158 KIRK DALE CHURCH-YARD, 



All are equal ! All are at peace ! The good man 

 directs his views from this repository of the dead* 

 to that time when re-animation will actuate every 

 particle of the dust of those who slumber ; and the 

 righteous will attain to a glorioas resurrection. 



1 shall here insert, as being applicable to this 

 solemn and retired place, the following beautiful 



Lines written in the Churth-yard of Richmond, Yorks. 



by Herbert Knowles, who died 17 Feb. 1817, JE. 19. 



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<( It is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us 

 make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for 

 Moses, and one for Ellas." MATT. xvii. 4; 



Methinks it is good to be here : 

 If thou wilt let us build, but for whom ? 



Nor Elias nor Moses appear ; 

 But the shadows of eve, that encompass the gloom, 

 The abode of the dead, and the place of the tomb* 



Shall we build to ambition ? ah no ! 

 Affrighted he shrinketh away ; 



For, see ! they would pin him below, 

 In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay ? 

 To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey ! 



To beauty ? ah, no ! she forgets 

 The charms which she wielded before ; 



Nor knows the foul worm that he frets 

 The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, 

 For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore* 



Shall we build to the purple of pride, 

 The trappings which dizen the proud ? 



Alas ! they are all laid aside ; 

 And here's neither dross nor adornment allow'dj 



