- Headstone Transcription:
To the memory of/Richard Cann/of Lower Cory in this parish yeoman whose/soul was carried by the angels into paradise/on the 16th day of February in the year of the/church 1842 aged 31 years/The second life which he received at the font/he cherished in the chancel, insomuch that with/the certainty of the one true faith through/the assurance of the blessed sacraments, and/in the safety of the ancient and apostolic wor-/ship of Christ in this consecrated sanctuary/of God, he clave steadfastly unto the Lord, un-/til "He was not, for God took him."
"Sing from the chamber to the grave!"
Thus did the dead man say,-
"A sound of melody I Grave
Upon my burial-day.
Bring forth some tuneful instrument
And let your voices rise,-
My spirit listened as it went
To the music of the skies.
"Sing sweetly as you travel on,
And keep the funeral slow:
The angels sing where I am gone,
And you should sing below.
"Sing from the threshold to the porch,
Until you hear the bell;
And sing you loudly in the church
The psalms we love so well.
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Abt 1810 - 1842 (~ 32 years)
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