St. Albans
Hic jacet Tom Shorthose,—
Sine tomba, sine sheet, sine riches;
Quid vixit,—sine gowne,
Sine cloake, sine shirt, sine breeches.
The Dame, who lies interred within this tomb,
Had Rachel’s charms, and Leah’s fruitful womb,
Ruth’s filial love, and Lydia’s faithful heart,
Martha’s just care, and Mary’s better part.
A comparison of the virtues of the deceased and those of Scripture characters is found on a monument of Sir Charles Cæsar at Bennington, Herts:—
| Nathaniel | Daniel | Jonathan | Uzzita | Josephus |
| Simplicitate | Toro | Pectore | Prole | Thoro |
Beneath this stone, where now your eye you fix,
Ann Harris lies, who died in sixty-six;
John Harris after her his exit made
In eighty-two, and now is with her laid.
“Sacred to the memory of Miss Martha Gwynn,
Who was so very pure within,
She burst the outer shell of sin,
And hatched herself a cherubim.”