"Lie long on him, good Earth—
For he lied long, God knows, on Thee!"
This is ridiculous in manner of quoting from the Sacred Writings; and adding, without proper pause, the death of another person:—
"He swallowed up death in victory
And also Jerusha Jones
Aged sixty!"
Here follow references to the Superstitious horrors:—
"Whilst sinners [kri-mi] burn in hell,
In paradise, with Thee, I dwell!"
Another:—
"When the last trump doth sound,
No more shall I be bound
Within the earth;
My soul shall soar above,
To shout redeeming love,
Which gave me heavenly birth!"
This I fear will be scarcely intelligible. The last trump refers to a statement in the Sacred Writings, where it is said that a great Trumpet shall awake the dead, and so on. Probably, the remainder may be guessed by attentive readers of these Observations.
The next intimates that the couple had been quarrel-some, but had, at last, silenced their bickerings in a common grave:
"Here lies Tom Bobbin,
And his wife Mary—
Cheek by jowl,
And never weary—
No wonder they so well agree:
Tim wants no punch,
And Moll no tea!"