He studied heaven's hallowed sweeter guile
And gentleness, but little learned the wile
And craftiness of earth : serene in age,
We saw his steps, retreating from the stage
Of life, and here his spirit's smile and sweetness
Threw out its radiance in full completeness,
As he journeyed on in ripening peach
And felt his days glide by and years increase.
This man, of perfect trust and faith sublime,
Choosing with God beloved his future clime,
In sacred house, high heaven's precepts taught
And, to the young, its juster ethics brought.
He stood before them, symbol of a saint,
To fashion them and of new life acquaint.
So won their trust, transferred to Him above,
The source and fountain of such joy and love.
So, all his days, in gentle prospect, ran
And long life disciplined the saintly man,
Till garnered like a ripened, fruitful sheaf
He heaped the harvest of his firm belief.
from "Guilford Portraits" by Henry Pynchon Robinson, 1907
And gentleness, but little learned the wile
And craftiness of earth : serene in age,
We saw his steps, retreating from the stage
Of life, and here his spirit's smile and sweetness
Threw out its radiance in full completeness,
As he journeyed on in ripening peach
And felt his days glide by and years increase.
This man, of perfect trust and faith sublime,
Choosing with God beloved his future clime,
In sacred house, high heaven's precepts taught
And, to the young, its juster ethics brought.
He stood before them, symbol of a saint,
To fashion them and of new life acquaint.
So won their trust, transferred to Him above,
The source and fountain of such joy and love.
So, all his days, in gentle prospect, ran
And long life disciplined the saintly man,
Till garnered like a ripened, fruitful sheaf
He heaped the harvest of his firm belief.
from "Guilford Portraits" by Henry Pynchon Robinson, 1907
He studied heaven's hallowed sweeter guile
And gentleness, but little learned the wile
And craftiness of earth : serene in age,
We saw his steps, retreating from the stage
Of life, and here his spirit's smile and sweetness
Threw out its radiance in full completeness,
As he journeyed on in ripening peach
And felt his days glide by and years increase.
This man, of perfect trust and faith sublime,
Choosing with God beloved his future clime,
In sacred house, high heaven's precepts taught
And, to the young, its juster ethics brought.
He stood before them, symbol of a saint,
To fashion them and of new life acquaint.
So won their trust, transferred to Him above,
The source and fountain of such joy and love.
So, all his days, in gentle prospect, ran
And long life disciplined the saintly man,
Till garnered like a ripened, fruitful sheaf
He heaped the harvest of his firm belief.
from "Guilford Portraits" by Henry Pynchon Robinson, 1907
And gentleness, but little learned the wile
And craftiness of earth : serene in age,
We saw his steps, retreating from the stage
Of life, and here his spirit's smile and sweetness
Threw out its radiance in full completeness,
As he journeyed on in ripening peach
And felt his days glide by and years increase.
This man, of perfect trust and faith sublime,
Choosing with God beloved his future clime,
In sacred house, high heaven's precepts taught
And, to the young, its juster ethics brought.
He stood before them, symbol of a saint,
To fashion them and of new life acquaint.
So won their trust, transferred to Him above,
The source and fountain of such joy and love.
So, all his days, in gentle prospect, ran
And long life disciplined the saintly man,
Till garnered like a ripened, fruitful sheaf
He heaped the harvest of his firm belief.
from "Guilford Portraits" by Henry Pynchon Robinson, 1907
Inscription
Joel Dudley
Died
Nov. 14, 1869.
Æ. 81
sleep in Jesus
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
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Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915
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