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Beneath this stone I do intrust
Are the remnants of her worthy dust:
Farewell awhile, ye silent tomb,
Until your husband calls for room.

225. On a Painter:—

Here lies a finished artist.

226. On Mr. Miles. From Webley Churchyard, Yorkshire:—

This tombstone is a Milestone;
Hah! how so?
Because beneath lies Miles, who’s
Miles below.

227. From Selby Churchyard, Yorkshire:—

Here lies the body of poor Frank Rowe,
Parish clerk and gravestone cutter,
And this is writ to let you know
What Frank for others used to do
Is now for Frank done by another.

228. On a Sailor:—

I am grounded.

229. From Bruton Church:—

Here lies a man by all good men esteemed,
Because they proved him really what he seemed.

230. Anonymous:—

Reader, pass on, ne’er waste your time
On bad biography and bitter rhyme;