Epitaphs

FOR COUNTRY CHURCHYARDS.

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED

BY

AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE,

OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.

'The earthe buildeth on the earthe castles and towers,
The earthe sayeth to the earthe, all shall be ours,
The earthe walketh on the earthe glitt’ring like golde,
The earthe goeth to the earthe sooner than it wolde."

Melrose Abbey.

OXFORD,

AND 377, STRAND, LONDON:

JOHN HENRY AND JAMES PARKER.

M DCCC LVI.

141.d.565.

To

all Christian Mourners

This Volume is Dedicated,

in the hope that it may help them to find

the fulfilment of the promise,

“Blessed ate they that mourn, for they shall

be comforted.”