The inscription reads:
Here
Lyeth
the
Body
Of
William Simpson
Departed this Life in the Twenty
Sixth Yeare of his age June the 6
AD 1777
Alas the
brittle Clay
That built our
Body first
And every Month
and every Day
Tis mouldering
back to Dust
The above bit of poetry (on the right of the stone) is the second stanza of a hymn (known as Psalm 90) written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Here
Lyeth
the
Body
Of
William Simpson
Departed this Life in the Twenty
Sixth Yeare of his age June the 6
AD 1777
Alas the
brittle Clay
That built our
Body first
And every Month
and every Day
Tis mouldering
back to Dust
The above bit of poetry (on the right of the stone) is the second stanza of a hymn (known as Psalm 90) written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
The inscription reads:
Here
Lyeth
the
Body
Of
William Simpson
Departed this Life in the Twenty
Sixth Yeare of his age June the 6
AD 1777
Alas the
brittle Clay
That built our
Body first
And every Month
and every Day
Tis mouldering
back to Dust
The above bit of poetry (on the right of the stone) is the second stanza of a hymn (known as Psalm 90) written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Here
Lyeth
the
Body
Of
William Simpson
Departed this Life in the Twenty
Sixth Yeare of his age June the 6
AD 1777
Alas the
brittle Clay
That built our
Body first
And every Month
and every Day
Tis mouldering
back to Dust
The above bit of poetry (on the right of the stone) is the second stanza of a hymn (known as Psalm 90) written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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