IN MEMORY OF
JOHN KNIFTON,
WHO DIED MARCH 14TH. 1851
IN THE 38TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE.
TIME SWEPT BY HIS OERWHELMING TIDE
MY FAITHFUL PARTNER FROM MY SIDE,
AND YOU OF YOUR’S, DEPARTED MAY BE,
AS UNEXPECTEDLY AS ME;
SET THEN YOUR HEART ON THINGS ABOVE,
DEATH SOON WILL END ALL MORTAL LOVE.
ALSO MARY HIS WIFE
WHO DIED DECEMBER 31ST. 1859
AGED 47 YEARS.
BE YE ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR
AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH.
MATHEW XXIV.44.
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