Alas! no more I could survive,
For I is dead and not alive;
And thou and time no longer shalt survive,
But be as dead as any man alive.
Hertfordshire.
AMWELL.
That which a Being was—what is it? Show
That Being which it was, it is not now;
To be what ’tis, is not to be, you see,—
That which now is not, shall a Being be.
ST. ALBANS.
Hic jacet Tom Shorthose,—
Sine tomba, sine sheet, sine riches;
Quid vixit,—sine gowne,
Sine cloake, sine shirt, sine breeches.
The Dame, who lies interred within this tomb,
Had Rachel’s charms, and Leah’s fruitful womb,
Ruth’s filial love, and Lydia’s faithful heart,
Martha’s just care, and Mary’s better part.
A comparison of the virtues of the deceased and those of Scripture characters is found on a monument of Sir Charles Cæsar at Bennington, Herts:—
| Nathaniel | Daniel | Jonathan | Uzzita | Josephus |
| Simplicitate | Toro | Pectore | Prole | Thoro |
Beneath this stone, where now your eye you fix,
Ann Harris lies, who died in sixty-six;
John Harris after her his exit made
In eighty-two, and now is with her laid.