 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 páginas
...That on this slender moment hangs Your everlasting state ! VIII. Pray stop a foot, and cast an eye ; ^ As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. IX. Time was, I stood where thou dost now, And view'd... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 páginas
...Christ doth call me from the dustON ELIZARETH WILSON1, [IN THE SAME CUUECH-YARD.J Remember friend, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I j As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death, to follow me. ON ADAM SKIRVING, AUTHOR OF THE SOXS... | |
 | 1825 - 726 páginas
...fragments that remain, now nearly level to the earth. It bore the following inscription : " Readers all, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death Mid follow me." Mr. URBAN, Sept. 1. TH E following topographical remarks... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 páginas
...of Britannia's guardians here lies low." The second is, " Reader, reflect : — though here I lie, As you are now, so once was I : As I am now, so you must be ; Therefore prepare to follow me." These mementos are the honest effusions of a brave and... | |
 | 1831 - 256 páginas
...a church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines:— " Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be; Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue paint:—... | |
 | R. Green - 1834 - 308 páginas
...John, son of John and Susanna Thorndick, 21st August, 1827, 15 years. Stay ! gentle reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. * An altar tomb. t This lady was the only daughter of... | |
 | William O'Bryan - 1836 - 446 páginas
...following inscription. Jonas Smith departed this life April 22nd 1822 aged 54. Remember all you tint pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, so must you be. Prepare for death and follow me. , At night I lodged at Capt. Smith's, Head of the harbour. His wife in relating her experience, gave... | |
 | George Percy Badger - 1838 - 374 páginas
...very simply inculcated on one of the tombs, in the following stanza: Stop, traveller, stop, ere you go by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare yourself to follow me. The delapidated tombs, the crumbling urns, and weather-worn... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1847 - 282 páginas
...plagiarized from their neighbours. On a white stone to the west of the tower were the words— "Attend to me as you pass by As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you may be, . . Therefore prepare to follow me." Under this, some wag, who could crack his jokes even... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1848 - 940 páginas
...some graves, and one near the path had these words on the head stone: Behold, ye strangers, passing by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Also the ancient castles, I saw in Ireland, which were said to be destroyed in the days of Cromwell,... | |
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Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me. 
