But ceas fond nature dry thy tears
Religion pints on high
And ever lasting spring appears
And joys that never die.
Here lyes buried ye body of Mr. Thomas Little Practitioner in Physick & Chyrurgery Aged 58 years Decd Decemr ye 22 1712
As we turn thence westerly we pass these inscriptions:—
Erected to the memory of Mrs. MEHITABEL, wife of Capt. Thos. Atwood, who died Jan. 11, 1809, In the 58 year of her age. In early life her feeble constitution gave painful premonition of her early exit. She however unexpectedly passed the meridian of life, discharging in a very laudable manner, filial parental & conjugal duties. At length the seeds of death were planted in her vitals—she sickened, languished & expired in hopes of a blessed immortality.
Short is our longest day of life,
And soon its prospect ends