 | Henry Marvin Benedict - 1870 - 622 pages
...iis- jd- She d. April 26, 1834. On his tombtone is the following : " 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." Ch. RACHEL, b. Aug. 25, 1771; d. Oct. 6, 1777. LUCY, b. July 18,... | |
 | 1921 - 774 pages
...comes on my bones must rot Read this that I am not forjrot Behold and see as you pass by As you arc now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me The epitaph, so far as the last four lines are concerned, is a common... | |
 | Joseph Bradbury - Saddleworth (England) - 1871 - 280 pages
...stone in 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 stone, broken into numerous... | |
 | Mottoes - Epitaphs - 1872 - 186 pages
...Part of the epitaph on Edward the Black Prince. Canterbury Cathedral. Reader, pause as you pass by. As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so must you be. Prepare for Heaven, and follow me. Highgate Cemetery, Castleton Churchyard, Derbyshire.... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - Reference - 1872 - 1110 pages
...bis tannery. Inscription on the tomb of his wife: "Stop passenger ! see where I lie, Аз you now are so once was I, As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and tV'lluw nio." Children, Siith Giittration : 24 i Polly, m Darling; J. at Gill,... | |
 | Matthew Richley - Bishop Auckland (England) - 1872 - 226 pages
...his tombstone is inscribed the following common-place epitaph : — Stop, traveller, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I ; As I am now soon must you be, Therefore, prepare to follow me. To complete the trio above mentioned, we had old... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - Marriage - 1873 - 388 pages
...at the particular request of the dead man, the well-known lines : — ' Youthful reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me.' Beneath which lines there also appeared on the stone, the following couplet, added by the widow and... | |
 | William Fairley - Burial - 1875 - 208 pages
...that. (See No. 4.) 190. From St. Mary's, Swansea. On EVAN HARRIS : — All you that see where I do lie, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be, Cut down by death, and follow me. (Similar to No. 14.) 191. On ROBERT GRAY, Taunton Church... | |
 | Epitaphiana - 1873 - 214 pages
...that. (See No. 4.) 190. From St. Mary's, Swansea. On EVAN HARRIS : — All you that see where I do lie, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be, Cut down by death, and follow me. (Similar to No. 14.) 191. On ROBERT GRAY, Taunton Church... | |
 | Josiah Howard Temple - 1875 - 696 pages
...glojrious Immortality] March 1} 1801 in the|?4year of his age. Children and friends as you pass by as you are now so once was I as I am now soon you must be Prepare for Death and follow me. MrsjAzubah wifcofjCapt Thomas Alexander[dicd n aug... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
