Graveside Poetry

Documenting gravestone poetry, wherever I find it 🪦📝

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“WE ARE GOING WHERE TREASURES
WILL NEVER DECAY,
NOR THE LOVE THAT WE CHERISH
BE PASSING AWAY,
HOW JOYFUL THE WELCOME
WHEN VOICES WE LOVE,
SHALL HAIL OUR FIRST ENTRANCE
TO GLORY ABOVE.”

#StMaryKirkyard #KincardineONeil #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“Thy Hand upon me Lord was right,
Tho it might seem severe,
The sharpest suffering I endur’d,
Flow’d from thy faithful care.”

#BunhillFieldsBurialGround #London #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

…No theme upon earth was so sweet
As Christ in His person and grace,
And now in His image complete
He dwells in the light of His face.”

#BunhillFieldsBurialGround #London #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“Ordained to salvation of old
And chosen in Jesus his Head,
Preserved and brought into His fold
He loved in His footsteps to tread;
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[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“I give you the end
of a golden string
Only wind it
into a ball
It will lead you in
at Heavens gate
Built in
Jerusalems wall”

#BunhillFieldsBurialGround #London #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

…You’ll mingle with the silent dust
ere long as we have done,
for peace in death now place your trust
in God’s Eternal Son.”

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#StPetersAberdeen #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“Stop passing mortals pause awhile,
consider well your case,
old men grown grey, and youths where smile
still plays upon your face…

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[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE
NOW OUR DEAR ONES SLEEPING.”

#StPetersAberdeen #GravesidePoetry

[Dead In Halifax @deadinHalifax]

Hey Graveside Poetry! Here's one for ya. @j03ywe

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“In life’s gay bloom or at its latest stage,
Death lops relentless not respecting age.”

#BanchoryTernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“OH FRIENDS OF MORTAL YEARS
THE TRUSTED AND THE TRUE
YE ARE WATCHING STILL IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS
BUT I WAIT TO WELCOME YOU.”

#BanchoryTernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“Thou art gone to thy Heavenly Rest,
We should not weep for thee,
God’s Saints in light have welcomed […]
To share the joys of […]”

#BanchoryTernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“The lips that could warble
A soul-moving strain,
Are breathless and mute
As a timbrel unstrung;
And the hand of the minstrel
Can wake not again,
The music that sleeps where
The grave-flowers have sprung.”

#CaltonNewBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“THE SUN IS SET AND YET HIS LIGHT
IS LINGERING IN THE CRIMSON SKY
LIKE MEMORY BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT
OF HOLY MEN THAT DIE.”

#CaltonNewBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

‘Tis the twink of an eye, ‘tis the draught of a breath,
From the blossom of health, to the paleness of death,
From the gilded saloon, to the bier and the shroud,
Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud.”

#CaltonNewBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud!
Like a fast flitting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
He passes from life to his rest in the grave.

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[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

WHEN THE SHORE IS WON AT LAST
WHO WILL COUNT THE BILLOWS PAST.”

#StAndrewsCathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“‘TIS BUT A LITTLE TEAR I SHED,
FOR ONE TO MEMRY DEAR;
THE TRIBUTE OF MY CHILDHOOD’S DAYS,
IS BUT A LITTLE TEAR.”

#StAndrewsCathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

…For Zions King and Zions cause
And Scotlands Covenanted LAWS
Most constantly he Did contend
Until His Time Was At An End
Than He Wan To the Full Fruition
OF That Which He Had Seen in Vision.”

#StAndrewsCathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

[Graveside Poetry @j03ywe]

“What tongu what Pen or Skill of Men
Can Famous Rutherfoord commend
His Learning justly rasid his Fame
True Godliness adornd His Name
He did converse with things Above
Acquainted with Emmanuels Love
Most orthodox He was and sound
And Many Errors Did confound…

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