 | M. Derozario - 1815 - 252 Seiten
...affrrtinnate Wife Mother, Biother, Sister and all vino knew him. Good Christian on me cast an eye, Jst >ou are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must he ; So then prepare to follow me. Sacred to the Memory of JOHN BLYTHIi Tormerlv of the Country Service... | |
 | Joseph Sansom - 1817 - 340 Seiten
...To.day for me, to.morrow for you ; or, in other words; so often repeated upon moralizing tombstones, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death, and follow me. dian wars, and loop holes are still discernible in them, at a secure elevation.— For there was an... | |
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 Seiten
...That on this slender moment hangs Your everlasting state ! VIII. Pray stop a foot, and cast an eye ; ^ As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. IX. Time was, I stood where thou dost now, And view'd the dead, as... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...Christ doth call me from the dustON ELIZARETH WILSON1, [IN THE SAME CUUECH-YARD.J Remember friend, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I j As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death, to follow me. ON ADAM SKIRVING, AUTHOR OF THE SOXS... | |
 | 1825 - 726 Seiten
...fragments that remain, now nearly level to the earth. It bore the following inscription : " Readers all, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death Mid follow me." Mr. URBAN, Sept. 1. TH E following topographical remarks on the early History of St.... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 Seiten
...of Britannia's guardians here lies low." The second is, " Reader, reflect : — though here I lie, As you are now, so once was I : As I am now, so you must be ; Therefore prepare to follow me." These mementos are the honest effusions of a brave and noble class... | |
 | 1831 - 256 Seiten
...a church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines:— " Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be; Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue paint:— " To follow... | |
 | R. Green - 1834 - 308 Seiten
...John, son of John and Susanna Thorndick, 21st August, 1827, 15 years. Stay ! gentle reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. * An altar tomb. t This lady was the only daughter of Mr. Thomas Turner,... | |
 | William O'Bryan - 1836 - 446 Seiten
...following inscription. Jonas Smith departed this life April 22nd 1822 aged 54. Remember all you tint pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, so must you be. Prepare for death and follow me. , At night I lodged at Capt. Smith's, Head of the harbour.... | |
 | George Percy Badger - 1838 - 374 Seiten
...very simply inculcated on one of the tombs, in the following stanza: Stop, traveller, stop, ere you go by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare yourself to follow me. The delapidated tombs, the crumbling urns, and weather-worn inscriptions, in... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. 
