Here lies the body of Sternhold Oakes,
Who lived and died like other folks.
That was satisfactory, and the old gentleman claimed the prize, which, as he had the paying of it, was of course allowed.
MORALIZING AND ADMONITORY.
AT KENNEBUNK, MAINE.
Rev. Daniel Little, 1801.
Memento mori! preached his ardent youth,
Memento mori! spoke maturer years;
Memento mori! sighed his latest breath,
Memento mori! now this stone declares.