Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire grenadier,
Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer;
Soldiers beware, from his untimely fall,
And, when your’e hot, drink strong, or none at all.
“Severely afflicted—, yet, when most depressed,
Resigned, he endured it as all for the best,
Praised God for his goodness, both present and past;
He yielded his spirit in peace at the last.“Let friend forbear to mourn and weep,
While in the dust I sweetly sleep;
This frailsome world I left behind,
A crown of glory for to find.“While in this world I did remain,
My latter days was grief and pain;
But, when the Lord He thought it best,
He took me into a place of rest.”
FRESHWATER.
Joseph Robins, Jany. 21, 1811.
The blustering Winds and raging sea
Have tossed me to and fro
Tho’ some have found their watery Grave,
I am Anchored here below;
Thus, at an Anchor safe I lie,
With the surrounding Fleet,
And hope one day we shall set sail,
Our Saviour Christ to meet;
My change I hope is for the best,—
To live with Christ and be at rest.
MONKS SHERBORN.
William Cullum, d. 1841, aged 20.
Weep not for me, my tender parents dear,
Taken from your care in early years;
Oh! grieve not, the LORD’S will be done,—
Your dutiful and affectionate son.
BINSTED.
On Hannah, wife of Jeremiah Soffe, died 1832.