The following lines, which were written upon the restoration of Cheltenham Churchyard, may be applied to most of such instances:
"Sleep on, ye dead!
'Tis no rude hand disturbs your resting-place;
But those who love the spot have come at length
To beautify your long-neglected homes.
How loud ye have been speaking to us all!
But the mammon and the fading pleasures
Of this busy world hath made us deaf.
* * * Forgive the past!
Henceforth flowers shall bloom upon the surface