Subject: Epitaphs (Page 2)

Here lies Dr Keene, the good Bishop of Chester, who eat up a fat goose, but could not digest her.

Here lies a lewd Fellow, who, while he drew Breath, In the Midst of his Life was in Quest of his Death; Which he quickly obtain'd for it cost him his Life, For being in Bed with another Man's Wife.

“Don’t Try”

Here Lies Good Old Fred – A Great Big Rock Fell On His Head – R.I.P.

Father and Mother and I choose to be buried asunder. Father and Mother here, and I buried yonder.

John Macpherson Was a remarkable person. He stood six feet two Without his shoe, And he was slew At Waterloo.

Here lies the body of Johnny Haskell, A lying, thieving, cheating rascal; He always lied, and now he lies, He has no soul and cannot rise.

Here lies a man beneath this sod, – Who slandered all except his God, – And him he would have slandered too, – But that his God he never knew.

He was literally a father to all the children of the parish.

“I’m just resting my eyes”

Since all that's mortal turns to dust, Reader! be humble and be just; 'Twill ease thy mind of anxious care, and sooth thy passage — God knows where!

Some have children, others none, Here lies the mother of twenty one.

Sacred to the memory of Major James Brush, Royal Artillery, who was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol by his orderly…

Here into the dust, the mouldering crust, of Eleanour Bachelour's shoven; well versed in the arts of pies, custards, and tarts. And the lucrative skill of the oven. When she lived long enough, she made her last puff, a puff by her husband much praised, now here she doth lie and makes a dirt pie, in hopes that her crust shall be raised.

At threescore winters' end I died, a cheerless being, sole and sad; the nuptial knot I never tied, and wish my father never had.

I put my wife beneath this stone, for her repose and for my own.

Weep not for me mother & brothers dear, It is God's wish that I am here. At my sweet age I swallowed a bone That sent me to a happy home.

The land I cleared is now my grave. Think well, my friends, how you behave

At last I get top billing.

Here lies Bryan Wilkinson – The doc said he'd be 'alright,’ Guess doc was all wrong

He was young – He was fair – But the Injuns – Raised his hair