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

#Banchory TernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

“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.”

#Banchory TernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

“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 […]”

#Banchory TernanKirkyard #Banchory #GravesidePoetry

“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

“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

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

#StAndrews Cathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

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

#StAndrews Cathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

“In the silent Tomb we leave him,
Till the Resurrection Morn
When his Saviour will receive him,
And restore his lovely Form.”

#StAndrews Cathedral #StAndrews #GravesidePoetry

“FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING.”

#StCuthbertsKirkyard #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

“OH THE SWEET JOY THAT SCRIPTURE GIVETH
‘I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH.’”

#StCuthbertsKirkyard #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

“NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE,
BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE ABOVE.”

#NewCaltonBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

“STAY, STRANGER STAY, AS YOU PASS BY,
AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I,
AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE,
PREPARE YOURSELF TO FOLLOW ME.”

#CaltonNewBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

“I HAVE DONE WITH SIN, I HAVE DONE WITH SORROW,
I FLY TO THE SPOTLESS REALMS OF LIGHT,
WHERE THE DAY THAT IS BREAKING SHALL HAVE NO MORROW,
AND THE SUN THAT IS RISING SHALL HAVE NO NIGHT.”

#NewCaltonBurialGround #Edinburgh #GravesidePoetry

“DEATH AND DARKNESS AND THE TOMB
ONLY WHISPER ‘TILL HE COME.”

#DalmaikKirkyard #Drumoak #GravesidePoetry