm purgatory realms reign Rephidim rest saints Saviour Saviour's love seek sepulchres shalt sigh sinner skies sleep slumbers soon sorrow spirit stay stone sweet tears TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE thee thine things thou art thought tomb tree trod truth unto voice weep whilst wisdom wise youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 81 - As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream: Upward, Lord, our spirits raise, All below is but a dream.
Seite xiv - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Seite xxviii - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Seite 151 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Seite viii - And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Seite liv - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 19 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Seite 147 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Seite 157 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Seite xxxv - ... bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.