Antique 19th Century Macabre Handwritten Copy Of A Stone In Lancaster Church Yard
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A Macabre Antique Early 19th Century Handwritten Document Copied From A Stone In Lancaster Church Yard.
I’ve tried my best to decipher it. As far as I can make it is reads as follows:
“On a stone in Lancaster Church Yard to the Memory of Mrs Ann Cooper by her Surviving Child.
Ah! Shade revere’d, this frail memorial take,
’Tis all alas! thy sorrowing Child can make,
On this faint stone to mark the Parent’s worth,
And claim the spot, that holds thy sainted Earth,
This clay cold shrine thy corpse enshrouded there,
This Holly Hillock, Bathed with many a tear,
These Hallowed Flowers that crown thy Sable Grave
Fed by thy precious dust that lies Below
Even these rude Brambles would embrace thy Head
And the Green Sod that Forms thy lowly Bed
Are Richer, Dearer, to this Filial Heart,
Then all the Monuments of Boasted Art,
Yet, Yet, a little and thy Child shall come
To join a Mother in this Decent Tomb,
This only Spot of all the world is Mine
And soon my Dust, sweet Saint shall mix with thine.”
A rather macabre piece.
Condition is good, commensurate with age. Age related wear and discolouration. Please study all photos. The documents is attached to a piece of black card.
Measures 21.5cm x 18cm
Weighs 63.96 grams