In all things faithful, everywhere a friend;
Herself forgot, she toiled with generous zeal,
And knew no interest but her master's weal.
'Midst the rude storms that shook his ev'ning day,
No wealth could bribe her, and no power dismay;
Her patrons' love she dwelt on e'en in death,
And dying, blest them with her latest breath.
She departed this life June 19, 1797. Aged 50 years.
Farewell, thou best of servants—may the tear
That sorrow trickled o'er thy parting bier,