_By T. Hood_.
Why, Lover, why
Such a water-rover?
Would she love thee more
For coming _half seas over_?
Why, Lady, why
So in love with dipping?
Must a lad of _Greece_
Come all over _dripping_?
Why, Cupid, why
Make the passage brighter?
Were not any boat
Better than a _lighter_?
Why, Maiden, why
So intrusive standing?
Must thou be on the stair,
When he's on the _landing_?
_The Gem._
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On a tombstone in the churchyard of Christchurch, Hants, is the
following curious inscription, which I copied on the spot. Perhaps some
of your numerous readers can explain the same:--
WE WERE NOT SLAYNE BVT RAYSD
RAYSD NOT TO LIFE
BVT TO BE BVRIED TWICE
BY MEN OF STRIFE
WHAT REST COVLD'TH LIVING HAVE
WHEN DEAD HAD NONE
AGREE AMONGST YOV
HERE WE TEN ARE ONE
HEN: ROGERS DIED APRILL 17, 1641.
I R.
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