Sleep on sweet baby
			and take thy rest
		God called thee home
			He thought it best.

		His toils are past
			His work is done
		He fought the fight
			The victory won 

		Our darling one hath gone before,
			To greet us on the peaceful shore.

Anonymous
St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Canada

			When I am dead and in my grave,
				and all my bones are rotten.
			While reading this you'll think of me
				when I am long forgotten.

Henry D. Blair
Spring Hill Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

			'Tis but the unfolding of the scroll of life,
			Another name appears and it is mine.


Mel Blanc
Hollywood Memorial Park, Hollywood, California

			"That's All Folks."
			Mel Blanc
			Man of 1000 voices
			Beloved husband and father
			1908-1989

Hannah Churchill
11/06/1811 age 23
Plymouth, Massachusetts
			All you that behold my stone
			Consider how soon I was gone.
			Deathe does not always warning give
			Therefore be cautious how you live.
			Repent in time no time delay
			In my youth was called away.

Margaret Daniels
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

			She always said her feet were killing her
				but nobody believed her.

Anthony Drake
Burlington Churchyard, Massachusetts

			Sacred to the memory of Anthony Drake
			Who died for peace and quietness sake;
			His wife was constantly scolding and scoffin;
			So he sought for repose in a twelve-dollar coffin.

Sarah Ford
Kilmurry Church, Ireland

			This stone was raised to Sarah Ford,
			Not Sarah's virtues to record -
			For they're well known to all the town -
			No Lord, it was raised to keep her down.

Arthur C. Homans
Cleveland, Ohio
			Once I wasn't
			Then I was
			Now I ain't again.

Russel J. Larsen
Logan Ciry Cemetery, Logan, Utah

			Two thing I love the most,
			good horses and beautiful women
			and when I die I hope they tan
			this hide of mine and make it into
			ladies riding saddle, so I can rest 
			in peace between the two things
			I love most.


Harry Edsel Smith
Albany, New York 1903-1942

			Looked up the elevator shaft
			to see if the car was on the way down.
			It was.

Thurmont, Maryland Cemetery
			
			Here lies an Atheist
			All dressed up
			And no place to go

Ezekial Aikle
East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia
			
			Here lies Ezekial Aikle, age 102.
			The good die young.

Jonathan Blake
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery

			Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
			Stepped on the gas
			Instead of the brake

Anna Hopewell
Enosburg Falls, Vermont

			Here lies the body of our Anna,
			Done to death by a banana.
			It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,
			But the skin of the thing that made her go.

Cemetery in England

			Remember man, as you walk by.
			As you are now, so once was I.
			As I AM NOW, so shall you be
			Remember this and follow me.
	To which someone added:
			To follow you I'll not consent
			Until I know which way you went.


Thoughts on death

Charles Mackay
			There is no such thing as death,
			In nature nothing dies.
			From each sad remnant of decay
			Some forms of life arise.

John L. McCreery
			There is no death! the stars go down
			   To rise upon some other shore,
			And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown,
			   They shine for ever more.

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