After a life well spent he’s now at rest,
His very name and memory is blest.
The stone of Nathaniel Morton, which we see a little way beyond, is chiefly interesting from its figure of a man rising from the tomb, emblematic of the resurrection.
Let us take a turn on this part of the hill where we are now standing, and note some of the quaint epitaphs. Beginning with a low, moss-covered stone just across the path from the Russell boulder, we find the following worthy of our attention:—
To the memory of
Mr John Rider who
Dec March the 11
1756 aged 47
years Wanting
4 days.
In memory of William Drew Tufts Son of Jona & Priscilla Tufts, Born Nov. 9 1791 Died at the Island of Cuba March 29 1811 aged Nineteen years.
Green as the bay tree, ever green,
With its new foliage on,
The young, the healthful have I seen,