"Here lies William Curtis Our late Lord Mayor Who has left this world, And gone to that there."
In a church-yard in London, evidently written by a Cockney:
In Trinity church-yard, New York, this inscription may be read:
"Val. ---- Sidney Breese. June 9 17--. Made by himself. Ha! Sidney, Sidney Liest thou here? I lye here Till Times last Extremity."
Upon a stone, under the Grocers' Arms, is this inscription, in memory of Garrard, a tea-dealer:
"Garret some called him But that was too lye His name is Garrard Who now here doth lye Weepe not for him Since he is gone before To heaven where Grocers There are many more."
The value of phonetic spelling is set forth in this terse memorial:
"Here lies two brothers by misfortune surrounded One died of his wounds, the other was drounded."
Resignation and an eye to the main chance are combined in the following:
"Beneath this stone, in hope of Zion Doth lie the landlord of the Lion, His son keeps in the business still Resigned unto the heavenly Will."
"Beneath this stone lies our dear child Whos' gone away from we For evermore into eternity; When we do hope that we shall go to he But him can never come back to we."
"Pain was my portion Physic was my food Groans was my devotion Drugs done me no good. Christ was my physician Knew what way was best To ease me of my pain He took my soul to rest."
"To the memory of my four wives, who all died within the space of ten years, but more perteckler to the last Mrs. Sally Horne who has left me and four dear children, she was a good, _sober_ and _clean_ soul and may i soon go to her.
"Dear wives if you and i shall all go to heaven, The Lord be blest for then we shall be even.
"In her life she did her best Now I hope her soul's at rest. Also her son Tom lies at her feet He lived till he made both ends meet."
"John Mc pherson Was a wonderful person He stood 6 ft 2 without his shoe And he was slew. At Waterloo."
One John Round was lost at sea, and in the grave-yard of his native place a stone was erected with the following couplet inscribed thereon:
"Under this bed lies John Round Who was lost at sea and never found."
"Here lies John Highley whose father and mother were drownded on their passage to America. Had they lived they would have been buried here."