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Gleanings in Graveyards

by Horatio Edward Norfolk

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Temple Church

Keep well this pawn, thou marble chest,
Till it be called for, let it rest;
For while this jewel here is set,
The grave is but a cabinet.

Stepney

My wife she’s dead, and here she lies,
There’s nobody laughs, and nobody cries;
Where she’s gone, and how she fares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares.

St. Dunstan

Here lies Dame Dorothy Peg,
Who never had issue except in her leg,
So great was her art, and so deep was her cunning,
Whilst one leg stood still the other kept running.

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