Inscription
Beneath this stone lie interred
The Remains of
Major BENJAMIN GAGE,
Who departed this life
July 27th 1796
Ætat. 66.
They were lovely and pleasant in their lives
And in their death they were not divided.
Sic exeunt omnes.
That friendship which unites the pair,
That love, which sooths each anxious care,
Must cease, when death dissolves the chain.
And marriage vows no more remain;
And both together silent lie,
Till the last trumpets joyful sound,
Awake the dust beneath the ground.
May but that love our souls inspire
Which warms our hearts with heavenly fire;
Then may we quit this mortal strife,
And sweetly languish into life.
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