 | Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...its weight, 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,... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1851 - 506 pages
...regretted by his affectionate wife, mother, brother, sister, and all who knew him. Good Christian on me cast an eye, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, So then prepare to follow me. Sacred to the Memory of John Blythe, formerly... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1857 - 718 pages
...i-- тоге widely diffused than any in the language: ' ' REMEMBER friend, as you pass by, As vou are now so once was I : • As 1 am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.' 1 Whether from its antitheses, its striking truthfulness, or its brevity, cannot now... | |
 | New England - 1857 - 410 pages
...Ester Wadsworth of Milton, who died Jan yc 8th 1783 in 35 Year of her age. Stop here my Friend, and cast an Eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. 1792, — In memory of M' Ezra Glover who... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1862 - 376 pages
...25th year of his age. He left surviving a widow and one son, Jeflry-George. Stay, traveller, stay, and cast an eye, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare yourself to follow me," " Sacred to the memory of Leer, wife of JAMES... | |
 | George Percy Badger - Gozo (Maltese Island) - 1869 - 410 pages
...inculcated on one of the tombs, in the following stanza : Stop, truveller, stop, ere you go by, As you ;ire now, so once was I ; As 1 am now, so you must be ; Prepare yourself to follow me. The dilapidated tombs, the crumbling urns, and weather-worn inscriptions, in... | |
 | Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard - New York (State) - 1912 - 500 pages
...sacred hope of a better, March ye 20th, 1773, in ye 6oth year of her age. "All you that pass by, pray cast an eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Forever in eternity. A virtuous, wise and cheerful mother, To serve ye Lord... | |
 | Joseph Bradbury - Saddleworth (England) - 1871 - 280 pages
...memory of the Fitton family, the inscription on which commences thus : — Stop here your foot, and cast an eye, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be — Prepare yourself to follow me. Near the centre of the yard is a very old... | |
 | Josiah Howard Temple - 1875 - 696 pages
...Stratjton who departed | this Life Apl 19 1789! In the 91 yr of Her Age Children and Friends as you pass by As you are now so once was I As 1 am now so you must be Prepare for Death and follow me Here Lies Sarah and Hannah | The Daughters of Lieut] Hezekiah and Elizabeth | Stratton... | |
 | Milton (Mass.) - Milton (Mass.) - 1878 - 112 pages
...Dorchester, who departed this life July ye 1", 1770, in ye 45th year of his age. Stop here, my friend, and cast an eye, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Sacred to the memory of DEA. CORNELIUS GULLIVER,... | |
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Stop here, my friend, and cast an eye. As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me. 
