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PARISH OF KILBIRNIE. 381
These lines are from the tombstone of William Miller, of Dykes,
who died 12th October, 1753 : —
" Though tombs prove faithless to their trust,
And bodies motdder into dust ;
A good man's name shall ever last,
In spite of every nipping blast."
James Orr, weaver thus celebrates his wife and children : — ■
"Affliction sore with meekness long I bore.
Physicians were in vain ;
Till God aid please that death should seize
And eas'd me of that pain.
Here also lies 2 girls and 2 boys.
They were part of my earthly joys ;
But life's a jest, and all things show it,
I once thought so, but now I know it."
James Allan, who died in 1786, aged thirty-four, has these lines
on his gravestone : —
" An opening flower, at brightest hour,
In spite of every physic power.
Was suddenly cut down ;
This blossom rare, which promised fair,
Beyond all temporal repair,
Fell by the deadliest frown."
On the tombstone commemorating James Steel, weaver, his wife,
son, and grandson, is the following : —
" Pause, reader, pause, whoe'er thou be,
Thus age, thus youth, admonish thee ;
Think on the tomb, prepare for home,
To death, to judgment, thou must come."
A tombstone is inscribed thus : —
" Awake, thou sluggard of the dust.
The Eternal Son doth ciy.
Forth into judgment come thou must,
Thy actions for to try."