From The Churchyard At Thame

[poliphilo]

Heare lies neare
two of my children Deare
re Robert aged 2 years 10 mon
Mary 2 days
1668

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Wow - I'm amazed that the writing is still legible. That must be some hard rock.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

17th century stones are often still legible. Those masons used to cut deep.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Still poignant after three hundred years...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes...

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

My 17th century was sometimes a heartbreaking place to be young.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They say our ancestors were inured to the deaths of their children. I don't believe it.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It isn't true.

We once saw a Roman tomb to a little girl and the poetry on it was utterly heartbreaking.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Very very poignant...and the stone must have been etched very deeply for the writing to have lasted so well.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

17th century masons cut deep. The nearer we get to the present day the flimsier the work becomes.

[faunhaert.livejournal.com]

its just precious
I love the flourish of the hand writing .
poor momma ,
she's with them now.