 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 ページ
...That on this slender moment hangs Your everlasting state ! VIII. Pray stop a foot, and cast an eye ; ^ As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. IX. Time was, I stood where thou dost now, And view'd... | |
 | 1825 - 726 ページ
...that remain, now nearly level to the earth. It bore the following inscription : " Readers all, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death Mid follow me." Mr. URBAN, Sept. 1. TH E following topographical remarks... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 ページ
...of Britannia's guardians here lies low." The second is, " Reader, reflect : — though here I lie, As you are now, so once was I : As I am now, so you must be ; Therefore prepare to follow me." These mementos are the honest effusions of a brave and... | |
 | 1831 - 256 ページ
...church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines:— " Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be; Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue paint:—... | |
 | R. Green - 1834 - 308 ページ
...John, son of John and Susanna Thorndick, 21st August, 1827, 15 years. Stay ! gentle reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. * An altar tomb. t This lady was the only daughter of... | |
 | George Percy Badger - 1838 - 374 ページ
...very simply inculcated on one of the tombs, in the following stanza: Stop, traveller, stop, ere you go by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare yourself to follow me. The delapidated tombs, the crumbling urns, and weather-worn... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1847 - 282 ページ
...their neighbours. On a white stone to the west of the tower were the words— "Attend to me as you pass by As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you may be, . . Therefore prepare to follow me." Under this, some wag, who could crack his jokes even... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1848 - 940 ページ
...some graves, and one near the path had these words on the head stone: Behold, ye strangers, passing by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Also the ancient castles, I saw in Ireland, which were said to be destroyed in the days of Cromwell,... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 618 ページ
...Joseph Sackett, born April 18th, 1735, and departed this life, December, 1757." " Behold all ye that now pass by," As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. There are also monuments to Captain Samuel Sackctt, Deacon... | |
 | 1851 - 506 ページ
...L'Estrange, Apothecary, 10th Foot, died 24th November 1843, /Et. 23 years and 8 months. Remember me as you pass by. As you are now so once was I ; As I am now, so will you be, Prepare for death and follow me. To the Memory of Henry Mahon Dean Pitt, September 27th,... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
