As companions to this I present a pair of dwarf stones with full-relief heads of seraphs and cherubs—an agreeable change—from the same county.
FIG. 55.—AT RIPLEY.
"To Sarah wife of Henry Bower, died 1741.
To Henry Bower, died March 23rd, 1758."
The Rector of the parish passed as I was sketching these interesting objects, and was surprised to find that he had anything so unusual in his churchyard.
CHAPTER IV.
PROFESSIONAL GRAVESTONES.
It is more than likely that somewhere will be found a pictorial accompaniment to the verse which has been often used as an epitaph for a village blacksmith. I have met with the lines in two or three versions, of which the following, copied in the churchyard at Aberystwith, appears to be the most complete: