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333. From Silkstone Churchyard:—

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John Taylor, of Silkston, potter, died July 14 , 1815, aged 72; Hannah
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his wife, died August 13 , 1815, aged 68:

Out of the clay they got their bread;
Themselves of clay (or dust) were made;
To clay returned, they now lie dead;
In churchyard clay all must be laid.
His wife to live without him tried,
Hard found the task, fell sick and died;
And now in peace their bodies lie,
Until the dead be called on high,
New moulded for their home—the sky.

334. From Edinburgh:—

Here lies John and his Wife
Janet Mcfee:
40 hee—30 shee.

335. On Thomas Day:—

Here lies Tommy Day,
Removed from over the way.

336. From Lambeth Churchyard, Surrey:—

On Mary, the wife of William Cubett,
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who died February 2 , 1785, aged 51.

She was, but words are wanting to say what—
Think what a wife should be, and she was that.

(See Nos. 4, 189, 196, 292, and 329.)