Epitaphs From the Old Burying Ground in Dorchester Massachusetts
Epitaphs From the Old Burying Ground in Dorchester Massachusetts
Harlow Elliott Woodward
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READER HO. PASSENGER. TIS. WORTH. THY. PAINES. TOO. STAY A. TAKE. A. DEAD. MANS. LESSON. BY. Ye. WAY I. WAS. WHAT. XOW. THOU. ART. A. THOU. SHALT. Be what. I. Am. Now. What. Odds. Twix. Me. &. Thee N0W. 60. THY. WAY. BUT. ST. \Y. TAKE. 0NE. W0RD. M0RE THY. STAF. FOR. OUGHT. THOU. KNOWEST. STANDS. NEXT. Ye. DORE death. IS. YE. DORE. YEA. DORE. OF. NEAVEN. OR. NELL BE. WARND. EE. ARMED. BELIUE. REPENT. FARE WELL. A tablet on the side of his tomb has the following : — HERE. LIETH. BURIED. Ye. BODY.... OF Me. WILLIAM. POOLE. AGED. SI. YEARS Wn(). DIED. YE. 2.^)TH. OF. FEBRUARY. IN Ye. YERE. KjTI. 10 EPITAPHS. William Poole acted as Town Clerk of Dorchester, upwards of forty years. He also taught school for some time. Ebenezer Clapp, Esq. , the author of a History of Dorchester, has in his possession the original " account and memorandum book of Elder Saml. Clap, the oldest son of Capt. Roger Clap. " We have kindly been permitted by the owner to transcribe from it, the two following versions of this same epitaph, both of which were also written by Pole himself.
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