POETRY, PIETY AND POLITENESS.
The following epitaph was copied from a stone in a country church-yard—
"You who stand around my grave,
And say, 'His life is gone;'
You are mistaken—pardon me—
My life is but begun."
At Loch Rausa—
Here lies Donald and his wife,
Janet MacFee:
Aged 40 hee,
And 30 shee.
On Mr. Bywater—
Here lie the remains of his relatives' pride,
Bywater he lived and by water he died;
Though by water he fell, yet by water he'll rise,
By water baptismal attaining the skies.
At Staverton, England—
Here lieth the body of Betty Bowden,
Who would live longer but she couden;
Sorrow and grief made her decay,
Till her bad leg carr'd her away.
At Penryn—