At Hackney, on MIRA HODGKINS, who died Oct. 3, 1803, aged 9 years :

"Dearer than daughter, paralleled by few,
In sweetness, patience, suffering,adieu!
Adieu! my MIRA, till that day more blest,
When, if deserving, I with thee shall rest.
Come, then thy sire will cry in joyful strain,-
Oh! come to my paternal arms again."

In Wirksworth churchyard, Derbyshire :

"RICHARD FAIRWEATHER EATON, son of James and Elizabeth Eaton, died Nov. 30th, 1850, aged 7 years and 10 months.

Step soft, ye youth; on hallow'd ground ye tread,
And not disturb the mansions of the dead.

A youth lies here seclus'd in peaceful dust,
Whose steps were virtue, and his actions just.
By all esteem'd! yea, and by all approved,
He died lamented, as he liv'd beloved."

On an infant (by Coleridge) :

"Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care,
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there."

At Laxfield, Suffolk, on a boy aged 10 years :—

"Sweet innocency's form lies here
Lamented by its parents dear.
They hope again in endless joy
To meet again their lovely boy."

In Ashbourne church, Derbyshire, is a monument of superlative interest (from the chisel of Banks) to the memory of the only daughter of Sir Brook Boothby. The figure of this beautiful child, executed in the most exquisite style, and in the purest statuary marble, is represented lying on her side, reposing as it were on a mattress, placed on a suitable pedestal, with the following inscription round it, in four different languages— English, Latin, Italian, and French :

"I was not in safety, neither had I rest, and the trouble came.'

To PENELOPE,

Only child of Sir Brook Boothby, and Dame Susannah

Boothby.

Born April 11th, 1785, died March 13th, 1791. 'She was in form and intellect most exquisite. The unfortunate parents ventured their all in this frail bark, and the wreck was total.'"

Adams's Gem of the Peak.

In Bexhill churchyard, on a child aged three years :—

In the Broadway churchyard, Westminster, on three children, who all died very early, the eldest being three years old:

"Three children, not dead, but sleeping lies,
With Christ they live above the skies.
Wash'd in his blood, and for their dress,
Christ's glorious robe of righteousness,
In which they shine more bright by far
Than sun, or moon, or glorious star;
In Paradise they wing their way,
Blooming in one eternal day."

On a child (from the German of Mathisson) :-
"The vernal grass and flowrets wave,
In evening's breath, where o'er thy grave
Weeps sorrow wan and faded:

Oh! ne'er till death hath set us free
From earth, can thy sweet image be
By dim oblivion shaded.

Thou'rt blest, tho' short thy opening bloom:
From worldly joys, from pride, from gloom,
From sense delusive parted:

THOU sleep'st in peace: in care and strife
WE wav'ring tread the maze of life

Too rarely tranquil-hearted."

The Dublin University Magazine.

In Ely Cathedral churchyard :

"MARIA SCOTT died April, 1836, aged 7. The cup of life just with her lips she prest, Found the taste bitter, and declin'd the rest. Averse: then turning from the face of day, She softly sighed her little soul away.”

On an infant:

"Since God to take my child thought fit,
I'll be content to part with it;
Because I know his heavenly grace
Will fit it for a better place.'

YOUNG PERSONS.

In Otley churchyard, Suffolk:

"EMMA KIRBY died Dec. 1846, aged 23. Dear sleeping form! could but thy lips unseal The hidden cause, the mystery reveal

Why Husband, Parents, Babe, are left to mourn
For one so loved, so early from them torn!

But faith, with soothing voice, cries' Peace be still,'
And bow submissive, ''Tis thy Father's will.'
The happy spirit has ascended high,

Its rest to find, its God to glorify;

And e'en the captive dust waits to be free,
For 'tis the germ of immortality."

In St. Mary-at-Stoke churchyard, Ipswich :-
"JOHN MULLEY died April, 1815, aged 19.
Death like an ever-flowing Stream
Sweeps us away-our Life's a Dream,
An Evening Tale-a Morning Flower,
Cut down and wither'd in an hour."

In Bakewell churchyard, Derbyshire :

"Here for a time this heavenly plant fairly grew up and

thrived,

Diffused its sweetness all around, and all in sweetness

lived.

But envious frosts and furious storms so long so fiercely

chide,

This tender plant at length bow'd down its bruised head and died."

In Bremhill churchyard, on a young woman who died of consumption by the Rev. W. L. Bowles`) :— "Our Pastor placed this humble stone: beneath Lies one more victim of untimely death: Stranger, approach and read-it tells the tale Of silent duty in life's lowly vale,

Of one, her aged parents' only care,
Never beheld without a parent's prayer!

Her, pale consumption smote in youth's fair bloom;
How went the few who fellow'd to the tomb,
Her mother most, and husband, for she left
An infant and a husband both bereft;
He, as it smiles, that infant shall beheld,
And weep the more for Her who here lies cold."

On twin sisters :

"Fair marble, tell to fiture days,

That here two virgin sisters lie ;
Whose life employ'd each tongue in praise,
Whose death gave tears to every eye.

In stature, beauty, years, and fame,
Together as they grew, they shone ;
So much alike, so much the same,

That death mistook them both for one."

At Northampton:

"Here lies the corpse of SUSAN LEE,
Who died of heartfelt pain,
Because she loved a faithless he
Who loved not her again."

In Morwenstow churchyard, on a child :

"Those whom God loves die young!

They see no evil days;

No falsehood taints their tongue,

No wickedness their ways.