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A tall stone with peon top and half rosettes on the shoulders; although its surface is weathered, the inscription is still visible, though at the end of the 19th C, it was already "covered with moss, difficult to read":
to the Memory of two Children Samuel and Philadelphia BARNS, late of this Parish. Caroline died October 30th 1815 aged 5 years and 8 months. Amos died Dec 7th 1815 aged 2 years and 4 months. Weep not for us our Parents dear, For we are with the Lord: Remember what our Saviour saith, You must become as children are Or you shall not see God. Farewell, my dearest Babes, no more shall I Thy azure eyes behold; The short career which thou hast run Is like a tale when told, This busy world with all its cares Is vanished from thy sight It had no charms to fill thy mind Nor to impede thy flight; With partial fondness oft have I Thy lovely forms survey'd But now my sweetest babes you'e gone Farewell departed shades In Heaven the home of virtuous mind We hope to meet again, And there the one Jehovah Praise With the Angelic Train
Haslewood p29-30
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