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قراءة كتاب Funny Epitaphs
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اللغة: English
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Poor Martha Snell, she's gone away,
She would if she could, but she could not stay;
She'd two bad legs, and a baddish cough,
But her legs it was that carried her off.
She would if she could, but she could not stay;
She'd two bad legs, and a baddish cough,
But her legs it was that carried her off.
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Here lies my wife, poor Molly, let her lie,
She finds repose at last, and so do I.
She finds repose at last, and so do I.
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In a Salisbury graveyard, upon a stone recording the death of a lady at the age of sixty-four years, appears the following:
So fair, so young,
So gentle and so dear,
So lovely, so early lost,
May claim a tear.
So gentle and so dear,
So lovely, so early lost,
May claim a tear.
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From Childwald Churchyard, England:
Here lies me and my three daughters,
Brought here by using seidlitz waters.
If we had stuck to epsom salts,
We wouldn't have been here in these vaults.
Brought here by using seidlitz waters.
If we had stuck to epsom salts,
We wouldn't have been here in these vaults.
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Arlington, Massachusetts:
Here lies the body of Mary Morgan.
Like the morning dew she glistened,
Exhaled, and went to heaven.
Like the morning dew she glistened,
Exhaled, and went to heaven.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
MRS. MARTHA GIFFORD, 1810.
Sickness sore, long time I bore
Physician's skill in vain,
Till God revealed his tender love
And took away my pain.
Physician's skill in vain,
Till God revealed his tender love
And took away my pain.
And now, I at my anchor ride,
With many of the fleet;
Once more, again, I will set sail
My Saviour Christ to meet.
With many of the fleet;
Once more, again, I will set sail
My Saviour Christ to meet.
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Susan Tomkins, here she lies;
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries.
Where she's gone, or how she fares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares.
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries.
Where she's gone, or how she fares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares.
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Here lies the body of Mary Ann Lowder,
Who died while drinking a seidlitz powder.
Called from earth to her heavenly rest,
She should have waited till it effervesced
Who died while drinking a seidlitz powder.
Called from earth to her heavenly rest,
She should have waited till it effervesced
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In Charlestown, Virginia:
She was taken sick the 11th of June,
And only lived ten days;
But she has gone to rest in heaven above,
To sing her Saviour's praise.
And only lived ten days;
But she has gone to rest in heaven above,
To sing her Saviour's praise.
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Westfield, New Jersey:
The dame that rests beneath this tomb
Had Rachel's
Had Rachel's