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406 RENFREWSHIRE.
William Baird, farmer at Brakinridge, has thus celebrated his
departed spouse, who died in 1811, aged seventy-five: —
" Adieu, blest woman, partner of my life,
A tender mother and a faithful wife ;
From scandal free, most ready to command,
Most loath to hurt, most proud to be a friend ;
Her partner's comfort and his life's relief,
Once his chief joy, and now his greatest grief.
Her God has called her where she's sure to have
Blessings more solid than herself once gave."
The following lines are inscribed on the tombstone of Michael
Young, who died 17th March, 1818, aged eighty-three: —
" How awful is the scene while here I tread
These venerable mansions of the dead !
Time was these ashes liv'd, and time shall be
When others thus shall stand and gaze on me.
Awake, then, my soul, true wisdom learn,
Nor till to-morrow the great work adjourn."
Alexander Young and his wife are commemorated thus : —
" Here lies interr'd in silent throng
The corps of Alexander Young ;
In Floors of Eaglesham he dwelt,
But now the power of death has felt ;
From mortal stage he took his way
On June the one and twentyth day.
Seventeen hundred and seventy years,
As by old history appears.
Renowned age his head did crown
Ere to the grave he did go down ;
Threescore and two years was full spent
Ere through death's gloomy path he went.
But he alone doth not reside
In gloomy mansions of the dead.
For her who was his wife most dear
Doth also sleep entombed here ;
And those that now his children are,
This shall your future rest prepare."