. Records of walks and talks with nature . tones in thepersonification of Death. Epitaphs did not at first accompany thewinged skull, but later they were sometimesfound with it. Here is one from a stone inOsterville, Mass., dated 1802. It is simplyanother form of that given on page 68, andin one way or another often occurs :- Behold and see as you pass byAs you are now so once was IAs I am now so you must bePrepare for death and follow me. Much the same idea is expressed on a stonein the church-yard of Centerville, Mass., anddated 1829. It was erected in memory oftwo boys, aged thirteen and ni
. Records of walks and talks with nature . tones in thepersonification of Death. Epitaphs did not at first accompany thewinged skull, but later they were sometimesfound with it. Here is one from a stone inOsterville, Mass., dated 1802. It is simplyanother form of that given on page 68, andin one way or another often occurs :- Behold and see as you pass byAs you are now so once was IAs I am now so you must bePrepare for death and follow me. Much the same idea is expressed on a stonein the church-yard of Centerville, Mass., anddated 1829. It was erected in memory oftwo boys, aged thirteen and nineteen, whoperished from exposure on a barren islandafter being shipwrecked there in winter:- Stop stop young brother sailorOn this stone cast an eye 110 RECORDS. 1915. Although today in youth and healthTomorrow you may die. The same idea of warning is conveyedmore briefly on a stone found in Rutland inthe Memento Mori—Remember Death. This figure is remarkable on account ofthe scale-like feathers on the wings. The Fig. Rutland, Mass. 1787. hair is elaborately arranged and formed intoa kind of crown on top of the head. Theface is quite human and evidently an at-tempt at portraiture. The border of thisstone is given in fig. 22. The date is 1777. Jan., 1915. RECORDS. Ill Aside from the death heads, emblemswere very little employed on stones of earlydates in onr grave-yards, but we found onein Rutland on which the head of a quaker-ish looking woman is depicted with a doveon either shoulder. The date is 1760; fig. 23. On another Rutland stone, dated 1787,we find a very primly dressed woman witha rather sanctimonious expression. On eith-side of her is a very stiff looking plant, andon her extreme left is a rather singular fig-ure of what may be intended as anotherplant with three branches, fig. 24. In per-fect keeping with the figures is the epitaphbelow them:- The just behold with sweet delightThe blessed three iu oneAnd strong affection in their sightOn Gods in
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